Surface spin induced 1/<i>f</i> flux noise dependent on SQUID geometry (1)

ORAL

Abstract

Magnetic flux noise is the dominant source of dephasing in tunable superconducting qubits. While the mechanism behind this 1/f flux noise is poorly understood, it has been proposed that it originates from random fluctuations of spin impurities located on the surface of SQUIDs. A previously proposed microscopic model predicts that flux noise increases with the perimeter and decreases with the wire width of the SQUID loop. Here, we demonstrate the validity of this model by measuring the flux noise amplitudes of about 50 capacitively shunted flux qubits over a wide range of geometric SQUID parameters. Our results show good agreement with the proposed model assuming independent spins, and may therefore serve as a guide on how to improve SQUID designs to minimize 1/f flux noise.

*This research was funded in part by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), and the Department of Defense (DoD) via MIT Lincoln Laboratory under Air Force Contract No. FA8721-05-C-0002. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of the ODNI, IARPA, the DoD, or the U.S. Government.

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Presenters

  • Leon Ding

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Leon Ding

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jochen Braumueller

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Antti Vepsalainen

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Youngkyu Sung

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Morten Kjaergaard

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Tim Menke

    • Harvard Department of Physics, MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT Department of Physics, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Harvard University; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Physics, MIT

  • Roni Winik

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • David K Kim

    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • MIT Lincoln Lab
    • MIT-Lincoln Lab
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratories
    • Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory

  • Bethany Niedzielski

    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  • Alexander Melville

    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • MIT Lincoln Lab
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratories
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory

  • Jonilyn Yoder

    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • MIT Lincoln Lab
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory

  • Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin

    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • University College London, UK

  • Terry Philip Orlando

    • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Simon Gustavsson

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • William Oliver

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Physics, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Techn
    • MIT Lincoln Lab
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT
    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Physics, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MIT Lincoln Labo
    • Physics, MIT
    • MIT-Lincoln Lab
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratories
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Physics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technolog