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20072022
most citedHigh quality mechanical and optical properties of commercial silicon nitride membranes

233 citations · 643 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

quant-ph2022★ 31 cited

Minimum quantum run-time characterization and calibration via restless measurements with dynamic repetition rates

Caroline Tornow, Naoki Kanazawa, William E. Shanks +1

The performance of a quantum processor depends on the characteristics of the device and the quality of the control pulses. Characterizing cloud-based quantum computers and calibrat…

quant-ph2021★ 19 cited

Optimization of the resonator-induced phase gate for superconducting qubits

Moein Malekakhlagh, William Shanks, Hanhee Paik

The resonator-induced phase gate is a two-qubit operation in which driving a bus resonator induces a state-dependent phase shift on the qubits equivalent to an effective inter…

quant-ph2016★ 97 cited

Investigating surface loss effects in superconducting transmon qubits

J. M. Gambetta, C. E. Murray, Y. -K. -K. Fung +5

Superconducting qubits are sensitive to a variety of loss mechanisms including dielectric loss from interfaces. By changing the physical footprint of the qubit it is possible to mo…

quant-ph2015★ 21 cited

Imaging Photon Lattice States by Scanning Defect Microscopy

D. L. Underwood, W. E. Shanks, Andy C. Y. Li +3

Microwave photons inside lattices of coupled resonators and superconducting qubits can exhibit surprising matter-like behavior. Realizing such open-system quantum simulators presen…

quant-ph2012★ 206 cited

Low-Disorder Microwave Cavity Lattices for Quantum Simulation with Photons

Devin L. Underwood, Will E. Shanks, Jens Koch +1

We assess experimentally the suitability of coupled transmission line resonators for studies of quantum phase transitions of light. We have measured devices with low photon hopping…

cond-mat.mes-hall2011★ 2 cited

Persistent Currents in Normal Metal Rings (Yale PhD thesis)

William E. Shanks

In this work, I present measurements of persistent currents in normal metal rings performed with cantilever torsional magnetometry. With this technique, the typical persistent curr…