transmon

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noun

A particular form of superconducting qubit.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nountransmon (plural transmons)

plural transmons

  1. natural sciencesA particular form of superconducting qubit.

    Two additional transmon circuits can be positioned at the resonator edges, where the resonator voltage is maximum.

    2019, Thi Ha Kyaw, Towards a Scalable Quantum Computing Platform in the Ultrastrong Coupling Regime, Springer, →ISBN, page 93
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    Those bits are then converted into pulses of microwaves and sent down through wires and pipes to a series of 50 small superconducting devices called “transmons” — the qubits — dangling at the bottom.

    2019 October 21, Dennis Overbye, “Quantum Computing Is Coming, Bit by Qubit”, in New York Times

Origin

Abbreviation of transmission line shunted plasma oscillation qubit.

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