Evaluating radiation impact on transmon qubits in above and underground facilities

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18355v2
• Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 20:13:50 GMT
• Title: Evaluating radiation impact on transmon qubits in above and underground facilities
• Authors: Francesco De Dominicis, Tanay Roy, Ambra Mariani, Mustafa Bal, Nicola Casali, Ivan Colantoni, Francesco Crisa, Angelo Cruciani, Fernando Ferroni, Dounia L Helis, Lorenzo Pagnanini, Valerio Pettinacci, Roman Pilipenko, Stefano Pirro, Andrei Puiu, Alexander Romanenko, Marco Vignati, David v Zanten, Shaojiang Zhu, Anna Grassellino, Laura Cardani,
• Abstract summary: We compare the response of a transmon qubit measured initially at the Fermilab SQMS above-ground facilities and then at the deep underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (INFN-LNGS, Italy) Results indicate that qubits respond to a strong gamma source and it is possible to detect particle impacts.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Superconducting qubits can be sensitive to abrupt energy deposits caused by cosmic rays and ambient radioactivity. Previous studies have focused on understanding possible correlated effects over time and distance due to cosmic rays. In this study, for the first time, we directly compare the response of a transmon qubit measured initially at the Fermilab SQMS above-ground facilities and then at the deep underground Gran Sasso Laboratory (INFN-LNGS, Italy). We observe same average qubit lifetime T$_1$ of roughly 80 microseconds at above and underground facilities. We then apply a fast decay detection protocol and investigate the time structure, sensitivity and relative rates of triggered events due to radiation versus intrinsic noise, comparing above and underground performance of several high-coherence qubits. Using gamma sources of variable activity we calibrate the response of the qubit to different levels of radiation in an environment with minimal background radiation. Results indicate that qubits respond to a strong gamma source and it is possible to detect particle impacts. However, when comparing above and underground results, we do not observe a difference in radiation induced-like events for these sapphire and niobium-based transmon qubits. We conclude that the majority of these events are not radiation related and to be attributed to other noise sources which by far dominate single qubit errors in modern transmon qubits.

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