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While quantum computing might seem like technology for the distant future, the breakthroughs from the collaboration between Fermilab’s Superconducting Quantum
On May 1, 2023, NIST researchers published a paper titled: “ Nb/a-Si/Nb Josephson junctions for high-density superconducting circuits” by David Olaya, John
Manuel Beltran, Logan Howe, Andrea Giachero, Michael Vissers, Danilo Labranca, Joel Ullom, Peter Hopkins
Superconducting quantum computing benefits significantly from readout chains operating very near the Quantum Limit (QL) of added noise. This is typically
Logan Howe, Bart van Zeghbroeck, David Olaya, John Biesecker, Charles Burroughs, Peter Hopkins, Samuel Benz
Measurement of signals generated by superconducting Josephson junction (JJ) circuits require ultra-fast components located in close proximity to the generating
Lafe Spietz, Adam Sirois, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Peter Hopkins, Samuel Benz, Steve Waltman
Radio frequency cryogenic switches are a critical enabling technology for quantum information science, both for calibration and high throughput testing of
Logan Howe, Manuel Castellanos-Beltran, Adam Sirois, David Olaya, John Biesecker, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz, Peter Hopkins
Included here are data used to generate figures from the paper "Digital control of a superconducting qubit using a Josephson pulse generator at 3 K".Abstract: Scaling of quantum computers to fault
Samuel P. Benz
,
Manuel Castellanos Beltran
,
Paul Dresselhaus
and
Pete Hopkins
We have invented a pulse quantizer that uses arrays of one or more Josephson junctions to create a pulse voltage output that is immune to differential pulse timing shifts. When the output pulse patterns are used to encode a waveform, for example, the waveform will be free from pulse timing shifts