Preparation method and device of inductance element, inductance element, and superconducting circuit
A method and a device for preparing an inductance element, an inductance element, and a superconducting circuit are provided. The method includes acquiring a compound for preparing an inductance element, a superconducting coherence length and a magnetic field penetration depth of the compound meeting a preset condition; and annealing the compound to cause decomposition between a non-superconductor phase and a superconductor phase in the compound to generate the inductance element, the kinetic inductance of the inductance element being greater than the geometric inductance of the inductance element.
1. A method for creating a quantum chip that includes a superconducting circuit, comprising:
creating an inductance element having a kinetic inductance of the inductance element greater than a geometric inductance of the inductance element, creation comprising:
acquiring an aluminum titanium nitride compound for preparing the inductance element, a superconducting coherence length and a magnetic field penetration depth of the aluminum titanium nitride compound meeting a preset condition; and
decomposing, by annealing, the aluminum titanium nitride compound into an aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and a titanium nitride superconductor phase;
determining the kinetic inductance of the inductance element using a microwave resonator; and
incorporating the inductance element into the superconducting circuit, a configuration of the superconducting circuit based on the determined kinetic inductance of the inductance element.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preset condition comprises that the superconducting coherence length is shorter than the magnetic field penetration depth.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring an execution operation for the preset condition; and
configuring the preset condition based on the execution operation.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase is nano-sized.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geometric inductance is related to a fine structure constant of the inductance element.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the aluminum titanium nitride compound for preparing the inductance element comprises:
acquiring a raw material for preparing the inductance element; and
performing thin film deposition on the raw material to acquire the compound.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the inductance element further comprises:
acquiring an annealing control parameter; and
wherein the aluminum titanium nitride compound is decomposed by annealing in accordance with the annealing control parameter.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the annealing control parameter comprises at least one of an annealing temperature or an annealing time.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the annealing temperature is lower than a melting point temperature of the aluminum titanium nitride compound and higher than a preset temperature threshold corresponding to the aluminum titanium nitride compound, and wherein the preset temperature threshold is a minimum temperature at which the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and the titanium nitride superconductor phase in the aluminum titanium nitride compound are decomposed.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a degree of decomposition after annealing between the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and the titanium nitride superconductor phase is directly proportional to the annealing temperature.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein a degree of decomposition after annealing between the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and the titanium nitride superconductor phase is directly proportional to the annealing time.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein a degree of decomposition after annealing between the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and the titanium nitride superconductor phase is inversely proportional to the annealing time.
13. The method of claim 7 , wherein acquiring the annealing control parameter comprises:
acquiring a plurality of candidate control parameters for controlling an annealing operation, wherein under the control of the plurality of candidate control parameters, the inductance element corresponds to a plurality of different kinetic inductances; and
determining the annealing control parameter among the plurality of candidate control parameters to maximize the kinetic inductance of the inductance element.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein acquiring the plurality of candidate control parameters for controlling the annealing operation comprises:
acquiring an annealing parameter range corresponding to the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and the titanium nitride superconductor phase, the annealing parameter range being a parameter range corresponding to spontaneous decomposition between the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and the titanium nitride superconductor phase; and
acquiring the plurality of candidate control parameters for controlling the annealing operation within the annealing parameter range.
15. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
acquiring an execution operation for the annealing control parameter; and
setting the annealing control parameter based on the execution operation.
16. The method of claim 7 , wherein:
the annealing control parameter determines feature information of the decomposed aluminum titanium nitride compound.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the feature information of the aluminum titanium nitride compound comprises at least one of a size feature of the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase, a crystallinity feature of the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase, or a distribution feature of the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound comprises Ti 0.5 Al 0.5 N.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aluminum nitride non-superconductor phase and the titanium nitride superconductor phase comprise at least one identical chemical element.
20. A quantum chip, comprising:
a superconducting circuit, the superconducting circuit including an inductance element, the inductance element comprising an annealed film of an aluminum titanium nitride compound, the annealed film including:
non-superconductor phase portions comprising aluminum nitride; and
superconducting phase portions comprising titanium nitride.
21. The quantum chip of claim 20 , wherein:
the annealed film of the aluminum titanium nitride compound comprises a spinodally decomposed sputtered film of the aluminum titanium nitride compound.
22. The quantum chip of claim 20 , wherein:
the aluminum titanium nitride compound comprises Ti 0.5 Al 0.5 N.
23. The quantum chip of claim 20 , wherein:
a kinetic inductance of the inductance element is greater than a geometric inductance of the inductance element.