Seminar

Monday, October 18, 2010 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Adrian Lupascu: Quantum superconducting circuits

Adrian Lupascu, Institute for Quantum Computing

Quantum superconducting circuits are nanostructured superconducting electrical networks with Josephson junctions. At low temperatures, their quantum dynamics is properly described by using a few degrees of freedom with a collective character. The parameters in the Hamiltonian depend on the dimensions and topology of the circuit; superconducting quantum circuits therefore behave as artificial atoms.