Quantum Information with Solid-State Devices
Exam
Choose one of the following papers:
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Y. Nakamura, Yu. A. Pashkin, and J. S. Tsai, Coherent control of macroscopic quantum states in a single-Cooper-pair box, Nature 398, 786--788 (1999)
- T. Yamamoto, Yu. A. Pashkin, O. Astafiev, Y. Nakamura, and J. S. Tsai, Demonstration of conditional gate operation using superconducting charge qubits, Nature 425, 941--944 (2003)
- I. Chiorescu, P. Bertet, K. Semba, Y. Nakamura, C. J. P. M. Harmans, and J. E. Mooij, Coherent dynamics of a flux qubit coupled to a harmonic oscillator, Nature 431, 159--162 (2004)
- J. H. Plantenberg, P. C. de Groot, C. J. P. M. Harmans, and J. E. Mooij, Demonstration of controlled-NOT quantum gates on a pair of superconducting quantum bits, Nature 447, 836--839 (2007/06/14/print)
- Yu. A. Pashkin, T. Yamamoto, O. Astafiev, Y. Nakamura, D. V. Averin, and J. S. Tsai, Quantum oscillations in two coupled charge qubits, Nature 421, 823--826 (2003)
- Max Hofheinz, H. Wang, M. Ansmann, Radoslaw C. Bialczak, Erik Lucero, M. Neeley, A. D. O'Connell, D. Sank, J. Wenner, John M. Martinis, and A. N. Cleland, Synthesizing arbitrary quantum states in a superconducting resonator, Nature 459, 546--549 (2009)
- A. O. Niskanen, K. Harrabi, F. Yoshihara, Y. Nakamura, S. Lloyd, and J. S. Tsai, Quantum Coherent Tunable Coupling of Superconducting Qubits, Science 316, 723--726 (2007)
- I. Chiorescu, P. Bertet, K. Semba, Y. Nakamura, C. J. P. M. Harmans, and J. E. Mooij, Coherent dynamics of a flux qubit coupled to a harmonic oscillator, Nature 431, 159--162 (2004)
- R. McDermott, R. W. Simmonds, Matthias Steffen, K. B. Cooper, K. Cicak, K. D. Osborn, Seongshik Oh, D. P. Pappas, and John M. Martinis, Simultaneous State Measurement of Coupled Josephson Phase Qubits, Science 307, 1299--1302 (2005)
- Mika A. Sillanpaa, Jae I. Park, and Raymond W. Simmonds, Coherent quantum state storage and transfer between two phase qubits via a resonant cavity, Nature 449, 438--442 (2007)
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J. Majer, et. al, "Coupling superconducting qubits via a cavity bus", Nature 449, 443-447 (2007)
- or suggest another paper
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Reading Material
- Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, M. A. Nielsen, I, L. Chuang, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 052163503
- Quantum Mechanics Vol. 1, C. Cohen-Tannoudji, B. Diu, F. Laloe, Wiley, ISBN: 978-0-471-16433-3
- Introduction to Solid State Physics, C. Kittel, Wiley John + Sons, ISBN: 978-0471415268
- Introduction to Superconductivity, M. Tinkham, Dover Pubn Inc, ISBN: 978-0486435039
- Foundations of Applied Superconductivity T. P. Orlando K. A. Delin, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 978-0201183238
- Superconducting Qubits: A Short Review, M. H. Devoret, A. Wallraff, J. M. Martinis arXiv:cond-mat/0411174
Contact
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