Fluxon Time-Delay Readout of a Superconducting Qubit Protected by a Spectral Gap in a Josephson Transmission Line

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.13175v1
• Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:10:56 GMT
• Title: Fluxon Time-Delay Readout of a Superconducting Qubit Protected by a Spectral Gap in a Josephson Transmission Line
• Abstract summary: We theoretically investigate a readout scheme of the quantum state of a superconducting qubit based on time delay of a single flux quantum (SFQ)<n>We concretely study the time-delay readout based on capacitive coupling between a transmon qubit and a Josephson transmission line (JTL)
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• Abstract: We theoretically investigate a readout scheme of the quantum state of a superconducting qubit based on time delay of a single flux quantum (SFQ), also known as a fluxon, propagating in a Josephson transmission line (JTL). We concretely study the time-delay readout based on capacitive coupling between a transmon qubit and a JTL, and we evaluate the time delay depending on the qubit state. We also reveal a feature of the absence of fluxon pinning and exponential suppression of nonadiabatic transitions caused by the propagating fluxon, which is advantageous for the time-delay readout. We extend the analysis to a multi-level transmon as well. Owing to the spectral gap in the JTL, the radiative decay of the qubit mediated by the JTL is exponentially suppressed, and thus the transmission line itself also serves as a filter protecting the qubit. The readout scheme requires neither complicated wiring to low-temperature stages nor bulky microwave components, which are bottlenecks for integration of a large-scale superconducting quantum computer.

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