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US 12,603,411 · App. 18/291,195 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Reading device for superconducting qubit

Inventors: Fengming Liu (Hefei, CN); Mingcheng Chen (Hefei, CN); Can Wang (Hefei, CN); Chaoyang Lu (Hefei, CN); Jianwei Pan (Hefei, CN)
Assignee: University Of Science And Technology Of China
H01P7/06G06N10/40H01P5/08H10N60/12
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Patent No.
US 12,603,411
App. No.
18/291,195
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a reading device for superconducting qubit, including a qubit, a reading cavity and a Josephson junction, where the qubit is coupled with the reading cavity through the Josephson junction.

Claims (8)

1 . A reading device for superconducting qubit, applied to dispersion measurement for the superconducting qubit, the reading device comprising: a qubit, a reading cavity and a Josephson junction, wherein the qubit is coupled with the reading cavity through the Josephson junction, wherein the qubit of the reading device and the reading cavity are coupled by ZZ coupling of the Josephson junction under respective independent energy eigenstate basis vectors, the reading cavity is a distributed transmission-line-type resonant cavity, a frequency of the transmission-line-type resonant cavity is changed by a state of the gubit, and a position of a connection point of the Josephson junction and the transmission-line-type resonant cavity and a characteristic impedance of a transmission line are determined according to a required coupling strength.

2 . The reading device of claim 1 , wherein the qubit and the transmission-line-type resonant cavity are coupled by one Josephson junction.

3 . The reading device of claim 1 , wherein the qubit and the transmission-line-type resonant cavity are connected by two or more Josephson junctions.

4 . The reading device of claim 1 , wherein the qubit is coupled with the reading cavity by both the Josephson junction and a capacitor.

5 . The reading device of claim 1 , wherein the qubit is a Transmon qubit or a Plasonium qubit.

6 . The reading device of claim 1 , wherein the reading cavity is coupled to a reading line, and the reading cavity is coupled with the reading line by capacitive coupling or inductive coupling.

7 . The reading device of claim 1 , further comprising an independent magnetic flux control line for controlling a magnetic flux in a loop where the Josephson junction for coupling is located.

8 . The reading device of claim 1 , wherein a target value that a magnetic flux is controlled to reach is an integer number of magnetic flux quanta, wherein the magnetic flux is a magnetic flux in a loop where the Josephson junction for coupling is located.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2024
From: LIU, FENGMING; CHEN, MINGCHENG; WANG, CAN; LU, CHAOYANG; PAN, JIANWEI
To: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
Reel/Frame 066209/0445 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240332779A1 · Oct 3, 2024
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