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Figure 4.4: Spice Coupler Design – a) Schematic: The qubit is emulated by a damped LC oscillator. One qubit is driven with a microwave source and the response of the second qubit is analyzed. b) Analysis: The resulting response curve shows a splitting that is equal to the coupling strength. to each other. The simplest way to design a coupling element is via the use of circuit modeling software like SPICE. For this purpose, the qubit can be emulated simply via a parallel RLC oscillator with its electrical values chosen to adjust its resonance frequency to the qubit’s operating frequency. One of the qubits can then be driven with an AC voltage and the response of the second qubit to this bias can be measured. Figure 4.4b shows the frequency response of the second qubit to a drive on the first. In this case, the two qubits are coupled through an LC oscillator as shown in Figure 4.4a. This trace shows a response peak that is split by about 20 MHz. This splitting gives a fairly good estimate of the coupling strength that this element will yield in the final qubit circuit. 80

Figure 4.5: Qubit Integrated Circuit: The qubit circuit is placed inside a cutout in the IC’s ground-plane. The geometrical arrangement of the qubit, squid, and flux bias coils determine their mutual inductances. The layout has three terminals to connect the squid bias, flux bias, and qubit coupler. 4.2 Geometric Circuit Element Layout Now that all electrical design values are chosen, the next step is to lay out how the elements will be implemented. For almost all elements, their electrical characteristics are primarily determined by their geometric shape. 81

Figure 4.4: Spice Coupler Design – a) Schematic: The qubit is emulated by a<br />

damped LC oscillator. One qubit is driven with a microwave source and the<br />

response <strong>of</strong> the second qubit is analyzed. b) Analysis: The resulting response<br />

curve shows a splitting that is equal to the coupling strength.<br />

to each other. The simplest way to design a coupling element is via the use <strong>of</strong><br />

circuit modeling s<strong>of</strong>tware like SPICE. For this purpose, the qubit can be emulated<br />

simply via a parallel RLC oscillator with its electrical values chosen to adjust its<br />

resonance frequency to the qubit’s operating frequency. One <strong>of</strong> the qubits can<br />

then be driven with an AC voltage and the response <strong>of</strong> the second qubit to this<br />

bias can be measured. Figure 4.4b shows the frequency response <strong>of</strong> the second<br />

qubit to a drive on the first. In this case, the two qubits are coupled through an<br />

LC oscillator as shown in Figure 4.4a. This trace shows a response peak that is<br />

split by about 20 MHz. This splitting gives a fairly good estimate <strong>of</strong> the coupling<br />

strength that this element will yield in the final qubit circuit.<br />

80

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