Print Email Facebook Twitter Quantum Superpositions of Persistent Josephson Currents Title Quantum Superpositions of Persistent Josephson Currents Author Van der Wal, C. Contributor Mooij, J.E. (promotor) Faculty Applied Sciences Date 2001-09-24 Abstract This thesis presents experimental research on Josephson junction devices that behave quantum mechanically. The devices are formed by micrometer-sized superconducting islands, that are interconnected by a Josephson tunnel junction: a thin insulating layer between two superconductors. With current microfabrication technology it is possible to make very clean and well-defined junctions. The research that is presented in this thesis aimed at investigating whether Josephson junction circuits can have quantum coherent dynamics with a long decoherence time. Subject Josephson effectmacroscopic quantum coherencequantum computation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:07d8236a-bbf4-4f0a-9b0a-e9af79eef942 Publisher Delft University Press ISBN 90-407-2193-9 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2001 C. van der Wal Files PDF as_wal_20010924.pdf 5.56 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:07d8236a-bbf4-4f0a-9b0a-e9af79eef942/datastream/OBJ/view