Graphene Josephson Qubit

ORAL

Abstract

We propose to combine the advantages of graphene, such as easy tunability and long coherence times, with Josephson physics to manufacture qubits. These qubits can either be built around a 0 and $\pi$ junction and controlled by external flux or a d- wave Josephson junction can itself be tuned via a gate voltage to create superpositions between macroscopically degenerate states. We show that ferromagnets are not required for realizing $\pi$ junction in graphene, thus considerably simplifying its physical implementation. We demonstrate that one qubit gates, such as arbitrary phase rotations and the exchange gate, can be implemented easily.

Authors

  • Colin Benjamin

    School of Physics \& Astronomy, University of Leeds

  • Jiannis K. Pachos

    School of Physics \& Astronomy, University of Leeds