Four-qubit device with mixed couplings

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Feb 3;96(4):047006. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.047006. Epub 2006 Feb 2.

Abstract

We present the first experimental results on a device with more than two superconducting qubits. The circuit consists of four three-junction flux qubits, with simultaneous ferro- and antiferromagnetic coupling implemented using shared Josephson junctions. Its response, which is dominated by the ground state, is characterized using low-frequency impedance measurement with a superconducting tank circuit coupled to the qubits. The results are found to be in excellent agreement with the quantum-mechanical predictions.