New material platform for superconducting transmon qubits with coherence times exceeding 0.3 milliseconds

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.00024v1
• Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 19:00:11 GMT
• Title: New material platform for superconducting transmon qubits with coherence times exceeding 0.3 milliseconds
• Authors: Alex P. M. Place, Lila V. H. Rodgers, Pranav Mundada, Basil M. Smitham, Mattias Fitzpatrick, Zhaoqi Leng, Anjali Premkumar, Jacob Bryon, Sara Sussman, Guangming Cheng, Trisha Madhavan, Harshvardhan K. Babla, Berthold Jaeck, Andras Gyenis, Nan Yao, Robert J. Cava, Nathalie P. de Leon, Andrew A. Houck
• Abstract summary: We fabricate two-dimensional transmon qubits with both lifetimes and coherence times exceeding 0.3 milliseconds. These improvements are robust, paving the way for higher gate fidelities in multi-qubit processors.
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• Abstract: The superconducting transmon qubit is a leading platform for quantum computing and quantum science. Building large, useful quantum systems based on transmon qubits will require significant improvements in qubit relaxation and coherence times, which are orders of magnitude shorter than limits imposed by bulk properties of the constituent materials. This indicates that relaxation likely originates from uncontrolled surfaces, interfaces, and contaminants. Previous efforts to improve qubit lifetimes have focused primarily on designs that minimize contributions from surfaces. However, significant improvements in the lifetime of two-dimensional transmon qubits have remained elusive for several years. Here, we fabricate two-dimensional transmon qubits that have both lifetimes and coherence times with dynamical decoupling exceeding 0.3 milliseconds by replacing niobium with tantalum in the device. We have observed increased lifetimes for seventeen devices, indicating that these material improvements are robust, paving the way for higher gate fidelities in multi-qubit processors.

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