Quasiparticles in Superconducting Qubits with Asymmetric Junctions
Giampiero Marchegiani, Luigi Amico, Gianluigi Catelani
DOI 10.1103/PRXQuantum.3.040338 · PRX Quantum
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Abstract
Designing the spatial profile of the superconducting gap—gap engineering—has long been recognized as an effective way of controlling quasiparticles in superconducting devices. In aluminum films, their thickness modulates the gap; therefore, standard fabrication of Al/AlOx/Al Josephson junctions, which relies on overlapping a thicker film on top of a thinner one, always results in gap-engineered devices. Here, we reconsider quasiparticle effects in superconducting qubits to explicitly account for the unavoidable asymmetry in the gap on the two sides of a Josephson junction. We find that different regimes can be encountered in which the quasiparticles have either similar densities in the two junction leads or are largely confined to the lower-gap lead. Qualitatively, for similar densities the qubit excited-state population is lower but its relaxation rate is higher than when the quasiparticles are confined; therefore, there is a potential trade-off between two desirable properties in a qubit.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | — | Pressure not reported | unknown |
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