2002 - 2018.
Cosmic rays and natural radioactivity produce quasiparticle heat pulses that effectively kill quantum error correction. Structures are described that channel this energy away from qubits. This affects other solid-state qubits.
The complexity of qubit control places size constraints on the control system.
Analytical formulas are presented for planar capacitors used in transmon design. Tapering of the wire connecting to the Josephson junction is shown to significantly lower its loss.
arXiv:2104.01544 NPJQI publication
Python Calculator LossCoplanarPython.rtf
In collaboration with Karem Camsari's group at UCSB, this paper demonstrates a probabilistic QUBO solver with FPGA hardware. Factoring of a 32-bit integer into primes is demonstrated.