Radiation exposure effect on qubits (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Radiation exposure effect on qubits

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Natural radiation in the form of X-rays, beta rays, cosmic rays and gamma rays can penetrate a superconducting qubit and interfere with quantum coherence.

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Michael Perkins, PNNL

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