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Multi-level Spectroscopy of Two-Level Systems Coupled to a dc SQUID Phase Qubit

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Author(s)

T. A. Palomaki, S. K. Dutta, R M. Lewis, A J. Przybysz, B. K. Cooper, H. Kwon, J. R. Anderson, C. J. Lobb, F. C. Wellstood, Eite Tiesinga

Abstract

We report spectroscopic measurements of discrete two-level systems (TLSs) coupled to a dc SQUID phase qubit with a 16 μm2 area Al/AlOx/Al junction. Applying microwaves in the 10 GHz to 11 GHz range, we found eight avoided level crossings with splitting sizes from 10 MHz to 200 MHz and spectroscopic lifetimes from 4 ns to 160 ns. Assuming the transitions are from the ground state of the composite system to an excited state of the qubit or an excited state of one of the TLS states, we fit the location and spectral width to get the energy levels, splitting sizes and coherence times of the phase qubit and TLSs. The distribution of splittings is consistent with non-interacting individual charged ions tunneling between random locations in the tunnel barrier and the distribution of lifetimes is consistent with the AlOx in the junction barrier having a frequency-independent loss tangent. To check that the charge of each TLS couples independently to the voltage across the junction, we also measured the spectrum in the 20-22 GHz range and found tilted avoided level crossings due to the second excited state of the junction and states in which both the junction and a TLS were excited.
Citation
Physical Review B
Volume
81
Issue
No 14

Keywords

superconductors, SQUIDS, quantum information, Josephson junction

Citation

Palomaki, T. , Dutta, S. , Lewis, R. , Przybysz, A. , Cooper, B. , Kwon, H. , Anderson, J. , Lobb, C. , Wellstood, F. and Tiesinga, E. (2010), Multi-level Spectroscopy of Two-Level Systems Coupled to a dc SQUID Phase Qubit, Physical Review B (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created April 6, 2010, Updated October 12, 2021