US 6,563,311 B2Grant

Quantum computing method using magnetic flux states at a josephson junction

Issue Date:2003-05-13

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Abstract

A solid-state quantum computing structure includes a d-wave superconductor in sets of islands that clean Josephson junctions separate from a first superconducting bank. The d-wave superconductor causes the ground state for the supercurrent at each junction to be doubly degenerate, with two supercurrent ground states having distinct magnetic moments. These quantum states of the supercurrents at the junctions create qubits for quantum computing. The quantum states can be uniformly initialized from the bank, and the crystal orientations of the islands relative to the bank influence the initial quantum state and tunneling probabilities between the ground states. A second bank, which a Josephson junction separates from the first bank, can be coupled to the islands through single electron transistors for selectably initializing one or more of the supercurrents in a different quantum state. Single electron transistors can also be used between the islands to control entanglements while the quantum states evolve. After the quantum states have evolved to complete a calculation, grounding the islands, for example, through yet another set of single electron transistors, fixes the junctions in states having definite magnetic moments and facilitates measurement of the supercurrent when determining a result of the quantum computing.

Metadata

Assignee

D-Wave Systems, Inc.

Inventor

Alexandre M. Zagoskin

Application Information

Application Number:US 09/855,817

Filing Date:2001-05-14

Priority Date:1999-12-01

Art Unit:7

Classifications

IPC:

H01L 3922G06N 100G01R 33035G06F 748

Field of Search:

324248708677708679708832708400505162505170505190505829505846505702

Patent Drawings (6 sheets)

Description

[0002] This is a divisional of U.S. pat. app. Ser. No. 09/452,749, filed on Dec. 1, 1999.

Background

[0003] 1. Field of the Invention

[0004] This invention relates to quantum computing and to solid state devices that use superconducting materials to create and maintain coherent quantum states such as required for quantum computing.

[0005] 2. Description of Related Art

[0006] Research on what is now called quantum computing traces back to Richard Feynman, [R. Feynman, Int. J. Theor. Phys., 21, 467-488 (1982)]. Feynman noted that quantum systems are inherently difficult to simulate with conventional computers but that observing the evolution of a quantum system could provide a much faster way to solve the same computational problems. In particular, solving a theory for the behavior of a quantum system commonly involves solving a differential equation related to the Hamiltonian of the quantum system. Observing the behavior of the quantum system provides information regarding the solutions to the equation.

[0007] Further efforts in quantum computing were initially concentrated on “software development” or building of the formal theory of quantum computing. Software for quantum computing attempts to set the Hamiltonian of a quantum system to correspond to a problem requiring solution. Milestones in these efforts were the discoveries of the Shor and Grover algorithms. [See P. Shor, SIAM J. of Comput., 26:5, 1484-1509 (1997); L. Grover, Proc. 28th STOC, 212-219 (1996); and A. Kitaev, LANL preprint quant-ph/9511026 (1995)]. In particular, the Shor algorithm permits a quantum computer to factorize natural numbers. The showing that fault-tolerant quantum computation is theoretically possible opened the way for attempts at practical realizations of quantum computers. [See E. Knill, R. Laflamme, and W. Zurek, Science, 279, p. 342 (1998).]

[0008] One proposed application of a quantum computer is factoring of large numbers. In such an application, a quantum computer could render obsolete all existing encryption schemes that use the “public key” method. In another application, quantum computers (or even a smaller scale device, a quantum repeater) could allow absolutely safe communication channels, where a message, in principle, cannot be intercepted without being destroyed in the process. [See H. J. Briegel et al., LANL preprint quant-ph/9803056 (1998) and the references therein.]

[0009] Quantum computing generally involves initializing the states of N qubits (quantum bits), creating controlled entanglements among the N qubits, allowing the quantum states of the qubits to evolve under the influence of the entanglements, and reading the qubits after they have evolved. A qubit is conventionally a system having two degenerate quantum states, and the initial state of the qubit typically has non-zero probabilities of being found in either degenerate state. Thus, N qubits define an initial state that is a combination of 2^Ndegenerate states. The entanglements control the evolution of the distinguishable quantum states and define calculations that the evolution of the quantum states perform. This evolution, in effect, performs 2^Nsimultaneous calculations. Reading the qubits after evolution is complete determines the states of the qubits and the results of the calculations.

[0010] Several physical systems have been proposed for the qubits in a quantum computer. One system uses chemicals having degenerate spin states. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques can read the spin states. These systems have successfully implemented the Shor algorithm for factoring of a natural number (15). However, efforts to expand such systems up to a commercially useful number of qubits face difficult challenges.

[0011] Another physical system for implementing a qubit includes a superconducting reservoir, a superconducting island, and a dirty Josephson junction that can transmit a Cooper pair (of electrons) from the reservoir into the island. The island has two degenerate states. One state is electrically neutral, but the other state has an extra Cooper pair on the island. A problem with this system is that the charge of the island in the state having the extra Cooper pair causes long range electric interactions that interfere with the coherence of the state of the qubit. The electric interactions can force the island into a state that definitely has or lacks an extra Cooper pair. Accordingly, the electric interactions can end the evolution of the state before calculations are complete or qubits are read. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as collapsing the wavefunction, loss of coherence, or decoherence.

[0012] Research is continuing and seeking a structure that implements a quantum computer having a sufficient number of qubits to perform useful calculations.

Summary

[0013] In accordance with the invention, a qubit includes a superconducting island that a Josephson junction separates from a superconducting bank. The island has a crystal orientation that differs from the crystal orientation of the reservoir, and a grain boundary between the island and reservoir forms a clean (ballistic) Josephson junction. One or both of the island and the bank are D-wave superconductors so that a ground state current flows at the Josephson junction. The ground state of the supercurrent at the Josephson junction is twice degenerate with the magnetic moment produced by the supercurrent distinguishing the two states. The crystal orientation of the island relative to the bank controls the equilibrium phase difference in the order parameter across the junction and therefore the tunneling probabilities between the ground states.

[0014] To read the supercurrent state associated with the island, a single electron transistor (SET) or parity key can connect the island to ground. When the SET is biased to conduct, the current through the SET collapses supercurrent state to a state with fixed magnetic moment and fixes the supercurrent in that state. Thus, upon completion of a calculation, a control circuit biases the SET to conduct, and the magnetic moment at the Josephson junction is fixed in a particular state and can be dependably read.

[0015] To form a quantum register, multiple Josephson junctions can couple respective superconducting islands to a superconducting bank, and a current through the bank can initialize the quantum states of the supercurrents at the junctions. Single electron transistors (SETs) or parity keys interconnect the islands to create controlled entanglements as required for quantum computing. After completion of the computing, other SETs or parity keys connect the islands to ground and freeze the supercurrents at the Josephson junctions into states having definite magnetic moments. This freezing maintains the states for subsequent read operations that measure the local magnetic moments or magnetic flux.

[0016] One embodiment of the invention is a quantum computing structure such as a quantum coherer or a quantum register that includes a bank of a superconducting material and an island of a superconducting material, wherein at least one of the island and the bank is a d-wave superconductor. The normal-conductor portion of a clean Josephson junction can be, for example, a grain boundary between the bank and the island. Optionally, a single electron transistor (SET) or a parity key is between the island and ground. The orientation of the supercurrent through the junction is fixed when the SET is conductive and can evolve when the SET is non-conductive. As another option, the structure also includes a second bank of superconducting material, and a Josephson junction between the first and second banks. Operation of a SET between the second bank and the island selectively initializes the supercurrent's quantum state according to the phase of the order parameter in the first or second bank.

[0017] Another embodiment of the invention is a quantum register that includes: a bank of a superconducting material; a plurality of islands of superconducting material; and a plurality of clean Josephson junctions. Each clean Josephson junction is between the bank and a corresponding one of the islands. One or both of the island and the bank include a d-wave superconductor. The quantum register optionally includes three sets of SETs. Each SET in a first set is between ground and a corresponding one of the islands. Each SET in the second set is between a corresponding pair of the islands. Each SET in the third set is between a second bank and a corresponding one of the islands. The Josephson junction creates an order parameter phase difference between the first and second banks. The second bank and the third set of SETs can be used for selective initialization of supercurrents at the junctions according to the phase of the second bank.

[0018] In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, a quantum computing method cools a structure including a bank and an island to a temperature that makes the bank and the island superconducting and suppresses the decoherence processes in the system. The structure includes a junction that is a clean Josephson junction between the island and the bank. After the structure is at the appropriate temperature, the method establishes a supercurrent at the junction in a quantum state that is an admixture of a first state having a first magnetic moment and a second state having a second magnetic moment. The supercurrent at the junction is a ground state current arising from use of a d-wave superconductor in the structure and can be set by running a current through the bank. The quantum state evolves according to probabilities for tunneling between the first and second ground states. The evolution performs the quantum computing. Determining a measured magnetic moment or flux due to the supercurrent at the junction determines a result from the quantum computing.

[0019] In accordance with another aspect of the invention, determining the measured magnetic moment includes: grounding the island to fix the supercurrent in the first or second state; and measuring the magnetic flux produced by the supercurrent while the island is grounded.

[0020] Typically, the quantum register further includes a plurality of islands and a plurality of junctions, each junction being a clean Josephson junction between the bank and a corresponding island. The quantum states of the supercurrents at the junctions evolve according to the conductivities of transistors that couple islands together. These transistors create entanglements of the quantum states of the islands. The manufacturer of the quantum register can select for each island, a crystal orientation according to the initial quantum state desired for the island.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0021] FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 1C are plan views of quantum coherer having a horizontal architecture in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

[0022] FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C are cross-sectional views of horizontal quantum coherers that in accordance with embodiments of the invention.

[0023] FIGS. 3A and 3B are respectively plan and cross-sectional views of a vertical quantum coherer in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

[0024] FIGS. 4A and 4B are respectively plan and cross-sectional views of a vertical quantum coherer in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.

[0025] FIGS. 5 is cross-sectional views of a hybrid vertical/horizontal quantum coherer in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

[0026] FIG. 6 shows a qubit having a single electron transistor that freezes the state of the qubit.

[0027] FIG. 7 shows a structure including a collection of qubits having single electron transistors that create entanglements among the qubits and facilitate read out of the qubits.

[0028] FIG. 8 illustrates a system having a double bus capable of applying different phases of the order parameter from the buses to the qubit.

[0029] Use of the same reference symbols in different figures indicates similar or identical items.

Detailed Description

[0030] In accordance with an aspect of the invention, quantum computing uses qubits based on the degenerate ground states of the supercurrent at a DD, DND, or SND Josephson junction. The Josephson junctions can be fabricated in useful numbers in a solid state structure. With a d-wave superconductor on at least one side of the Josephson junction, the Josephson junction has non-zero ground state supercurrent in the vicinity of the junction. This ground state supercurrent is either clockwise or counterclockwise in the preferred (so called ab-) plane of the d-wave superconductor. The ground-state supercurrent in the vicinity of each Josephson junction is thus doubly degenerate and provides the basis for a quantum coherer or a qubit for quantum computing in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

[0031] FIG. 1A is a plan view of horizontal quantum coherers 100 in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the invention. Quantum coherer 100 provides a basic block for construction of a qubit but can also be an independent device allowing demonstration of macroscopic quantum tunneling and incoherent quantum noise in a solid state system. As described further below, the macroscopic quantum tunneling in a set of independent quantum coherers permits construction of a random number generator that generates random series with zero correlation.

[0032] Quantum coherer 100 includes a Josephson junction 130 between a larger superconducting bank 110 and a mesoscopic, superconducting island 120 formed on an insulating substrate 140. At least one of bank 110 and island 120 is a d-wave superconductor, for example, a high-Tc cuprate such as YBa₂Cu₃O_7−xor any superconductor, in which the Cooper pairs are in a state with non-zero orbital angular momentum. In a first exemplary embodiment of the invention, both bank 110 and island 120 are made of d-wave superconductor. In this embodiment, junction 130 is clean in that the junction is conducting (e.g., a normal conducting layer or a grain boundary) and lacks scattering sites. As described further below, a grain boundary between a d-wave superconductor bank 110 and a d-wave superconductor island 120 can create a Josephson junction 130.

[0033] In a second exemplary embodiment, bank 110 is an s-wave superconducting material such as Niobium (Nb), and island 120 is a d-wave superconductor. In a third embodiment, bank 110 is a d-wave superconducting material, and island 120 is an swave superconductor. For the second and third embodiments, junction 130 includes a normal conductor between bank 110 and island 120. The normal conductor can be any conductive material that forms a good contact with both the d-wave and s-wave superconductors, has a large elastic scattering length, and remains a normal conductor at the operating temperature of quantum coherer 100 (typically between about 10° K and about 1° K). In particular, gold (Au) is a suitable normal conductor for junction 130.

[0034] In the exemplary embodiments, bank 110 is a chip of superconducting material about 1 μm or more in length and width. The thickness of bank 110 is not critical but generally should not exceed that of the mesoscopic island 120. Island 120 is mesoscopic (i.e., has a size such that a single excess Cooper pair is noticeable) and typically has a width W about 0.2 μm or less, a length L about 0.5 μm or less, and thickness about 0.2 μm or less.

[0035] Quantum coherer 100 can be formed using conventional techniques. In the first exemplary embodiment where both bank 110 and island 120 are d-wave superconductors, substrate 140 is a bi-crystal substrate such as a strontium-titanate bi-crystal substrate available from KagakuGijutsu-sha of Tokyo, Japan. The fabrication process begins by growing a film of a high-Tc cuprate having a thickness of about 0.2 microns on substrate 140. Regions of the high-Tc cuprate film inherit different crystal orientation from underlying substrate 140, and a grain boundary forms between the two different regions. Such a film can be grown using pulsed laser deposition, which uses a laser beam to sputter the high-Tc cuprate onto substrate 140. A photolithographic process then masks and etches the film to form island 120 (typically as one of several islands) adjacent bank 110. For islands 120 of the small size desired, the etching or patterning process can use an electron beam to remove part of the wave superconductor and leave island 120 with the desired dimensions. Il'ichev et al., cond-mat/9811017, p.2 describes known fabrication technique using high-Tc cuprates and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0036] In the second and third embodiments where one of bank 110 or island 120 is an s-wave superconductor, the fabrication process starts by depositing a film of d-wave superconductor on substrate 140. The film is etched (if necessary) to limit the boundaries of the d-wave superconductor to the desired boundaries of bank 110 or island 120. Alternatively, bank 110 or island 120 can be etched from a bulk d-wave film. A normal conductor such as gold is deposited and patterned to leave material for junctions 130. Finally, a film of s-wave superconductor is deposited and patterned (if necessary) to limit the boundaries of the s-wave superconductor for bank 110 or island 120.

[0037] For operation, quantum coherer 100 is cooled to a temperature less than about 10° K so that bank 110 and island 120 are superconducting and Josephson junction 130 is operative. The operating temperature of quantum coherer 100 is far below the threshold temperature for superconductivity of the d-wave superconductor to suppress thermal sources of decoherence. In particular, the low temperature suppresses decoherence processes due to inelastic scattering. If quantum coherer 100 contains an s-wave superconductor, the operating temperature is below the transition temperature of the s-wave superconductor (e.g., below 9.25° K for pure Nb).

[0038] At junction 130, the d-wave superconductor causes a non-zero supercurrent in the ground state, and the ground state of the supercurrent is twice degenerate if no external electromagnetic field is applied. Two degenerate states having the ground state energy and definite magnetic moment correspond to minimal supercurrents circulating through Josephson junction 130 in clockwise and counter-clockwise senses, in a preferred plane of the crystal structures of bank 110 and/or island 120. In accordance with current theoretical descriptions, e.g., the Ginzburg-Landau theory, of superconductivity, an order parameter Ψ describes supercurrents in superconductors, and a phase difference Δφ in the order parameter when crossing junction 130 indicates the state or direction of the supercurrent. The two states associated with the supercurrent in island 120 permit quantum computing as described further below.

[0039] Quantum coherer 100 operates at a temperature below about 10° K so that bank 110 and island 120 are superconducting and thermal excitations do not interfere with the coherence of the quantum state associated with the supercurrent in island 120. An external circuit (not shown) can generate an electric field that causes a current through bank 110 to the right or left that initializes quantum coherer 100 to a quantum state corresponding to a known superposition of the clockwise and counterclockwise supercurrent states at junction 130. Alternatively, temporary application of a magnetic field can also initialize the state of island 120 by temporarily breaking the degeneracy in the two ground state energies. Subsequent quantum tunneling between the ground states causes the state of island 120 to evolve.

[0040] In the first exemplary, island 120 is a d-wave superconductor with a crystal orientation that differs from that of bank 130. Since the Josephson junction is a clean junction, the difference in crystal orientation is a primary factor in determining the magnitude of the equilibrium phase difference Δφ in the order parameter Ψ at the junction, and the magnitude of the phase difference Δφ is not restricted to π/2 as typically would be the case with a tunneling junction. (The two degenerate states of the junction respectively correspond to positive and negative phase differences Δφ.) Accordingly, the choice of lattice mismatch between bank 110 and island 120 selects the phase difference Δφ. This permits selection of tunneling rates between the ground states within an exponentially wide range.

[0041] Another advantage of having a clean junction is a difference in crystal orientations (or Δφ) can restrict the ground states to having a low probability of being in states having excess charge on island 120. Thus, the state of island 120 has weaker electrostatic interactions with the surroundings. This reduces or eliminates a source of decoherence in the state of island 120, and the state of island 120 can continue to evolve for a relatively long period without collapsing the wavefunction. The spontaneous supercurrent at Josephson junction 130 creates spontaneous magnetization, and the direction of the current and the magnetization distinguish the working quantum states of quantum coherer 100. However, the magnetic reactions with the surroundings are weak enough to avoid significant problems with decoherence.

[0042] The geometry or architecture of Josephson junction 130 in quantum coherer 100 can be varied in variety of ways that facilitate selection of the phase difference Δφ in the superconducting order parameter. FIG. 1B is a plan view of a quantum coherer 100B according to another embodiment of the invention. Quantum coherer 100B includes a Josephson junction 130B that separates bank 110 from mesoscopic island 120. Josephson junction 130B is particularly suited for the embodiments of the invention where one of bank 110 and island 120 is an s-wave superconductor and the other one of bank 110 and island 120 is a d-wave superconductor. Bank 110, island 120, and junction 130B are respectively formed in the same manner described above for bank 110, island 120, and junction 130 of FIG. 1A.

[0043] Quantum coherer 100B differs from quantum coherer 100 in crystal orientation of island 120 relative to bank 11O across junction 130B. The a-b plane of the d-wave superconductor lies in the plane of FIG. 1B. In coherer 100B, junction 130B has three regions S1, S2, and S3 where the relative crystal orientation of bank 110 and island 120 across region S1 differs from the relative crystal orientation across regions S2 and S3. The lengths of regions S1, S2, and S3 can be changed to adjust the equilibrium phase difference in the superconducting order parameter across junction 213 and the magnitude of the magnetic flux of the ground state supercurrent.

[0044] FIG. 1C shows a plan view of another horizontal quantum coherer 100C in which a Josephson junction 130C has two regions S1 and S2 with different crystal orientations across the regions S1 and S2. As in coherer 100B, changing the orientation of island 120 and the lengths of regions S1 and S2 can adjust the phase difference in the superconducting order parameter between bank 110 and island 120.

[0045] The cross-section of the junction 130 also has several alternative configurations. FIG. 2A shows a cross-sectional view of a horizontal quantum coherer where both bank 110 and island 120 are d-wave superconductors and a grain boundary forms Josephson junction 130. FIG. 2B shows a cross-sectional view of a horizontal quantum coherer where a normal conductor between bank 110 and island 120 forms Josephson junction 130. The normal conductor is suitable when both bank 110 and island 120 are d-wave superconductors or when one of bank 110 and island 120 is an s-wave superconductor.

[0046] FIG. 2C illustrates that surface of the Josephson junction 130 is not required to be perpendicular to the preferred plane (the ab-plane) of the supercurrent in the d-wave superconductor. Current techniques for growing a high-Tc superconductor on insulating substrate 140 typically keep the ab-plane of the high-Tc superconductor substantially parallel to the surface of substrate 140. In FIG. 2C, junction 130 is at an angle relative to the c-direction of the d-wave superconductor. Normally, the deposition of the d-wave superconductor film on substrate 140 keeps the ab-plane of the d-wave superconductor parallel to the surface of substrate 140 and the c-direction perpendicular to the surface. Conventional patterning of the film creates an edge parallel to the c-direction. However, an anisotropic etch process such as electron beam etching with substrate 140 at an angle to the beam direction can create a non-zero angle between the edge of the d-wave film and the c-direction. This angle provides another degree of freedom in selecting a configuration that provides the desired phase difference Δφ in the superconducting order parameter.

[0047] FIGS. 3A and 3B respectively show a plan view and a cross-sectional view of a vertical quantum coherer 300 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The terms “horizontal” and “vertical” as applied to the quantum coherers described herein indicate the predominant plane of the ground state supercurrents. Quantum coherer 300 includes an insulating substrate 340, a superconducting bank 310, a Josephson junction 330, and a mesoscopic superconducting island 320. A fabrication process for quantum coherer 300 grows a d-wave superconductor film to a thickness between about 0.2 μm and about 0.5 μm on substrate 340. Deposition of a normal conductor such as gold on the d-wave superconductor film forms a normal conductor film between about 0.1 μm and about 0.3 μm thick. Deposition of an s-wave superconductor such as Nb on the normal conductive film forms an s-wave superconductor film less than about 0.2 μm thick. Finally, patterning of the s-wave superconductor film and the normal conductor film creates mesoscopic, superconductive island 320 that Josephson junction 330 separated from superconductive bank 310.

[0048] FIGS. 4A and 4B respectively show plan and cross-sectional views of a quantum coherer 400 having a vertical architecture according to another embodiment of the invention. Quantum coherer 400 includes a superconductor bank 410, a mesoscopic superconductor island 420, and a Josephson junction 430, formed on an insulating substrate 440. A fabrication process for quantum coherer 400 grows a d-wave superconductor film on substrate 440 to a thickness less than about 0.2 μm and patterns the film to form island 420. Insulative sidewall spacers 450 are then formed on island 420. Such spacers can be conventionally formed by depositing and patterning an insulative layer or by a self-aligned process that anisotropically etches a conformal insulative layer formed on substrate 440 and island 420. A layer of a normal conductor such as gold is deposited on the resulting structure to a thickness between about 0.1 μm and about 0.3 μm and patterned to form a normal conductive region of Josephson junction 430. The normal conductive region extends over island 420 and at least part of sidewall spacers 440. Finally, a layer of an s-wave superconductor is deposited on the structure and patterned (if necessary) to form bank 410. The thickness of bank 410 is not critical to the operation of quantum coherer 400.

[0049] FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of a quantum coherer 500 having a hybrid vertical/horizontal architecture according to another embodiment of the invention. Quantum coherer 500 includes a superconductor bank 510, a mesoscopic superconductor island 520, and a Josephson junction 530, formed on an insulating substrate 540. A fabrication process for quantum coherer 500 grows a d-wave superconductor film on substrate 440 to a thickness less than about 0.2 μm and patterns the film to form island 520. The patterning can leave sides of island 520 perpendicular to the surface of substrate 540 or any desired angle. A layer of a normal conductor such as gold is deposited on the resulting structure to a thickness between about 0.1 μm and about 0.3 μm and patterned to form a normal conductive region of Josephson junction 530. In this embodiment, the normal conductive region extends over island 520 and is in contact with at least one sidewall of island 520. Finally, a layer of an s-wave superconductor is deposited on the structure and patterned (if necessary) to form bank 510. The phase difference in the superconducting order parameter from bank 510 to island 520 depends on the relative crystal orientation between the top surface of island 520 and the overlying part of bank 510 and the relative crystal orientation of the side of island 520 and the adjacent part of bank 510.

[0050] The quantum coherers such as described above avoid the destructive effects of low energy thermal excitations for several reasons. In particular, the superconducting gap (between the ground state energy of Cooper pairs and the higher energy states of electrons) and the small phase volume available in the nodes of the d-wave order parameter in the superconducting island and the bank suppress the low energy elementary excitations. Moreover, near the boundary, there is a possibility of specific admixture of s-wave superconductivity restoring the finite energy gap on all of the Fermi surface. In a normal layer of the junction, where the order parameter is suppressed, the elementary excitations are gapped due to size quantization.

[0051] One application of the quantum coherers is in a random number generator. In this application, the quantum states of a set of quantum coherers evolve to a state where each quantum coherer has an equal (or at least known) probability of being in each of the current direction states. The current-directions states are then determined, for example, by observing each quantum coherer with a magnetic force microscope or another magnetic probe. Each determined state (clockwise or counterclockwise) corresponds to a bit value (0 or 1) so that the collection of determined states provides a random binary value having as many bits as there are quantum coherers in the set. Quantum theory indicates that a series of bits thus generated are random without correlation or repetition.

[0052] FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of a qubit 600 based on the architecture of quantum coherer 100. Qubit 600 is merely an illustrative embodiment of a qubit in accordance with the invention, and other embodiments of qubit can employ other quantum coherer architectures such as but not limited to those described above.

[0053] Qubit 600 combines quantum coherer 100 with external circuitry that allows freezing of the quantum tunneling between the two degenerate supercurrent ground states. To freeze the quantum state of the supercurrent, a parity key or single electron transistor (SET) 640 connects island 120 to ground (normal or superconducting). The free passage of electrons between island 120 and ground collapses the wavefunction of the supercurrent at junction 130 into one of the ground states (a state corresponding to either phase difference Δφ or −Δφ) having definite magnetic moment. (The probability of collapsing to a particular phase difference Δφ or −Δφ depends on probability amplitudes in the ground state before the collapse.) Island 120 remains in the definite magnetic moment state while SET 640 continues to connect island 120 to ground, and that state, while frozen, can be measured to read out and determine the results of a calculation. Changing the gate voltage of SET 640 can stop the flow of electrons to or from ground and thereby allows island 120 to evolve according to the tunneling rate between the ground states.

[0054] Single electron transistors are known and described, for example, by A. Zagoskin, “Quantum Theory of Many-Body Processes”, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. SETs include a grain capacitively coupled to two devices (e.g., island 120 and ground). An electron or Cooper pair can tunnel from either device onto the grain when the grain is uncharged. However, the grain is small enough that once an electron or Cooper pair tunnels onto the grain, the charging of the grain electrically repels and prevents further tunneling onto the grain. A gate associated with the grain can change the voltage of grain to shut off or otherwise control the tunneling rate. P. Joyez et al., “Observation of Parity-Induced Suppression of Josephson Tunneling in the Superconducting Single Electron Transistor”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 72, No. 15, Apr. 11, 1994 describes operation and manufacture of single electron transistors and is also incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

[0055] Qubit 600 is referred to herein as a permanent readout superconducting qubit (PRSQ) because barring thermal fluctuations, the spontaneous flux of a frozen (grounded and collapsed) qubit remains fixed. Accordingly, a readout device such as a magnetic force microscope (MFM) tip or a superconducting quantum interferometer device (SQUID) loop can contact the system when the decohering effects of the read out device will not disrupt the qubit result. The readout device measures the weak local magnetic fields that the spontaneous supercurrents (clockwise and counterclockwise) cause in the vicinity of the Josephson junction 130. More particularly, the MFM scans a microscopic magnetized tip attached to a cantilever across the surface and measures deformation of the cantilever as the mechanical force that acts on the magnetized tip. Alternatively, a SQUID loop detects the magnetic flux in the vicinity of the Josephson junction 130. Another possible read system may use a difference in the absorption of circularly polarized microwave radiation due to the clockwise or counterclockwise currents at the junction.

[0056] FIG. 7 shows a PRSQ register 700 including several islands 120-1 to 120-N in contact with a bank 110. In the exemplary embodiment, islands 120-1 to 120-N and bank 110 are made of a d-wave superconductor at a temperature of about 10° K as described above. Grain boundaries are between bank 110 and respective islands 120-1 to 120-N and form clean Josephson junctions 130-1 to 130-N, respectively. The crystal orientations of islands 120-1 to 120-N differ from the crystal orientation of bank 110 and control equilibrium phase differences Δφ₁to Δφ_Nbetween the phase of the order parameter in bank 110 and the phases of the order parameter in islands 120-1 to 120-N. Phases Δφ₁to Δφ_Ncan differ from each other or all be the same. A manufacturer of PRSQ register 700 selects phases Δφ₁to Δφ_Naccording to the application of register 700 and designs a substrate that will create the desired grain boundaries when d-wave superconductive material is deposited on the substrate.

[0057] To facilitate readout from PRSQ register 700, SETs 640-1 to 640-N are between islands 120-1 to 120-N and ground. Turning on SETs 640-1 to 640-N permits free current between ground and respective islands 120-1 to 120-N to collapse and freeze the quantum states of the supercurrents at respective junctions 130-1 to 130-N. The techniques described above can then read the quantum states.

[0058] Register 700 also includes SETs 750-2 to 750-N that connect adjacent islands 120-1 to 120-N. Voltages applied to the gates of SETs 750-2 to 750-N control currents or tunneling probabilities between islands and thereby create controllable entanglements among the quantum states of supercurrents in register 700.

[0059] In FIG. 7, islands 120-1 to 120-N are in a linear array, and each island 120-2 to 120-N has a corresponding SET 750-2 to 750-N that connects to the respective preceding islands 750-1 to 750-(N-1) in the linear array. Alternative configurations are possible, for example, an additional SET can connect island 120-1 to island 120-N in a ring. In another embodiment, each island connects through multiple SETs to other islands, for example, in a two-dimensional array of qubits. The configuration and connections of islands can be selected according to the function of or program for PRSQ register 700.

[0060] To execute quantum computing with PRSQ register 700, the states of the qubits corresponding to islands 120-1 to 120-N are first initialized in the same manner as described above, for example, by running a current through bank 110. All of SETs 640-1 to 640-N are off to prevent interaction with ground, and the voltages on the gates of SETs 750-2 to 750-N are adjusted according to the desired calculation. SETs 750-2 to 750-N create entanglements that enable tunneling between the ground states of PRSQ register 700. After the quantum state of PRSQ register 700 evolves to complete the desired calculation, SETs 750-2 to 750-N are turned off to decouple the qubits, and then SETs 640-1 to 640-N are turned on. This collapses the wavefunction so that the supercurrent at each Josephson junction 130-1 to 130-N has a definite magnetic moment. One or more read out devices sense the magnetic moments of the supercurrents at junctions 130-1 to 130-N to determine the results of the quantum computing.

[0061] The time required for a calculation and the interpretation of the read out results depends on the calculation performed. Such issues are the subject of many papers on quantum computing. The structures described herein can perform such calculations provided that the structures provide a sufficient number of qubits and a decoherence time that is longer than the required calculation time. The structures can typically achieve longer coherence times by decreasing the operating temperature.

[0062] FIG. 8 illustrates a quantum register 800 having a double bus configuration. Quantum register 800 includes a first superconducting bank 110 and a second superconducting bank 810 with a Josephson junction 830 between the banks. Josephson junction 830 creates a phase difference Δφ between the order parameter in bank 110 and the order parameter in bank 120. Josephson junction 830 is preferably a clean Josephson junction so that phase difference Δφ depends on the relative crystal orientations of banks 110 and 120, but junction 830 is alternatively an insulative or dirty Josephson junction. Superconducting islands 120-1 to 120-N connect to bank 110 via respective clean Josephson junctions 130-1 to 130-N.

[0063] Quantum register 800 includes three sets of SETs. SETs 640-1 to 640-N connect to respective islands 120-1 to 120-N to ground. SETs 750-2 to 750-N connect adjacent islands for controlled entanglements. SETs 840-1 to 840-N are between respective islands 120-1 to 120-N and bank 810. An advantage of quantum register 800 is the ability to change the initialization and ground-state tunneling probabilities by selecting which, if any, of SETs 840-1 to 840-N connect corresponding islands 120-1 to 120-N to bank 810.

[0064] To illustrate an initialization process using double-bus quantum register 800, let the phase of the superconducting order parameter in bus 110 be zero. The relative phase χ of bus 810 can be created by connecting bus 110 and 810 on the left of FIG. 8 and passing an external magnetic field through the left most portion of the resulting loop. Opening selected keys 840-1 to 840-N (while keys 640-1 to 640-N remain closed) creates an energy difference between the two previously degenerate ground states in the corresponding islands 120-1 to 120-N. In particular, the states with phases +Δφ and −Δφ when connected to bus 810 differ in energy with the energy difference being proportional to [cos(Δφ+χ)−cos(Δφ−χ)]. The connected islands 120-1 to 120-N eventually settle to the lowest energy state +Δφ or −Δφ depending on the phase χ of bus 810.

[0065] Although the invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments, the description is only an example of the invention's application and should not be taken as a limitation. Various adaptations and combinations of features of the embodiments disclosed are within the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.

Claims

I claim:

1. A quantum computing method comprising:

cooling a structure including a superconducting bank and a superconducting mesoscopic island to a temperature that suppresses thermal excitations in said structure sufficiently to suppress thermal sources of decoherence, the structure including a clean Josephson junction between the superconducting mesoscopic island and the superconducting bank;

establishing a quantum state of a supercurrent at the junction, wherein the quantum state is an admixture of a first state having a first magnetic moment and a second state having a second magnetic moment;

allowing the quantum state of the supercurrent at the junction to evolve according to probabilities for tunneling between the first and second state; and

measuring magnetic flux at the junction to determine a result of the quantum computing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the supercurrent at the junction is a ground-state current arising from a d-wave superconductor in the structure.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein measuring magnetic flux comprises: grounding the island to fix the supercurrent in the first or second state; and measuring the magnetic flux while the island is grounded.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the quantum state comprises running a current through the bank.

5. A quantum computing method comprising:

cooling a structure including a superconducting bank and a plurality of superconducting mesoscopic islands to a temperature that suppresses thermal excitations in said structure sufficiently to suppress thermal sources of decoherence, the structure including a separate clean Josephson junction between each superconducting island in said plurality of superconducting mesoscopic islands and the superconducting bank;

establishing a separate quantum state of a supercurrent at each said junction in said plurality of junctions, wherein the separate quantum state is an admixture of a first state having a first magnetic moment and a second state having a second magnetic moment;

allowing each said quantum state of the supercurrent at each said junction to evolve according to probabilities for tunneling between the first and second state; and

measuring magnetic flux at each said separate junction to determine a result of the quantum computing.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said allowing each said quantum state of the supercurrent at each said junction to evolve further comprises controlling a conductivity of a transistor that couples a first and second mesoscopic island in said plurality of mesoscopic islands together so that an entanglement of the quantum states of said first and second islands is created.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said establishing said separate quantum state comprises running a current through the bank.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein, for each island in said plurality of mesoscopic islands, a crystal orientation is selected for said mesoscopic island in order to achieve a Josephson junction between said mesoscopic island and said bank that provides said mesoscopic island with a predetermined quantum state.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said establishing said quantum state comprises running a current through the bank.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein allowing the supercurrent at the junction to evolve includes providing a tunneling operation.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein allowing the supercurrent at the junction to evolve includes providing a bias operation.

12. The method of claim 5, wherein allowing the supercurrent at the junction to evolve includes providing a tunneling operation.

13. The method of claim 5, wherein allowing the supercurrent at the junction to evolve includes providing a bias operation.

14. The method of claim 5, wherein allowing the supercurrent at the junction to evolve includes providing a entanglement operation.

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