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Topological Josephson effect in gate-tunable qubit devices

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Abstract

Gate-tunable superconducting qubits that host Majorana zero modes realize an intermediate step to topologically protected qubits by storing the quantum state in topological degrees of freedom. In this talk I will present numerical simulations of such devices that combine superconducting proximity effect, orbital effects, electrostatic environment and realistic geometry. I will show the phase diagram and the key properties of these topological Josephson junctions, in particular the Josephson energy and Majorana coupling energy. Based on these I identify regimes of the surrounding electrostatic environment most favorable for realizing qubits and relate this to observable experimental features.

Presenters

  • Andrey Antipov

    Microsoft Corp

Authors

  • Andrey Antipov

    Microsoft Corp

  • Cameron King

    Microsoft Corp

  • Kewei Li

    Microsoft Corp

  • John Gamble

    Microsoft Corp

  • Bela Bauer

    Station Q, Microsoft Quantum, Microsoft Corp, Microsoft

  • Georg Winkler

    Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Quantum, Microsoft Station Q, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

  • Roman Lutchyn

    Microsoft Quantum, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Microsoft Corp, University of California, Santa Barbara, Microsoft Quantum, Microsoft Station Q, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA, Station Q, Microsoft Research, Santa Barbara, California 93106-6105, USA