Universal dielectric loss in amorphous solids in Josephson qubits from simultaneous bias and microwave fields

ORAL

Abstract

We calculate the microwave dielectric loss of an ensemble of two-level systems in amorphous solids within superconducting qubits during the application of a time-varying electric bias field. We find that this loss becomes universal in a wide range of temperatures and frequencies of the AC drive field, corresponding to the bare linear dielectric permittivity in the low-temperature limit. This non-equilibrium theory allows the separate extraction of the TLS density and their dipole size in experiments and can be used to reduce the destructive effect of decoherence.

Authors

  • Alexander Burin

    • Tulane University
  • Kevin Osborn

    • LPS University of Maryland
  • Khalil Moe

    • University of Maryland and Laboratory for Physical Sciences
    • LPS, University of Maryland