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Superconducting low inductance qubit

US6979836B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2002
Grant dateDec 27, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/933
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A superconducting structure that can operate, for example, as a qubit or a superconducting switch is presented. The structure includes a loop formed from two parts. A first part includes two superconducting materials separated by a junction. The junction can, for example, be a 45° grain boundary junction. The second part can couple the two superconducting materials across the junction. The second part includes a superconducting material coupled to each of the two superconducting materials of the first part through c-axis junctions. Further embodiments of the invention can be as a coherent unconventional superconducting switch, or a variable phase shift unconventional superconductor junction device.

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