Protection of a qubit with a subradiance effect: Josephson quantum filter

Abstract

The coupling between a superconducting qubit and a control line inevitably results in radiative decay of the qubit into the line. We propose a Josephson quantum filter (JQF), which protects the data qubit (DQ) from radiative decay through the control line without reducing the gate speed on DQ. JQF consists of a qubit strongly coupled to the control line to DQ, and its working principle is a subradiance effect characteristic to waveguide quantum electrodynamics setups. JQF is a passive circuit element and is therefore suitable for integration in a scalable superconducting qubit system.