= Superconducting quantum computing
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= Superconducting quantum computer
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Based on the <Josephson effect>. Yet another application of that phenomenal phenomena!
Philosophically, <superconducting qubits are good because superconductivity is macroscopic>.
It is fun to see that the representation of information in the QC basically uses an <LC circuit>, which is a very classical resonator circuit.
As mentioned at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_quantum_computing#Qubit_archetypes[] there are actually a few different types of superconducting qubits:
* flux
* charge
* phase
and hybridizations of those such as:
* <transmon>
Input:
* <microwave> radiation to excite circuit, or do nothing and wait for it to fall to 0 spontaneously
* interaction: TODO
* readout: TODO
\Video[http://youtube.com/watch?v=t5nxusm_Umk]
{title=Quantum Computing with Superconducting Qubits by Alexandre Blais (2012)}
{description=
* https://youtu.be/t5nxusm_Umk?t=176 <quantum computing is hard because we want long coherence but fast control>
* https://youtu.be/t5nxusm_Umk?t=784 <superconducting quantum computer need non-linear components>
}
\Video[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kz6mhh1A_mU]
{title=Quantum Transport, Lecture 16: Superconducting qubits by Sergey Frolov (2013)}
{description=https://youtu.be/Kz6mhh1A_mU?t=1171 describes several possible realizations: charge, flux, charge/flux and phase.}
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPw9nkJAwDY]
{title=Building a quantum computer with superconducting qubits by <Daniel Sank> (2019)}
{description=
Daniel wears a "Google SB" t-shirt, which either means <shabi> in <Chinese (language)>, or <Santa Barbara>. <Google Quantum AI> is based in <Santa Barbara>, with links to <UCSB>.
* https://youtu.be/uPw9nkJAwDY?t=293 <superconducting qubits are good because superconductivity is macroscopic>. Explains how in non superconducting metal, each electron moves separatelly, and can hit atoms and leak vibration/photos, which lead to observation and quantum error
* https://youtu.be/uPw9nkJAwDY?t=429 made of <aluminium>
* https://youtu.be/uPw9nkJAwDY?t=432 shows the <circuit diagram>, and notes that the thing is basically a <LC circuit>
``
+-----+
| |
| +-+-+
| | |
C X X
| | |
| +-+-+
| |
+-----+
``
using the newly created just now <Ciro's ASCII art circuit diagram notation>. Note that the block on the right is a <SQUID device>.
* https://youtu.be/uPw9nkJAwDY?t=471 mentions that the frequency between states 0 and 1 is chosen to be 6 GHz:
* higher frequencies would be harder/more expensive to generate
* lower frequencies would mean less energy according to the <Planck relation>. And less energy means that thermal energy would matter more, and introduce more noise.
6 GHz is about $6^9 \times h = 6 \times 10^9 \times 6.62 \times 10^{-34} \approx 4\e{-24} J$
From the definition of the <Boltzmann constant>, the temperature which has that average energe of particles is of the order of:
$$
T = E/k_b = 4\e{-24}/1.38\e{-23} \approx 0.3K
$$
This explains why we need to go to much lower temperatures than simply the <superconducting temperature of aluminum>!
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\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjlGL4Mvq7A]
{title=A Brief History of <Superconducting quantum computing> by Steven Girvin (2021)}
{description=
* https://youtu.be/xjlGL4Mvq7A?t=138 <superconducting quantum computer need non-linear components> (too brief if you don't know what he means in advance)
* https://youtu.be/xjlGL4Mvq7A?t=169 <quantum computing is hard because we want long coherence but fast control>
}
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZJjQGu85Ps]
{title=Superconducting Qubits I Part 1 by Zlatko Minev (2020)}
{description=
The Q&A in the middle of talking is a bit annoying.
* https://youtu.be/eZJjQGu85Ps?t=2443 the first actually useful part, shows a <transmon> diagram with some useful formulas on it
}
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDiiFOham6Y]
{title=Superconducting Qubits I Part 2 by Zlatko Minev (2020)}
\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsdleM-f0i8]
{title=How to Turn Superconductors Into A Quantum Computer by Lukas's Lab (2023)}
{description=This video is just the introduction, too basic. But if he goes through with the followups he promisses, then something might actually come out of it.}
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