Inductively shunted transmons exhibit noise insensitive plasmon states and a fluxon decay exceeding 3 hours

F. Hassani (), M. Peruzzo, L. N. Kapoor, A. Trioni, M. Zemlicka and J. M. Fink ()
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F. Hassani: Institute of Science and Technology Austria
M. Peruzzo: Institute of Science and Technology Austria
L. N. Kapoor: Institute of Science and Technology Austria
A. Trioni: Institute of Science and Technology Austria
M. Zemlicka: Institute of Science and Technology Austria
J. M. Fink: Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Currently available quantum processors are dominated by noise, which severely limits their applicability and motivates the search for new physical qubit encodings. In this work, we introduce the inductively shunted transmon, a weakly flux-tunable superconducting qubit that offers charge offset protection for all levels and a 20-fold reduction in flux dispersion compared to the state-of-the-art resulting in a constant coherence over a full flux quantum. The parabolic confinement provided by the inductive shunt as well as the linearity of the geometric superinductor facilitates a high-power readout that resolves quantum jumps with a fidelity and QND-ness of >90% and without the need for a Josephson parametric amplifier. Moreover, the device reveals quantum tunneling physics between the two prepared fluxon ground states with a measured average decay time of up to 3.5 h. In the future, fast time-domain control of the transition matrix elements could offer a new path forward to also achieve full qubit control in the decay-protected fluxon basis.

Date: 2023
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