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Taking Measure

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Corey Rae McRae

Corey Rae McRae

Corey Rae McRae is a postdoctoral associate in the Quantum Processing Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder, as well as the director of the Boulder Cryogenic Quantum Testbed at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on materials and metrology for superconducting quantum computing.

the cryogenic quantum testbed, a sophisticated metallic gold electronic device

Is Your Qubit Better Than My Qubit?

I had been studying superconducting quantum computing for seven years before I was stumped by this seemingly simple question: How do I know if my qubit is