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| Date: | 2025 |
| Abstract: | We present an ultrastrong superinductor-based coupling mechanism in a circuit consisting of a flux qubit galvanically coupled to an LC resonator. The coupling inductor is fabricated with granular aluminum, a superinductor material able to provide large surface inductances. Despite the low persistent current exhibited by the qubit, I = 11. 6nA, spectroscopy measurements reveal a Bloch-Siegert shift of 23MHz and a coupling fraction of g / ω ≃ 0. 13, entering the perturbative ultrastrong coupling regime. An independent estimate of the coupler inductance by low-temperature resistance measurements leads to L = (0. 74 ± 0. 14) nH, which is compatible with g / ω ≳ 0. 1. Our results show that superinductors are a promising resource to study ultrastrong coupling physics in high-coherence circuits using flux qubits with small loop areas and low persistent currents. |
| Grants: | Agencia Estatal de Investigación RYC2019-028482-I Agencia Estatal de Investigación PCI2019-111838-2 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2021-122140NB-C31 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PCI2024-153468 European Commission 899561 Generalitat de Catalunya 2020/DI-41 Generalitat de Catalunya 2024/DI-00004 |
| Note: | Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB |
| Note: | CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya; European Union NextGenerationEU (No. PRTR-C17.I1) |
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| Language: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: | Bloch-Siegert shift ; Coupling inductors ; Coupling mechanism ; Flux qubits ; Large surfaces ; LC resonators ; Low-temperature resistance ; Persistent currents ; Spectroscopy measurements ; Superconducting circuit |
| Published in: | Applied physics letters, Vol. 127, Num. 21 (November 2025) , art. 214002, ISSN 1077-3118 |
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