Decoherence of a Josephson Quantum Bit during its Free Evolution: The Quantronium; Conditional gate operation in superconducting charge qubits; Coupling and Dephasing in Josephson Charge-Phase Qubit with Radio Frequency Readout; The Josephson Bifurcation Amplifier for Quantum Measurements; Current-Controlled coupling of superconducting charge qubits; Direct Measurements of Tunable Josephson Plasma Resonance in the L-Set; Time Domain Analysis of Dynamical Switching in a Josephson Junction; Cooper Pair Transistor in a Tunable Environment; Phase Slip Phenomena in Ultra-Thin Superconducting Wires
Summary
Discusses experimental implementation of quantum computing for information processing devices, and in particular presents observations of quantum behavior in several solid-state systems. This book also discusses other solid-state systems, including quantum dots, optical, ion, and spin devices
