Adiabatic Inversion in the Squid, Macroscopic Coherence and Decoherence

P. Silvestrini and L. Stodolsky
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P. Silvestrini: Instituto di Cibernetica del CNR
L. Stodolsky: Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut)

A chapter in Macroscopic Quantum Coherence and Quantum Computing, 2001, pp 271-283 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A procedure for demonstrating quantum coherence and measuring decoherence times between differentfluxoid states of a SQUID by using “adiabatic inversion” is discussed. One fluxoid state is smoothly transferred into the other, like a spin reversing direction by following a slowly moving magnetic field. This is accomplished by sweeping an external applied flux, and depends on a well-defined quantum phase between the two macroscopic states. Varying the speed of the sweep relative to the decoherence time permits one to move from the quantum regime, where such a welldefined phase exists, to the classical regime where it is lost andthe inversion is inhibited. Thus observing whether inversion has taken place or not as a function of sweep speed offers the possibility of measuring the decoherence time. Estimates with some typical SQUID parameters are presented and it appears that such a procedure should be experimentally possible. The main requirement for the feasibility of the scheme appears to be thatthe low temperature relaxation time among the quantum levels of the SQUID be long compared to other time scales of the problem, including the readout time. Applications to the “quantum computer,” with the level system of the SQUID playing the role of the qbit, are briefly examined.

Keywords: Adiabatic Condition; Quantum Coherence; Phase Coherence; Sweep Time; Flux Linkage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1245-5_28

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