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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Random frequency modulation of a superconducting qubit

Matti Silveri, Jian Li, Karthikeyan Sampath, J.-M. Pirkkalainen, Antti Veps al ainen, Wei-Cheng Chien, Jani Tuorila, Mika Sillanp a a, Pertti Juhani Hakonen, E. V. Thuneberg, Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu

Published Mar 18, 2013• 0 citations
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