Suppressing the Dielectric Loss in Superconducting Qubits through Useful Geometry Design

Abstract

Dielectric loss from different interfacial layers in the superconducting circuit and from external environment may cause superconducting qubit decoherence. Compared to modeling the entire device at once with a numerical solver, quantitatively formulating the dielectric loss can both describe all loss mechanisms and make the optimization more transparent. In this paper, we first analyze the expression formula of dielectric loss, and obtain a design scheme that can reduce the dielectric loss of qubits. That is, we replace the straight junction wires with the tapered junction wires. Based on this scheme, we perform a simulation to optimize the design of junction wires. Finally, a real experiment is conducted to verify our design. The results show that both the T1 time and T2 time of qubits are significantly improved.