IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Efficiency of underdamped dc SQUIDs as readout devices for flux qubits

Shaoxiong Li, Yang Yu, Wei Qiu, Siyuan Han, Zhen Wang

Published Jun 1, 2003• 2 citations

Abstract

The flux state quantum bit (qubit) is promising for a solid state implementation of scalable quantum computing. The simplest flux state qubit consists of an rf SQUID with two fluxoid states, which can be readout with a dc SQUID - the most sensitive magnetic flux detector. Efficient readout with less back-action is desirable for quantum computing. In this work, we report measurements of the switching flux and switching current distributions of under damped dc SQUIDs. The data show that single shot readout of flux qubit with very high efficiency (>99%) can be realized using underdamped hysteretic dc SQUIDs.

DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2003.814119

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