Wide‐band phase locking of Josephson junctions in a resonator

We found that the chain of junctions acts both as the source of radiation and as a part of the superconducting resonator when the effective capacitance of the resonator is larger than the total capacitance of all junctions. At this condition junctions are synchronized in‐phase not only at the resonance steps but also in the whole hysteretic region of I –V characteristics below the resonant frequency. The maximal allowable spread of critical currents for this effect is about 5–10%. We analyzed the origin of the effect both numerically and by the method of slowly varying amplitudes.

     

Microwave Response of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Surface Intrinsic Josephson Junctions with Bending Pancake Vortices

We study the microwave response of surface intrinsic Josephson junctions on Bi2Sr2 CaCu2O8＋δ, in which bending pancake vortex lines are introduced in a controllable way. It is found that the bending vortices can greatly influence the response. In some cases, typical Shapiro steps that lie far above the quasiparticle branch are observed, with the step interval satisfying the Josephson relation and their amplitude versus the square root of microwave power following the Bessel function behaviour. In the other cases, current steps that lie on the quasiparticle branch are observed, but only one or two steps appear at the same time under the variation of the microwave power.     

Cooper-Pair Number-Phase Quantization for a Mesoscopic LC Circuit Including a Josephson Junction

By introducing the entangled state representation and Feynman assumption that ＇electron pairs are bosons, ..., a bound pair acts as a Bose particle ＇, we construct an operator Hamiltonian for a mesoscopic inductance-capacitance （LC） circuit including a Josephson junction, then we use the Heisenberg equation of motion to derive the current equation and the voltage equation across the inductance as well as across the Josephson junction. The result manifestly shows how the junction voltage is affected by the capacitance coupling. In this way the Cooper-pair number-phase quantization for this system is completed.     

Kink properties on curved manifold

In the framework of the two-dimensional field model the influence of the curvature on kink width is discussed. Breading of the kink width in a curved region of the manifold is observed. Examples of kinks on curved manifolds are studied analytically and numerically as well. The deformation of the kink front in the form of the travelling waves propagating along the curved surfaces are found. Enlarging of the travelling wave speed in a curved regions of the manifold is predicted.     

Modified Josephson Equation for Mesoscopic Parallel LC Circuit Including a Josephson Junction

By introducing the entangled state representation, parallel LC circuit including a 3osephson junction equation associated with the modification of the motion equation. the Cooper-pair number-phase quantization of the mesoscopic is realized. In the Heisenberg picture, the modified Josephson Faraday equation about the inductance is deduced from the     

Determination of Relaxation Time of a Josephson Tunnel Junction

We propose a non-stationary method to measure the energy relaxation time of Josephson tunnel junctions from microwave enhanced escape phenomena. Compared with the previous methods, our method possesses simple and accurate features. Moreover, having determined the energy relaxation time, we can further obtain the coupling strength between the microwave source and the junction by changing the microwave power.     

Modified SQUID Operator Equation for a Single-Qubit Structure Coupled to a Quantum Resonator

Role of self-inductance in superconducting quantum interference device （SQUID） charge qubit is considered. It is found that when an SQUID charge qubit is coupled to a quantum LC resonator, the SQUID voltage operator equation is modified in accompanying with the modification of operator Faraday equation describing the inductance. It is shown that when the extra energy is applied to the junction, the mean phase will be squeezed according to a damping factor.     

Investigation of step-edge Josephson device of YBa<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>7−<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis></Subscript> formed on MgO by a pulsed laser deposition method

We fabricated step-edge Josephson junctions of YBa₂Cu₃O_7−d on MgO substrates by a pulsed laser deposition method for high frequency applications. On the basis of temperature dependence of critical current, noticeable deterioration has not been observed in a step-edge area. The dynamic resistance was between 2 and 3Ω under the superconducting critical temperature. A deviation from a resistively shunted junction model was observed, which implies the excess current not flowing through Josephson junctions.     

Measurement of the magnetic moment in a cold worked 304 stainless steel using HTS SQUID

The magnetic properties of stainless steel have been investigated using a radio frequency (RF) high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device)-based susceptometer. The nuclear grade 304 stainless steel is nonmagnetic at a normal condition but it changes to a partially ferromagnetic state associated with martensitic transformation under a plastic deformation. The magnetic moment of the 304 stainless steels was increased with an increasing cold work rate, and decreased with an increasing annealing temperature. The change of mechanical properties such as yield strength and ultimate tensile strength (UTS) are also analyzed in terms of deformation-induced martensitic transformation.     

Persistent currents in superconducting quantum interference devices

Starting from the reduced dynamical model of a two-junction quantum interference device, it shown that a quantum analog of the system can be exhibited. This quantum model extends the well-known properties of the device when its characteristic dimensions are of the order of mesoscopic length scales. By finding eigenvalues of the corresponding Hamiltonian operator, the persistent currents flowing in the ring have been obtained. The resulting quantum analog of the overdamped two-junction quantum interference device can be seen as a supercurrent qubit operating in the limit of negligible capacitance and finite inductance.     

The model of Josephson junction arrays embedded in resonant cavities and the phase-locking properties

We propose a new model of a Josephson junction array embedded in a resonant cavity. The model considers the excitation of the resonance mode by the array and the influence of the resonance mode on the array. The phase-locking properties of the junction array are investigated in the frame of the model. Resonant steps in the current–voltage characteristics due to the interaction between the array and the resonant cavity and many other features of the phase-locking behaviors have been produced. The results include the influence of the quality factor, the strength of the coupling, as well as the junction number of the array on the phase-locking properties. The model can successfully explain many features of the real situation and provide useful new predictions.     

A Scheme for Implementing the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm via Josephson Charge Qubits Coupled through Microwaves

Based on the Josephson charge qubits coupled through microwaves, a scheme for implementation of the Deuutsch-Jozsa algorithm is proposed under the present scalable and feasible microfabrication technique. It would be a valuable step toward complex quantum computation.     

Holonomic quantum computation with superconducting charge-phase qubits in a cavity

We theoretically propose a feasible scheme to realize holonomic quantum computation with charge-phase qubits placed in a microwave cavity. By appropriately adjusting the controllable parameters, each charge-phase qubit is set as an effective four-level subsystem, based on which a universal set of holonomic quantum gates can be realized. Further analysis shows that our system is robust to the first-order fluctuation of the gate charges, and the intrinsic leakages between energy levels can be ignored.     

Implementation of a Quantum Conditional Phase Gate for the Quantum Fourier Transform in Circuit QED

It is well known that multiple superconducting charge qubits coupled to a transmission line resonator can be controlled to achieve quantum logic gates between two arbitrary qubits. We propose a scheme to realize a quantum conditional phase gate with a geometric property by circuit electrodynamics, and it is applied naturally to reaJize the quantum Fourier transform with high fidelity. It is also demonstrated that the application is feasible and considerable under the present experimental technology.     

Unconventional Geometric Quantum Gate in Circuit QED

We propose a scheme to implement an unconventional geometric phase gate in circuit QED, i.e. two superconducting charge qubits inside a superconducting transmission line resonator. The quantum operation depends only on global geometric features, and thus is insensitive to the state of the cavity mode.     

Quantum computing in decoherence-free subspaces with superconducting charge qubits

Taking into account the main noises in superconducting charge qubits (SCQs), we propose a feasible scheme to realize quantum computing (QC) in a specially-designed decoherence-free subspace (DFS). In our scheme two physical qubits are connected with a common inductance to form a strong coupling subsystem, which acts as a logical qubit. Benefiting from the well-designed DFS, our scheme is helpful to suppress certain decoherence effects.     

Scalable quantum computing with Josephson charge-phase qubits inside a cavity

This Letter proposes a theoretical scheme for scalable quantum computing with charge-phase qubits inside a common cavity. Individually addressing the applied gate pulses, we obtain the switchable interqubit couplings mediated by the cavity mode, from which a universal set of logic gates can be constructed. In our scheme the interqubit couplings are completely feasible to perform conditional gates, and the classical microwaves cause negligible leakage errors.     

Macroscopic entanglement on a hybrid quantum circuit

A scheme is proposed to deterministically create maximal entanglement between hybrid artificial atoms: superconducting charge and flux qubits. By tuning the circuit, the two qubits are dynamically decoupled and entanglement can be long-lived. This provides a new version of the Einstein-Podolsdy-Rosen (EPR) situation where the components of a macroscopic EPR pair are in opposite regimes.     

Simultaneous implementation of n SWAP gates using superconducting charge qubits coupled to a cavity

Based on superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) coupled to a cavity, we propose a scheme for implementing n SWAP gates simultaneously. In our scheme, the SQUID works in the charge regime, the quantum logic gate operations are performed in the subspace spanned by two charge states |0〉 and |1〉. The interaction between the qubits and the cavity field can be achieved by turning the gate voltage and the external flux. Especially, the gate operation time is independent of the number of the qubits, and the gate operation is insensitive to the initial state of the cavity mode. We also analyze the experimental feasibility that the conditions of the large detuning can be achieved by adjusting the frequency of the cavity mode, and the operation time satisfies the requirement for the designed experiment by choosing suitable detuning and the quality factor of the cavity. Based on the simple operation, our scheme may be realized in this solid-state system, and our idea may be realized in other systems.     

Impedance measurement technique for quantum systems

The impedance measurement technique consists in that the phase-dependent (parametric) inductance of the system is probed by the classical tank circuit via measuring the voltage. The notion of the parametric inductance for the impedance measurement technique is revisited for the case when a quantum system is probed. Measurement of the quantum state of the system of superconducting circuits (qubits) is studied theoretically. It is shown that the result of the measurement is defined by the partial energy levels population in the qubits and by its derivative.