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SUMMARY:Exploring the 
DTSTART:20111219T161500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Michel Devoret\, Yale University\nIs it possible to cons
 truct artificial atoms and molecules that would perform functions unattain
 able with natural ones? Superconducting integrated circuits serving as qua
 ntum bits illustrate the problem of engineering a controllable quantum ele
 ctrodynamic system. A simple Lego-like set of three basic components - lin
 ear capacitances\, linear inductances and non-linear Josephson inductances
  - can be combined with almost no limitations. Can circuit architecture mi
 tigate or even eliminate decoherence due to defects of basic electrical co
 nstituents? This key questions will be discussed by reviewing the present 
 entries of the "Mendeleev table" equivalent for superconducting circuits a
 nd the known types of noise. One superconducting artificial atom recently 
 built/discovered at Yale\, which we have nicknamed Fluxonium\, provides an
  example of how one can\, by combining large and small Josephson inductanc
 es\, improve in principle immunity to noise. 
LOCATION:Auditoire CE 1 - Centre Est EPFL
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