Bulletin of the American Physical Society

A Superconducting 0-π Qubit Based on High Transmission Semiconductor-Superconductor Josephson Junctions

T. W. Larsen, Lucas Casparis, Anders Kringhøj, Natalie Pearson, Robert P. G. McNeil, Ferdinand Kuemmeth, M. E. Gershenson, Peter Krogstrup, Jesper Nygård, Karl D. Petersson, Charles M. Marcus

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