Vestnik of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod Series Social Sciences

Диссипативная динамика джозефсоновского кубита в бозонном термостате

Денисенко Марина Валерьевна, Сатанин Аркадий Михайлович

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations

Abstract

The dynamics of a superconducting Josephson qubit coupled to a bosonic bath has been studied by the quantum trajectory method. The excitation of the qubit by Rabi pulses has been considered. Excited state dissipative dynamics interrupted by quantum jumps has been simulated both for each single realization and for an average over the ensemble of realizations. The transition to the averaged behavior, which is characterized by the intervals of longitudinal and transverse relaxation, has been studied. The simulation results qualitatively agree with the recent single-shot measurements of qubits.

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