The SQC group is active in the field of Quantum computing with superconducting devices, in particular phase and flux qubits based on SQUIDs, and in fields related to these topics.

The IFN is an institute of the Italian CNR devoted to the study and fabrication of advanced devices for photonics, optoelectronics and electronics. Nanotechnologies play a prominent role in these research fields. The combined expertise in nanofabrication, materials and photonics creates a synergy able to compete in this very new and challenging field.

A list of recent papers:

Coherent oscillations in a superconducting tunable flux qubit manipulated without microwaves
S. Poletto, F. Chiarello, M. G. Castellano, J. Lisenfeld, A. Lukashenko, C. Cosmelli, G. Torrioli, P. Carelli, e A. V. Ustinov
New Journal of Physics 11, 013009 (2009).

A tunable rf SQUID manipulated as flux and phase qubits
S. Poletto, F. Chiarello, M. G. Castellano, J. Lisenfeld, A. Lukashenko, P. Carelli, e A. V. Ustinov
Physica Scripta T137, 014011 (2009).

Catastrophe Observation in a Josephson-Junction System
M. G. Castellano, F. Chiarello, R. Leoni, F. Mattioli, G. Torrioli, P. Carelli, M. Cirillo, C. Cosmelli, A. de Waard, G. Frossati, N. Grønbech-Jensen, and S. Poletto
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 177002 (2007)

Double SQUID tunable flux qubit manipulated by fast pulses: operation requirements, dissipation and decoherence
F. Chiarello
Eur. Phys. J. B 55, 7 (2007)

Rapid single-flux quantum control of the energy potential in a double SQUID qubit circuit
M. G. Castellano, F. Chiarello, R. Leoni, G. Torrioli, P. Carelli, C. Cosmelli, M. Khabipov, A. B. Zorin and D. Balashov
Supercond. Sci. Technol. 20, 500 (2007)

Potential Characterization of a Double SQUID Device for Quantum Computing Experiments
F. Chiarello, P. Carelli, M. G. Castellano, M. Cirillo, C. Cosmelli, G. Frossati, N. Grønbech-Jensen, F. Mattioli, S. Poletto, G. Torrioli, A. de Waard
IEEE trans. on Appl. Supercond. 17, 124 (2007)