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SUMMARY:Exploring the "Mendeleev Table" of Superconducting Artificial Atom
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DTSTART:20111219T161500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Michel Devoret\, Yale University\, USA\nIs it possible t
 o construct artificial atoms and molecules that would perform functions un
 attainable with natural ones? Superconducting integrated circuits serving 
 as quantum bits illustrate the problem of engineering a controllable quant
 um electrodynamic system. A simple Lego-like set of three basic components
  - linear capacitances\, linear inductances and non-linear Josephson induc
 tances - can be combined with almost no limitations. Can circuit architect
 ure mitigate or even eliminate decoherence due to defects of basic electri
 cal constituents? This key questions will be discussed by reviewing the pr
 esent entries of the "Mendeleev table" equivalent for superconducting circ
 uits and the known types of noise. One superconducting artificial atom rec
 ently built/discovered at Yale\, which we have nicknamed Fluxonium\, provi
 des an example of how one can\, by combining large and small Josephson ind
 uctances\, improve in principle immunity to noise.
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