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TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum coherence in a single-Cooper-pair box
T2 - experiments in the frequency and time domains
AU - Nakamura, Y
AU - Pashkin, Yu.A
AU - Tsai, J.S
PY - 2000/5/11
Y1 - 2000/5/11
N2 - In a small superconducting electrode connected to a reservoir via a Josephson junction, we can realize an artificial two-level system in which two charge-number states of the electrode are coupled by Cooper-pair tunneling. We have investigated quantum coherence in the two-level system through two complementary experiments: (i) photon-assisted Cooper-pair-tunneling spectroscopy of the energy-level splitting in the frequency domain, and (ii) pulsed-gate control of the quantum state to observe the coherent oscillations in the time domain. Our results demonstrate the existence and the persistence of the coherence for at least ∼30 cycles of the oscillation.
AB - In a small superconducting electrode connected to a reservoir via a Josephson junction, we can realize an artificial two-level system in which two charge-number states of the electrode are coupled by Cooper-pair tunneling. We have investigated quantum coherence in the two-level system through two complementary experiments: (i) photon-assisted Cooper-pair-tunneling spectroscopy of the energy-level splitting in the frequency domain, and (ii) pulsed-gate control of the quantum state to observe the coherent oscillations in the time domain. Our results demonstrate the existence and the persistence of the coherence for at least ∼30 cycles of the oscillation.
KW - Coherent oscillations
KW - Energy-level splitting
KW - Josephson junction
KW - Two-level system
U2 - 10.1016/S0921-4526
DO - 10.1016/S0921-4526
M3 - Journal article
VL - 280
SP - 405
EP - 409
JO - Physica B: Condensed Matter
JF - Physica B: Condensed Matter
SN - 0921-4526
IS - 1
ER -