Abstract
We discuss dephasing times for a two-level system (including bias) coupled to a damped harmonic oscillator. This system is realized in measurements on solid-state Josephson qubits. It can be mapped to a spin-boson model with a spectral function with an approximately Lorentzian resonance. We diagonalize the model by means of infinitesimal unitary transformations (flow equations) and calculate correlation functions, dephasing rates, and qubit quality factors. We find that these depend strongly on the environmental resonance frequency ; in particular, quality factors can be enhanced significantly by tuning to lie below the qubit frequency .
- Received 12 March 2004
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.70.014516
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