Disentangling the Impact of Quasiparticles and Two-Level Systems on the Statistics of Superconducting Qubit Lifetime

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.09926v1
• Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:02:55 GMT
• Title: Disentangling the Impact of Quasiparticles and Two-Level Systems on the Statistics of Superconducting Qubit Lifetime
• Authors: Shaojiang Zhu, Xinyuan You, Ugur Alyanak, Mustafa Bal, Francesco Crisa, Sabrina Garattoni, Andrei Lunin, Roman Pilipenko, Akshay Murthy, Alexander Romanenko, Anna Grassellino,
• Abstract summary: Temporal fluctuations in the superconducting qubit lifetime, $T_$, bring up additional challenges in building a fault-tolerant quantum computer. We report $T_$ measurements on the qubits with different geometrical footprints and surface dielectrics as a function of the temperature. We find that $Gamma_$ variances in the qubit with a small footprint are more susceptible to the QP and TLS fluctuations than those in the large-footprint qubits.
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• Abstract: Temporal fluctuations in the superconducting qubit lifetime, $T_1$, bring up additional challenges in building a fault-tolerant quantum computer. While the exact mechanisms remain unclear, $T_1$ fluctuations are generally attributed to the strong coupling between the qubit and a few near-resonant two-level systems (TLSs) that can exchange energy with an assemble of thermally fluctuating two-level fluctuators (TLFs) at low frequencies. Here, we report $T_1$ measurements on the qubits with different geometrical footprints and surface dielectrics as a function of the temperature. By analyzing the noise spectrum of the qubit depolarization rate, $\Gamma_1 = 1/T_1$, we can disentangle the impact of TLSs, non-equilibrium quasiparticles (QPs), and equilibrium (thermally excited) QPs on the variance in $\Gamma_1$. We find that $\Gamma_1$ variances in the qubit with a small footprint are more susceptible to the QP and TLS fluctuations than those in the large-footprint qubits. Furthermore, the QP-induced variances in all qubits are consistent with the theoretical framework of QP diffusion and fluctuation. We suggest these findings can offer valuable insights for future qubit design and engineering optimization.

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