IP Library Granted Patent US 12,225,831
Granted Patent B2
US 12,225,831 · App. 17/505,086 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Superconducting qubit and preparation method thereof, quantum storage device, and quantum computer

Inventor: Hao Deng (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
H10N60/0912G06N10/00H10N60/0884H10N60/12H10N60/805H10N60/83
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Patent No.
US 12,225,831
App. No.
17/505,086
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a superconducting qubit. The superconducting qubit includes: a Josephson junction and a non-Josephson junction area, wherein the non-Josephson junction area includes a first layer of superconducting material, the first layer of superconducting material being superconducting material deposited on the non-Josephson junction area before ion milling on the Josephson junction and the non-Josephson junction area during preparation of the superconducting qubit.

Claims (12)

1. A superconducting qubit, comprising:

a Josephson junction and a non-Josephson junction area electrically connected, wherein the non-Josephson junction area comprises a first layer of superconducting material, a second layer of superconducting material, a Josephson junction insulating layer, and a third layer of superconducting material from bottom to top;

the Josephson junction comprises a Josephson junction first layer electrode deposited from the second layer of superconducting material and a Josephson junction second layer electrode deposited from the third layer of superconducting material, wherein the Josephson junction first layer electrode and the Josephson junction second layer electrode are crossed, and a cross area of the Josephson junction first layer electrode and the Josephson junction second layer electrode comprises the second layer of superconducting material, the Josephson junction insulating layer, and a third layer of superconducting material from bottom to top.

2. The superconducting qubit according to claim 1 , wherein the superconducting material of the first layer of superconducting material comprises one or more of aluminum, tantalum, niobium, or titanium nitride.

3. The superconducting qubit according to claim 1 , wherein both the second layer of superconducting material and the third layer of superconducting material comprise one or more of aluminum, tantalum, niobium, or titanium nitride.

4. The superconducting qubit according to claim 1 , wherein the Josephson junction insulating layer comprises one of an oxide layer, a physical vapor deposition (PVD) coating, a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) coating, or an atomic layer deposition (ALD) deposition film.

5. A quantum computer, comprising:

a quantum storage device configured to store quantum computing information; and

a quantum effector configured to control quantum algorithms and quantum codes, wherein both the quantum storage device and the quantum effector conduct a quantum manipulation through a quantum state constituted by a superconducting qubit, wherein the superconducting qubit comprises: a Josephson junction and a non-Josephson junction area electrically connected, wherein the non-Josephson junction area comprises a first layer of superconducting material, a second layer of superconducting material, a Josephson junction insulating layer, and a third layer of superconducting material from bottom to top; and the Josephson junction comprises a Josephson junction first layer electrode deposited from the second layer of superconducting material and a Josephson junction second layer electrode deposited from the third layer of superconducting material, wherein the Josephson junction first layer electrode and the Josephson junction second layer electrode are crossed, and a cross area of the Josephson junction first layer electrode and the Josephson junction second layer electrode comprises the second layer of superconducting material, the Josephson junction insulating layer, and a third layer of superconducting material from bottom to top.

6. The quantum computer of claim 5 , further comprising:

a quantum transistor configured to realize a switching function of a transistor,

wherein the quantum transistor, the quantum storage device, and the quantum effector conduct a quantum manipulation through a quantum state constituted by the superconducting qubit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2026
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: Z-AXIS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 075934/0205 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: DENG, HAO
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057893/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011166998.4 · Oct 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220131064A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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