REFERENCES for 6.975

TEXT on Superconductvity

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* Foundations of Applied Superconductivity, T.P. Orlando and K.A. Delin, Addison-Wesley, 1991.

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* Introduction to Superconductivity, (Second Edition) M. Tinkham, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996.

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Introduction to Superconducting Circuits, Alan M. Kadin, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., (1999).

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Principles of Superconductive Devices and Circuits, T. Van Duzer and C.W. Turner, Elsevier North Holland, Second Edition, 1999

Short Introductions to Superconductivity

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``Superconductivity'' by A. Leggett and D.M. Ginzburg in Encyclopedia Brittanica (Also on line at http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?idxref=507241)

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K.A. Delin and T.P. Orlando, ``Superconductivity,'' in The Engineering Handbook, edited by R.C. Dorf, CRC Press, 1996, pp. 1274--1286.

Electronic Applications of Superconductivity

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IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, a quartly publication beginning March 1991.

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Superconductor science and technology, IOP Publishing Ltd, (c1988-) Publilshed monthly.

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Physica. C, Superconductivity Amsterdam : North-Holland, 1988 Published monthly.

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Superconductivity : fundamentals and applications.W. Buckel, Weinheim, Federal Republic of Germany ; New York, NY, USA : VCH, c1991.

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* Physics and Applications of the Josephson Effect, A. Barone and G. Paterno, Wiley, 1982.

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* Superconducting Devices edited by S.T. Ruggiero and D.A. Rudman, Academic Press, 1990.

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* Dynamics of Josephson Junctions and Circuits, by Konstantin K. Likharev, Gordon and Breach, 1991.

References on Circuits:

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C. A. Desoer and E. S. Kuh, Basic Circuit Theory, MaGraw-Hill, New York (1969), especially chapters 9--11.

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D. Roy Choudhury, Networks and Systems, John Wiley and Sons, New York (1988), especially chapter 3.

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D. A. Wells, ``Application of the Lagrangian Equations to Electrical Circuits,'' J. Appl. Phys. 9, 312--320, (1938).

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D. A. Wells, Lagrangian Dynamics, Schuam's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill, New York (1967).

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L. O. Chua and J. d. McPherson, ``Explicit Topological Formulation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Equations for Nonlinear Networks,'' IEEE. Trans. Circuits and Systems, CAS-21, 277--286, (1974).

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G. M. Bernstein and M. A. Lieberman, ``A method for obtaining a canonical Hamiltonian for nonlinear LC circuits,'' IEEE. Trans. Circuits and Systems, 36, 411--420, (1989).

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B. M. Maschke, A. J. van der Schaft, and P.C. Breedveld, ``An intrinsic Hamiltonian formulation of the dynamics of LC-circuits,'' IEEE. Trans. Circuits and Systems I., 42, 73--82, (1995).

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B. Yurke and J. S. Denker, ``Quantum Network Theory,'' Phys. Rev. A 29, 1419--1437, (1984).

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M. H. Devoret, ``Quantum Fluctuations in Electrical Circuits,'' Chapter 10, in Quantum Fluctuations, S. Reymaud, E. Giacobino, and J. Zinn-Justin, eds., Elsevier Science, B.V. (1997).

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J.R. Phillips, H.S.J. van der Zant, J. White and T.P. Orlando, ``Influence of Induced Magnetic fields on the static properties of Josephson-junction arrays,'' Phys. Rev. 47 5219--5229, (1993).

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C. Luchernoi, ``Self-inductive effects in Josephson-junction arrays models,'' Phys. Rev. B 55, 6559-6564, (1997).

Texts on Quantum Computing

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* Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by M. A. Nielsen and I. L. Chuang, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, (2000).

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Lecture Notes for Quantum Computation, John Preskill, Cal Tech, available at http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/ph229/# lecture

General Review Articles on Quantum Computing:

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D.P. DiVincenzo, ``Quantum Computation,'' Science, Vol. 270, 255--261, (1995);

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S. Lloyd, ``A Potentially Realizable Quantum Computer,'' Science, Vol. 261, 1569--1571, (1993) and ``Envisioning a quantum supercomputer,'' 263, 695--695, (1994).

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T. P. Spiller, `` Quantum information processing: Cryptography, computation, and teleportation'', Proc. IEEE 84 1719-1746, (1996).

Texts on Two-State Systems and NMR

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Applied Quantum and Statistical Physics, P. Hagelstein, S. D. Senturia, and T. P. Orlando, especially chapter 17. Notes for 6.728.

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* Spin dynamics : basics of nuclear magnetic resonance by Malcolm H. Levitt, Chichester ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

General Articles on Quantum Computing with Superconductors:

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P. Carruthers and M. M. Nieto, ``Phase and angle variables in Quantum Mechanics,'' Rev. Mod. Phys 40, 411--440, (1968).

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Y. Maklin, G. Schön, and A. Shnirman, ``Quantum-state engineering with Josephson-junction devices,'' Rev. Mod. Phys. 73, 357--400, 2001.

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R. Fazio, G.M. Palma, J. Siewert, `` Fidelity and leakage of Josephson qubits'', Phys Rev Lett 83, 5385-5388 (1999).

Single Junction Superconducting Devices:

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S. Han, Y. Yu, X. Chu, S. - I. Chu and Z. Wang, `` Time-Resolved Measurement of Dissipation-Induced Decoherence in a Josephson Junction `` Science 293, 1457 (2001)

2.

Yang Yu, Siyuan Han, Xi Chu, Shih-I Chu, and Zhen Wang ``Coherent Temporal Oscillations of Macroscopic Quantum States in a Josephson Junction,'' Science 2002 296: 889-892

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John M. Martinis, S. Nam, J. Aumentado, and C. Urbina, ``Rabi Oscillations in a Large Josephson-Junction Qubit,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 117901 (2002)

Charge-based Superconducting Qubits:

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D. V. Averin and K. K. Likharev, ``Single Electronics,'' in Mesoscopic Phenomena in Solids, eds. B.L. Altshuler, P. A. Lee and R. A. Webb. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1991).

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P. Joyez, A. Pilipe, D. Esteve, and M. H. Devoret, ``Observation Of Parity-Induced Suppression Of Josephson Tunneling In The Superconducting Single-Electron Transistor'', Phys. Rev. Letts. 72, 2458-2461, (1994).

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P. Lafarge, M. Matters, and J. E. Mooij, ``Charge representation of a small two-dimensional Josephson-junction array in the quantum regime,'' Phys. Rev. B 54, 7380--7384, (1996).

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V. Bouchiat, D. Vion, P. Joyez, D. Esteve, and M. Devoret, ``Quantum coherence with a single Cooper pair'' Phys Scripta T76, 165--170, (1998).

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Y. Nakamura, Y.A. Pashkin, J.S. Tsai, `` Coherent control of macroscopic quantum states in a single-Cooper-pair box'' Nature 398, 786--788, (1999).

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Y. Nakamura, Y. A. Pashkin, J. S. Tsai, ``Rabi Oscillations in a Josephson-Junction Charge Two-Level System,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 246601, (2001)

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D. Vion, A. Aassime, A. Cottet, P. Joyez, H. Pothier, C. Urbina, D. Esteve, and M. H. Devoret ``Manipulating the Quantum State of an Electrical Circuit,' Science 2002 May 3; 296: 886-889

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A. Shnirman, G. Schon, Z. Hermon, `` Quantum manipulations of small Josephson junctions,'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 2371--2374, (1997).

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Y. Makhlin, G. Schoen, A. Shnirman, `` Josephson-junction qubits with controlled couplings'' Nature 398, 305--307, (1999).

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D. V. Averin, ``Adiabatic quantum computation with Cooper pairs,'' Solid State Commun. 105, 659--664, (1998).

Flux-Based Superconducting Devices:

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S. Han, J. Lapointe, J. E. Lukens, in Activated Barrier Crossing, eds. G.R. Fleming and P. Hanggi, World Sci., pp. 241--267, 1993.

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R. Rouse, S. Han, and J. E. Lukens, ``Observation of resonant-tunneling between macroscopically distinct quantum levels,'' Phys. Rev. Lett 75, 1614--1617, (1995).

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J. Diggins, T. D. Clark, H. Prance, R. J. Prance, T. P. Spiller, J. Ralph, and F. Brouers, ``Limits to the observation of coherent oscillations in a SQUID ring,'' Physica B 215, 367--376, (1995).

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M. G. Castellano, R. Leoni and G. Torrioili, ``Switching dynamics of Nb/AlOx/Nb Josephson junctions: Measurements for an experiment of macroscopic quantum coherence,'' J. Appl. Phys. 80, 2922--2928m, (1996).

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M. F. Bocko, A. M. Herr, and M.F. Feldman, ``Prospects for Quantum Coherent Computation Using Superconducting Electronics,'' IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 7, 3638--3641, (1997).

P. Carelli, M. G. Castellano, F. Chiarello, C. Cosmelli, R. Leoni, and G. Torrioli, ``A Hysteretic dc SQUID reading the flux states of a rf SQUID,'' presented at the Applied Superconductivity Conference, September 2000 and to be published in the IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond..

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J. R. Friedman, Vijay Patel, W. Chen, S. K. Tolpygo and J. E. Lukens, ``Quantum Superposition of Distinct Macroscopic States,'' Nature 406, 43--46, (2000).

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J. E. Mooij, T. P. Orlando, Lin Tian, Caspar H. van der Wal, L. Levitov, Seth Lloyd, and J. J. Mazo, ``A Superconducting Persistent Current Qubit,'' Science 285, 1036--1039, (1999).

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T. P. Orlando, J. E. Mooij, Lin Tian, Caspar H. van der Wal, L. S. Levitov, Seth Lloyd and J. J. Mazo, ``Superconducting persistent-current qubit,'' Phys. Rev. B 60, 15398--15413, (1999).

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Caspar H. van der Wal, A. C. J. ter Haar, F. K. Wilhelm, R. N. Schouten, C. J. P. M. Harmans, T. P. Orlando, Seth Lloyd, and J. E. Mooij, ``Quantum Superposition of Macroscopic Persistent-Current States,'' Science 290, 773--777 (2000).

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P. Carelli, M. G. Castellano, F. Chiarello, C. Cosmelli, R. Leoni, and G. Torrioli, ``A Hysteretic DC SQUID reading the flux states of a RF SQUID,'' presented at the Applied Superconductivity Conference, September 2000, and to be published in the IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.

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Lin Tian, L. Levitov, Caspar H. van der Wal, J. E. Mooij, T. P. Orlando, Seth Lloyd, C. J. P. M. Harmans, and J. J. Mazo, ``Decoherence of the superconducting persistent current qubit,'' in Quantum Mesoscopic Phenomena and Mesoscopic Devices in Microelectronics edited by I. O. Kulik and R. Ellialogulu, Kluwer, (2000).

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L. Tian, S. Lloyd, and T. P. Orlando, ``Decoherence and Relaxation of a Superconducting Quantum Bit during measurment,'' preprint (2001).quant-phys number

Fabrication and Characterization of Josephson Devices:

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K. Berggren, D. Nakada, T.P. Orlando, E. Macedo, R. Slattery, and T. Weir, ``An integrated superconductive device technology for qubit control,'' to be published.

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M. A. Gubrud, M. Ejrnaes, A. J. Berkley, R. C. Ramos, Jr, I. Jin, J. R. Anderson, A. J. Drajt, C. J. Lobb, and F. C. Wellstood, ``Sub-gap leakage in Nb/AlOx/Nb and Al/AlOx Josephson Junctions,'' presented at the Applied Superconductivity Conference, September 2000, and to be published in the IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.

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R. C. Ramos, M. A. Gubrud, A. J. Berkley, J. R. Anderson, C. J. Lobb, and F. C. Wellstood, ``Design for effective thermalization of junctions for quantum coherence,'' presented at the Applied Superconductivity Conference, September 2000 and to be published in the IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond..

WEB SITES:

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See Superconducting Circuits for Quantum Computation and Nonlinear Dyanamics web page at

http://rleweb.mit.edu/superconductivity/index.html

There are a number of links to general quantum computation web sites and to superconducting web sites, as well as some general information.

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High-Tc Update: A weekly overview of papers in superconductiivty, with list of preprints. (http://www.iitap.iastate.edu/htcu/) A must reading for anyone interested in high-temperature superconductivity research.)

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An excellent list of Web Sites is maintained by HIgh Tc Update
(http://www.iitap.iastate.edu/htcu/othersites.html)

* Books on reserve in Barker Library.