Controlling the spontaneous emission of a superconducting transmon qubit

A. A. Houck, J. A. Schreier, B. R. Johnson, J. M. Chow, Jens Koch, J. M. Gambetta, D. I. Schuster, L. Frunzio, M. H. Devoret, S. M. Girvin, R. J. Schoelkopf

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Abstract

We present a detailed characterization of coherence in seven transmon qubits in a circuit QED architecture. We find that spontaneous emission rates are strongly influenced by far off-resonant modes of the cavity and can be understood within a semiclassical circuit model. A careful analysis of the spontaneous qubit decay into a microwave transmission-line cavity can accurately predict the qubit lifetimes over 2 orders of magnitude in time and more than an octave in frequency. Coherence times T1 and T2* of more than a microsecond are reproducibly demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number080502
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume101
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 21 2008
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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