Superconducting qubits using titanium nitride

ORAL

Abstract

Recent results in the community strongly implicate surface loss as a dominant source of decoherence (primarily energy relaxation) for superconducting transmon qubits. Resonators and qubits made of titanium nitride (TiN) showed significant device improvement compared with lift-off aluminum, with quality factors of up to approximately 1 million. We present more detailed characterization results of the TiN films including the substrate-metal interface.

Authors

  • Matthias Steffen

    • IBM
  • Josephine Chang

    • IBM
  • David Pappas

    • NIST
  • Mike R. Vissers

    • NIST
  • Martin Sandberg

    • NIST
  • Jiansong Gao

    • NIST
  • Lynne Gignac

    • IBM
  • John Bruley

    • IBM
  • Chris Breslin

    • IBM
  • Marko Hopstaken

    • IBM
  • Chris Lirakis

    • IBM