arXiv:cond-mat/0312635

Signature of entangled eigenstates in the magnetic response of two coupled flux qubits

Anatoly Yu. Smirnov

Published Dec 24, 2003• 0 citations

Abstract

We study dissipative dynamics and a magnetic response of two coupled flux qubits interacting with a high quality tank in the framework of the impedance measurement technique (IMT). It is shown that the observation of the difference between a sum of IMT signals from separated qubits and the signal from the system when both qubits are in the degeneracy point (IMT deficit) implies immediately a formation of the entangled two-qubit eigenstates.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0312635

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