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most citedObservation of Josephson Harmonics in Tunnel Junctions

70 citations · 108 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

quant-ph2026

Parametric two-qubit gates via Landau-Zener interference

Simon Geisert, Albert Hertel, Soeren Ihssen +23

We propose and demonstrate gates between two superconducting qubits based on quantum interference of consecutive Landau-Zener (LZ) transitions. This gate mechanism bridges between…

quant-ph2025

Double-Pumped Kerr Parametric Amplifier Beyond the Gain-Bandwidth Limit

Nicolas Zapata, Najmeh Etehadi Abari, Mitchell Field +5

Superconducting standingwave parametric amplifiers are crucial for the readout of microwave quantum devices. Despite significant improvements in recent years, the need to operat…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Quantum Coherence in Superconducting Vortex States

Ameya Nambisan, Simon Günzler, Dennis Rieger +13

Abrikosov vortices, where the superconducting gap is completely suppressed in the core, are dissipative, semi-classical entities that impact applications from high-current-density…

quant-ph2025

Enabling full localization of qubits and gates with a multi-mode coupler

Zhongyi Jiang, Simon Geisert, Sören Ihssen +2

Tunable couplers are a key building block of superconducting quantum processors, enabling high on-off ratios for two-qubit entangling interactions. While qubit-qubit interaction ca…

quant-ph2025

On-chip stencil lithography for superconducting qubits

Roudy Hanna, Sören Ihssen, Simon Geisert +22

Improvements in circuit design and more recently in materials and surface cleaning have contributed to a rapid development of coherent superconducting qubits. However, organic resi…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

High Impedance Granular Aluminum Ring Resonators

Mahya Khorramshahi, Martin Spiecker, Patrick Paluch +10

Superconducting inductors with impedance surpassing the resistance quantum, i.e., superinductors, are important for quantum technologies because they enable the development of prot…

quant-ph2025★ 7 cited

Offset Charge Dependence of Measurement-Induced Transitions in Transmons

Mathieu Féchant, Marie Frédérique Dumas, Denis Bénâtre +9

A key challenge in achieving scalable fault tolerance in superconducting quantum processors is readout fidelity, which lags behind one- and two-qubit gate fidelity. A major limitat…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

Low crosstalk modular flip-chip architecture for coupled superconducting qubits

Soeren Ihssen, Simon Geisert, Gabriel Jauma +10

We present a flip-chip architecture for an array of coupled superconducting qubits, in which circuit components reside inside individual microwave enclosures. In contrast to other…

quant-ph2025★ 8 cited

Spin Environment of a Superconducting Qubit in High Magnetic Fields

S. Günzler, J. Beck, D. Rieger +9

Superconducting qubits equipped with quantum non-demolition readout and active feedback can be used as information engines to probe and manipulate microscopic degrees of freedom, w…

quant-ph2024★ 3 cited

Pure kinetic inductance coupling for cQED with flux qubits

Simon Geisert, Soeren Ihssen, Patrick Winkel +11

We demonstrate a qubit-readout architecture where the dispersive coupling is entirely mediated by a kinetic inductance. This allows us to engineer the dispersive shift of the reado…

quant-ph2024★ 14 cited

Granular Aluminum Parametric Amplifier for Low-Noise Measurements in Tesla Fields

Nicolas Zapata, Ivan Takmakov, Simon Günzler +8

Josephson junction parametric amplifiers have become essential tools for microwave quantum circuit readout with minimal added noise. Even after improving at an impressive rate in t…

quant-ph2023★ 70 cited

Observation of Josephson Harmonics in Tunnel Junctions

Dennis Willsch, Dennis Rieger, Patrick Winkel +27

Approaches to developing large-scale superconducting quantum processors must cope with the numerous microscopic degrees of freedom that are ubiquitous in solid-state devices. State…