Administration of EMP-related Publications
year | 2023 |
author(s) | M. Lucas, A. V. Danilov, L. V. Levitin, A. Jayaraman, A. J. Casey, L. Faoro, A. Ya. Tzalenchuk, S. E. Kubatkin, J. Saunders, S. E. de Graaf |
title | Quantum bath suppression in a superconducting circuit by immersion cooling |
document type | Paper |
Keywords | helium-3, tls, decoherence |
source | Nat Commun 14, 3522 (2023) |
doi | 10.1038/s41467-023-39249-z |
arxiv | https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.03816 |
supplemental material | https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-023-39249-z/MediaObjects/41467_2023_39249_MOESM1_ESM.pdf |
EMP/Horizon2020 | This publication includes a EMP/Horizon2020 acknowledgement. |
abstract | Quantum circuits interact with the environment via several temperature-dependent degrees of freedom. Multiple experiments to-date have shown that most properties of superconducting devices appear to plateau out at T ≈ 50 mK – far above the refrigerator base temperature. This is for example reflected in the thermal state population of qubits, in excess numbers of quasiparticles, and polarisation of surface spins – factors contributing to reduced coherence. We demonstrate how to remove this thermal constraint by operating a circuit immersed in liquid 3He. This allows to efficiently cool the decohering environment of a superconducting resonator, and we see a continuous change in measured physical quantities down to previously unexplored sub-mK temperatures. The 3He acts as a heat sink which increases the energy relaxation rate of the quantum bath coupled to the circuit a thousand times, yet the suppressed bath does not introduce additional circuit losses or noise. Such quantum bath suppression can reduce decoherence in quantum circuits and opens a route for both thermal and coherence management in quantum processors. |