Kinetics of nonequilibrium quasiparticle tunneling in superconducting charge qubits
- 1 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 78 (2), 024503
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.78.024503
Abstract
We directly observe low-temperature nonequilibrium quasiparticle tunneling in charge qubits based on the single-Cooper-pair box. We measure even- and odd-state dwell-time distributions as a function of temperature, and interpret these results using a kinetic theory. While the even-state lifetime is exponentially distributed, the odd-state distribution is more heavily weighted to short times, implying that odd-to-even tunnel events are not described by a homogenous Poisson process. The mean odd-state dwell time increases sharply at low temperature, which is consistent with quasiparticles tunneling out of the island before reaching thermal equilibrium.Keywords
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