Charge sensitivity in the transmon regime

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Hauptverfasser: Gonzalez-Meza, Rocio, Iaia, Vito, Zaman, Anika, Wong, Hiu-Yung, Cho, Yujin, Beck, Kristin, Rosen, Yaniv J.
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author Gonzalez-Meza, Rocio
Iaia, Vito
Zaman, Anika
Wong, Hiu-Yung
Cho, Yujin
Beck, Kristin
Rosen, Yaniv J.
author_facet Gonzalez-Meza, Rocio
Iaia, Vito
Zaman, Anika
Wong, Hiu-Yung
Cho, Yujin
Beck, Kristin
Rosen, Yaniv J.
contents Transmons are widely adopted in quantum computing architectures for their engineered insensitivity to charge noise and correspondingly long relaxation times. Despite this advantage, transmons often exhibit large fluctuations in dephasing times across different devices and also within qubits on the same device. Existing transmon qubits are assumed to be insensitive to charge noise. However, very little recent attention has been paid to the dependence of dephasing on the local charge environment. In this study, we see fluctuations in the dephasing time, $T_ϕ$, which correlate to charge offset. While charge offset fluctuations are slow, parity switches are fast processes tied to the charge offset and can affect $T_ϕ$ in Ramsey experiments. We implement a protocol to detect parity switching events using single-shot methods, which are interleaved within a Ramsey measurement. We find that events that remain in the same parity state have a higher $T_2$ than measurements averaged over both parities. Our results show that transmons can be limited by charge-noise, even with $E_\text{J}/E_\text{C} \approx 50$. Consequently, parity flip rates must be considered as a device characterization metric.
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spellingShingle Charge sensitivity in the transmon regime
Gonzalez-Meza, Rocio
Iaia, Vito
Zaman, Anika
Wong, Hiu-Yung
Cho, Yujin
Beck, Kristin
Rosen, Yaniv J.
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
Transmons are widely adopted in quantum computing architectures for their engineered insensitivity to charge noise and correspondingly long relaxation times. Despite this advantage, transmons often exhibit large fluctuations in dephasing times across different devices and also within qubits on the same device. Existing transmon qubits are assumed to be insensitive to charge noise. However, very little recent attention has been paid to the dependence of dephasing on the local charge environment. In this study, we see fluctuations in the dephasing time, $T_ϕ$, which correlate to charge offset. While charge offset fluctuations are slow, parity switches are fast processes tied to the charge offset and can affect $T_ϕ$ in Ramsey experiments. We implement a protocol to detect parity switching events using single-shot methods, which are interleaved within a Ramsey measurement. We find that events that remain in the same parity state have a higher $T_2$ than measurements averaged over both parities. Our results show that transmons can be limited by charge-noise, even with $E_\text{J}/E_\text{C} \approx 50$. Consequently, parity flip rates must be considered as a device characterization metric.
title Charge sensitivity in the transmon regime
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03973