R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminars |
Events During the Week of March 10th through March 17th, 2024
Monday, March 11th, 2024
- No events scheduled
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
- No events scheduled
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
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Thursday, March 14th, 2024
- Detecting, Studying, and Eliminating Quasiparticles in Superconducting Circuits
- Time: 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Place: 5310 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Eli Levenson-Falk, USC
- Abstract: Nonequilibrium populations of quasiparticle excitations plague superconducting circuits, causing errors in quantum processors. I will present our results using aluminum nanobridge Josephson junctions to detect quasiparticles as they trap and untrap in the junctions' internal Andreev bound states. By carefully studying the trapping and untrapping rates as a function of environmental conditions, we can find the quasiparticles' mechanisms of excitation, relaxation, and thermalization. I will further discuss novel filter designs that can eliminate the high-frequency radiation that generates the quasiparticles in the first place.
- Host: Maxim Vavilov
Friday, March 15th, 2024
- No events scheduled