PhD defence

Hybrid Josephson junctions and their qubit applications

• T. Vakhtel

Date

Tuesday 3 September 2024

Time

11:30 - 12:30 hour

Address

Academy Building
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden

Supervisor(s)

• Prof.dr. C. Beenakker
• dr. B. van Heck (Sapienza University Of Rome)

Summary

A Josephson junction is a device where a thin insulating barrier or a nanostructure is placed between two superconducting leads.  Such a junction is essential to superconducting qubits that store quantum information due to its anharmonic spectrum. Therefore, understanding the physics of these junctions is crucial for predictions of the qubit’s main qualities, such as the dephasing and relaxation time. Most modern superconducting qubits use Josephson junctions with an insulating barrier (tunneling junction). This thesis aims to explore other possibilities that may allow for better qubit properties.

PhD dissertations

Approximately one week after the defence, PhD dissertations by Leiden PhD students are available digitally through the Leiden Repository, that offers free access to these PhD dissertations. Please note that in some cases a dissertation may be under embargo temporarily and access to its full-text version will only be granted later.

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