Lecture

Superconducting Quantum Bits

Description

This lecture introduces the concept of superconductors and their applications in electronics, focusing on the formation of Cooper pairs and the properties of superconducting materials like Niobium and Aluminum. It also covers the fabrication techniques of Josephson tunnel junctions and different flavors of superconducting quantum bits, such as Transmons and Xmons. The lecture delves into the energy levels of harmonic oscillator circuits, resonator quality factors, and photon lifetimes, emphasizing the control of internal and external dissipation in LC oscillators. Additionally, it discusses the realization of transmission line resonators and the importance of resonator quality factors in quantum computing.

About this result
This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Graph Chatbot

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.