{
  "id": "0901.1304",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2009-01-09T19:59:19.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-01-09T19:59:19.000Z",
  "title": "Interband transitions and interference effects in superconducting qubits",
  "authors": [
    "Antti Paila",
    "Jani Tuorila",
    "Mika Sillanpää",
    "David Gunnarsson",
    "Jayanta Sarkar",
    "Yuriy Makhlin",
    "Erkki Thuneberg",
    "Pertti Hakonen"
  ],
  "comment": "13 pages, 7 figures, to appear in QIP special issue on superconducting quantum computing",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.supr-con"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate phase-sensitive interference effects in a periodically $\\sin(2\\pi f_{\\rm rf} t)$-driven, artificial two-state system connected to a microwave resonator at $f_{LC} \\simeq 800$ MHz. We observe two kinds of multiphoton transitions in the two-state system, accompanied by: 1) Several quanta from the drive at $f_{\\rm rf}$ and 2) one quantum at $f_{\\rm rf}$ and several at $f_{LC}$. The former are described using phase-sensitive Landau-Zener transitions, while the latter are discussed in terms of vibronic transitions in diatomic molecules. Interference effects in the vibronic transitions governed by Franck-Condon coefficients are also considered.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2009-01-09T19:59:19.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "interband transitions",
      "superconducting qubits",
      "vibronic transitions",
      "diatomic molecules",
      "microwave resonator"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 13,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}