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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Unconditional reset of superconducting qubits and readout resonators using a quantum-circuit refrigerator

Vasilii Sevriuk, Jani Tuorila, Johannes Heinsoo, Caspar F. Ockeloen-Korppi, Joni Ikonen, Kuan Yen Tan, Eric Hyyppä, Matti Silveri, Matti Partanen, Máté Jenei, Giacomo Catto, Timm Mörstedt, Leif Grönberg, Jan Goetz, Mikko Möttönen

Published Mar 2, 2020• 0 citations
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