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CIRCUITS ET SIGNAUX QUANTIQUES (II)
QUANTUM SIGNALS AND CIRCUITS (II)
Chaire de Physique MésoscopiqueMichel Devoret
Année 2009, 12 mai - 23 juin
Troisième leçon / Third Lecture
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May 12: Daniel Esteve, (Quantronics group, SPEC-CEA Saclay)Faithful readout of a superconducting qubit
May 19: Christian Glattli (LPA/ENS)Statistique de Fermi dans les conducteurs balistiques : conséquences expéri-mentales et exploitation pour l'information quantique
June 2: Steve Girvin (Yale)Quantum Electrodynamics of Superconducting Circuits and Qubits
June 9: Charlie Marcus (Harvard)Electron Spin as a Holder of Quantum Information: Prospects and Challenges
June 16: Frédéric Pierre (LPN/CNRS)Energy exchange in quantum Hall edge channels
June 23: Lev Ioffe (Rutgers)Implementation of protected qubits in Josephson junction arrays
CALENDAR OF SEMINARS
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CONTENT OF THIS YEAR'S LECTURES
NEXT YEAR: QUANTUM COMPUTATION WITH SOLID STATE CIRCUITS
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1. Introduction and review of last year's course
2. Non-linearity of Josephson tunnel junctions
3. Readout of qubits
4. Amplifying quantum fluctuations
5. Dynamical cooling and quantum error correction
6. Defying the fine structure constant: Fluxonium qubit and
observation of Bloch oscillations.
OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM NON-LINEAR QUANTUM CIRCUITS
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LECTURE III : USING THE NON-LINEARITY OF JOSEPHSON QUANTUM CIRCUITS FOR
QUBIT READOUT
1. Electrodynamics of the junction in its environment (ctn'd)
2. Artificial superconducting atoms
3. Semi-classical analysis
4. Readout of superconducting qubits
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OUTLINE
1. Electrodynamics of the junction in its environment (ctn'd)
2. Artificial superconducting atoms
3. Semi-classical analysis
4. Readout of superconducting qubits
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RESTOF
CIRCUIT CJEJ U(t)
( )Z ω
( ) ( )2
1
,t
t E x dxdτ τφ−∞
= ∫ ∫"gauge invariantphase difference"
ELECTRODYNAMICS OF JUNCTION IN ITS ENVRONMENT
N.B. The electric field Eencompasses here allcontributions of the forceon the electrons doing work, including those usuallycalled chemical potentialeffects.
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RESTOF
CIRCUIT CJEJ U(t)
( )Z ω
( ) ( )2
1
,t
t E x dxdτ τφ−∞
= ∫ ∫
Q
ext
tQ Idτ
−∞= ∫
2q eN=
Equation of motion:"gauge invariantphase difference"
( )0
cos , ,....J JC E Iφφ φ φφ φ
⎡ ⎤⎛ ⎞∂+ − =⎢ ⎥⎜ ⎟∂ ⎝ ⎠⎣ ⎦
Can be obtained in general from a Lagrangian:
0ddt φφ
∂ ∂− =
∂∂L L ( )2
ext e0
xt , ,..c .os2
JJ J
C E φ φφφφ
= + = + +LL L L
ELECTRODYNAMICS OF JUNCTION IN ITS ENVRONMENT
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TWO CHARACTERISTIC ENERGIES OF ENVIRONMENT
( )totImlim
YC
ω
ωωΣ →∞
⎡ ⎤⎣ ⎦=
Total environment admittance: ( ) ( )1tot JY jC Zω ω ω−= +
Effective shunt capacitance of junction:
Effective shunt inductance of junction ( ){ }1eff 0
lim Im totL Yω
ω ω−
→= ⎡ ⎤⎣ ⎦
Coulomb charging energy
2
2CeECΣ
=(electron chargeappear here insteadof Cooper pair chargefor convenience insome formulas)
Inductive energy( )2
ff
/ 2L
e
eE
L=
h(form chosen foreasy comparisonwith Josephsonenergy) 09-III-8a
TWO BASIC SUPERCONDUCTING "ATOMS"
Φext
flux
JL
JCJL L>
U
charge
JL
JCgC
I
supercon-ductingloop
island
"HYSTERETIC RF SQUID" "COOPER PAIR BOX"
ϕ
N
12
ϕπ
Δ 1NΔ <
Friedman et al. (2000) Bouchiat et al. (1998), Nakamura, Pashkin, Tsai (1999)
J L CE E E> 0;L J CE E E=
∈∈
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2ϕπ
12
− 12
+
/e gi C U eπ
2ϕπ
0 1+ 2+1−
2EJ
PHASE-CHARGE DUALITY
ext2 /eΦ
J L CE E E> 0;L J CE E E=
RICH LEVEL STRUCTURE, BUT EXTREME SENSITIVITY TO NOISE
SQUID BOX
max. curvature
L JE E= −
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E
2ϕπ
PHASE-CHARGE DUALITY
J L CE E E> 0;L J CE E E=
SQUID
N0 1+ 2+1−
BOX
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E
182C gE N −
ext2 LE ϕπ π−
0 1+ 2+1−
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OUTLINE
1. Electrodynamics of the junction in its environment (ctn'd)
2. Artificial superconducting atoms
3. Semi-classical analysis
4. Readout of superconducting qubits
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Q=2Ne
THE SINGLE COOPER PAIR BOXARTIFICIAL ATOM
Φ
U
U
ΦgC
Bouchiat et al. (1998)Nakamura, Tsai and Pashkin (1999) J CE E<
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U
QUANTRONIUM
Φ
U ΦgC
Q=2Ne
Vion et al. (2001)4J CE E
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Q=2Ne
TRANSMON COOPER PAIR BOX
U
Φ
U
gC
Φ
J. Koch et al. (2007)A. Houck et al. (2007)J. Schreier et al. (2007)
50J CE E
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ANHARMONICITY vs OFFSET CHARGEINSENSITIVITY IN COOPER PAIR BOX
Koch et al. (2007)
"QUANTRONIUM"
"TRANSMON"
Cottet et al. (2002)
"C.P. BOX"
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EXAMPLES OF QUANTUM CIRCUITSBELONGING TO THE RF-SQUID TYPE
Chiorescu, Nakamura, Harmans & Mooij,Science 299, 1869 (2003).
Friedman, Patel, Chen, Tolpygo and J. E. Lukens,Nature 406, 43 (2000).
"phase" qubit
Steffen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 050502 (2006)
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"FLUXONIUM" QUBITV. Manucharyan et al. (2009)
array junctionsbehaving
as a large shuntinginductance
small junction, as in quantronium
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THE LANDSCAPE OF SUPERCONDUCTING ARTIFICIAL ATOMS
/L JE E
/J CE E
0 1
1
10
100
1000
10000
"Cooper Pair Box"
"Quantronium"
"Transmon"
"Fluxonium"
100000 "Phase qubit"
"Flux qubit"
analogousto atomic
A (!?)
analogous to atomic Z (!?)09-III-18
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HARMONIC APPROXIMATION
( ) ( )x
22
e tˆ
ˆ cos8ˆ
ˆ2 2J LJ
extC E
NH E E
N ϕϕ
ϕ− −= − +
( )2
,
2ˆˆ
28ˆ
2e
J h JCxtN
EN
H E ϕ−= + ′ J CE E′
offsetˆ ˆϕ ϕ ϕ− →
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HARMONIC APPROXIMATION
( ) ( )x
22
e tˆ
ˆ cos8ˆ
ˆ2 2J LJ
extC E
NH E E
N ϕϕ
ϕ− −= − +
( )2
,
2ˆˆ
28ˆ
2e
J h JCxtN
EN
H E ϕ−= + ′
8 C JP
EEω =
′Josephson plasma frequency
,1ˆ ˆ2J h PH nω ⎛ ⎞= +⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠photon
representation
† †ˆ ; , 1n c c c c⎡ ⎤= =⎣ ⎦
J CE E′offsetˆ ˆϕ ϕ ϕ− →
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HARMONIC APPROXIMATION
( ) ( )x
22
e tˆ
ˆ cos8ˆ
ˆ2 2J LJ
extC E
NH E E
N ϕϕ
ϕ− −= − +
( )2
,
2ˆˆ
28ˆ
2e
J h JCxtN
EN
H E ϕ−= + ′
Josephson plasma frequency
Spectrum independent of DC value of Next
,1ˆ ˆ2J h PH nω ⎛ ⎞= +⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠photon
representation
† †ˆ ; , 1n c c c c⎡ ⎤= =⎣ ⎦
4 4
†4 4
4 ˆˆ16
4 ˆˆ16
J C
C J
J C
C J
E Ec i NE E
E Ec i NE E
ϕ
ϕ
= +
= −
J CE E′offsetˆ ˆϕ ϕ ϕ− →
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8 C JP
EEω =
′
CAN WE GO 1 STEP BEYONDTHE HARMONIC APPROXIMATION
AND OBTAIN MEANINGFUL RESULTS?
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YES, BUT WE NEED TO CONSIDERREGIMES WHICH LEND
THEMSELVES TO A SEMI-CLASSICALAPPROXIMATION
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OUTLINE
1. Electrodynamics of the junction in its environment (ctn'd)
2. Artificial superconducting atoms
3. Semi-classical analysis
4. Readout of superconducting qubits
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ATOM IN SEMI-CLASSICAL REGIME:CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOM
p+
2r
ω
2
20
2
1 3
1
Ry
Ry2
2
e
n
n
n n
nn n
m r n
r a n
En
nerd
ω
ω → ±
→ ±
=
=
= −
=
=
old Bohr theory essentially “exact”!
constraint
( )2
, ,n x y zΨ
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ATOM IN SEMI-CLASSICAL REGIME:CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOM
p+
2 nr
nω
2
20
2
1 3
1
Ry
Ry2
2
e
n
n
n n
nn n
m r n
r a n
En
nerd
ω
ω → ±
→ ±
=
=
= −
=
=
old Bohr theory essentially “exact”!
constraint
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ATOM IN SEMI-CLASSICAL REGIME:CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOM
p+
2 nr
nω
2
20
2
1 3
1
Ry
Ry2
2
e
n
n
n n
nn n
m r n
r a n
En
nerd
ω
ω → ±
→ ±
=
=
= −
=
=Coulombpotential
old Bohr theory essentially “exact”!
valid when: ( ) 1EE
ω∂∂
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ATOM IN SEMI-CLASSICAL REGIME:CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOM
p+
2 nr
nω
2
20
2
1 3
1
Ry
Ry2
2
e
n
n
n n
nn n
m r n
r a n
En
nerd
ω
ω → ±
→ ±
=
=
= −
=
=Coulombpotential
old Bohr theory essentially “exact”!
valid when: ( ) 1EE
ω∂∂
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Josephsonpotential energy
Junction phase ϕ
TRANSMON AS ANALOGOF CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOMS
2EJ
+π−π
J CE E
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Josephsonpotential energy
2EJ
ω
Absorption lines at high T:
+π−π
0
01ω12ω , 1 1, 2 , 1n n n n n nω ω ω+ + + +−
Junction phase ϕ
TRANSMON AS ANALOGOF CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOMS
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Josephsonpotential energy
2EJ
ω
Absorption lines at low T
+π−πJunction phase ϕ
TRANSMON AS ANALOGOF CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOMS
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Josephsonpotential energy
2EJ
ω
Absorption lines after π pulse on 0-1:
+π−πJunction phase ϕ
TRANSMON AS ANALOGOF CIRCULAR RYDBERG ATOMS
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E2EJ
ω(0)
( )Eω
JUNCTION NON-LINEAR INDUCTANCE
( ) 10 PJ JL C
ω ω= =
00
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E2EJ
ω(0)
JUNCTION NON-LINEAR INDUCTANCE
( ) 10 PJ JL C
ω ω= =
00
ωΔ ≥ Γ Classical condition for strong non-linearity,implies drive
( )Eω
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E2EJ
ω(0)
, 1n nω +
JUNCTION NON-LINEAR INDUCTANCE
( ) 10 PJ JL C
ω ω= =
00
( )EωQUANTUM-MECHANICALLY, DISCRETE ENERGY LEVELS
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E2EJ
ω(E)= ω(0)(1-E/8EJ)
ω(0)
, 1n nω +
JUNCTION NON-LINEAR INDUCTANCE
quartic correction of cosine potential
00
( )Eω
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E2EJ
ω(E)= ω(0)(1-E/8EJ)
ω(0)
, 1n nω +
JUNCTION NON-LINEAR INDUCTANCE
JEJL
( )
2
2
2
20
2
4 8
JJ
JJ JJ
J
Le E
IL LELE I
δ
=
= =
( )JL Eδ
( ) ( )1
J
EL E C
ω =
00
( )Eω
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QUANTUM NON-LINEARITY ENERGY SCALE
( )
( ) ( )( ) ( )
( )
01, 1 01
01, 1 1, 2
, 1 1, 2
22
, 1 1, 2 2 2
2
, 1 1, 2
11 ; 08
18
18
18 / 2
2
n nJ
n n n nJ
Pn n n n
J
Jn n n n
J J
n n n n CJ
n nE
E
E
LL C e
e EC
ωω ω
ωω ω
ωω ω
ω ω
ω ω
+
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
⎛ ⎞= − ≥⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
− =
− =
⎛ ⎞− = ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠
− = =
weak quantum non-linearity
strong quantum non-linearity
/CE Γ
/CE Γ
decay rateof quantumlevel
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neglect zero-point correction
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OUTLINE
1. Electrodynamics of the junction in its environment (ctn'd)
2. Artificial superconducting atoms
3. Semi-classical analysis
4. Readout of superconducting qubits
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THE QUBIT MEMORY READOUT PROBLEM
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1 or
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THE QUBIT MEMORY READOUT PROBLEM
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1
1
0
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1
0 1
0 10 11F ε ε= − −
1ε0ε
FIDELITY:
or
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THE QUBIT MEMORY READOUT PROBLEM
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF
1) SWITCH WITH ON/OFF RATIO AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE2) READOUT WITH F AS CLOSE TO 1 AS POSSIBLEWANT:
0 1
1
0
QUBIT READOUTON
OFF0 1
0 1
0 10 11F ε ε= − −
1ε0ε
FIDELITY:
or
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TWO MAIN STRATEGIES
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STATE DECAY STRATEGY
1
0
1
0
Martinis, Devoret and Clarke, PRL 55 (1985)Martinis, Nam, Aumentado and Urbina, PRL 89 (2002)
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QUBITCIRCUIT
10
or
or
rf signal in rf signal out
DISPERSIVE READOUT STRATEGY
01ω ω≠
Blais et al. PRA 2004, Walraff et al., Nature 2004
FILT
ER
FILTER
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QUBITCIRCUIT
10
or
or
rf signal in rf signal out
DISPERSIVE READOUT STRATEGY
01ω ω≠
QUBIT STATEENCODED IN PHASE
OF OUTGOING SIGNAL,NO ENERGY
DISSIPATED ON-CHIP
Blais et al. PRA 2004, Walraff et al., Nature 2004
FILT
ER
FILTER
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QUBITCIRCUIT
10
or
or
rf signal in rf signal out
A) SHELTER QUBIT FROM ALL RADIATION EXCEPT READOUT RFB) AMPLIFY OUTGOING SIGNAL WITH LOWEST NOISE POSSIBLEC) SEND ENOUGH PHOTONS TO BEAT NOISE
DISPERSIVE READOUT STRATEGY
01ω ω≠
QUBIT STATEENCODED IN PHASE
OF OUTGOING SIGNAL,NO ENERGY
DISSIPATED ON-CHIP
Blais et al. PRA 2004, Walraff et al., Nature 2004
FILT
ER
FILTER
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END OF LECTURE