Instrumentation

Superconduncting qubit measured at the IFAE QCT Lab

January 13, 2021

Quantum Computing Technologies Group

On January 31, 2020, the QCT group measured the first superconducting qubit in the new QCT Lab at IFAE.

On January 31, 2020, the QCT group measured the first superconducting qubit in the new QCT Lab at IFAE.

Find below the observation of the oscillations of the output signal in time, also known as Rabi oscillations from the standard atomic physics, a clear signature of control of the qubit state by an externally applied field.

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