Microwave Techniques in Superconducting Quantum Computers

1.0 Introduction to Quantum Physics
1.1 A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics
1.2 Quantum Versus Classical Mechanics
1.3 Schrödinger Equation
1.4 The Machinery of Quantum Calculations
1.5 Solving the Schrödinger Equation
1.6 Quantum Measurement
1.7 Quantum Entanglement

 

2.0 Introduction to Quantum Computing
2.1 Quantum Computing
2.2 Quantum Information Processing
2.3 Quantum Computing Platforms
2.4 Challenges and Opportunities in Quantum Computing

 

3.0 Superconducting Qubits
3.1 Introduction to Superconductivity
3.2 Superconducting Qubit
3.3 Qubit Control and Readout
3.4 Two-Qubit System
3.5 Calibration of Single-Qubit Operations
3.6 Testing the Performance of a Quantum Processor

 

4.0 Microwave Systems
4.1 A Brief History of Microwave Engineering
4.2 Microwave Engineering
4.3 Microwave System Analysis

 

5.0 Microwave Components
5.1 Microwave Component Analysis
5.2 Signal Generation
5.3 Signal Transmission
5.4 Signal Processing
5.5 Signal Detection

 

6.0 Principles of Electromagnetic Compatibility
6.1 Signal Integrity
6.2 Electromagnetic compatibility
6.3 Electromagnetic Shielding
6.4 Filtering
6.5 Grounding

 

7.0 Control Hardware for Superconducting Qubits
7.1 High-Level Description of the Setup
7.2 Low-Level Description of the Setup
7.3 Room-Temperature Setup
7.4 Cryogenic Setup
7.5 Future Directions for the Control Hardware
7.6 Automation and Control of the Experiment

 

8.0 Principles of Cryogenics
8.1 Introduction
8.2 An overview of cooling techniques
8.3 Cryogens
8.4 Mechanical refrigerators
8.5 Pumped helium refrigerators
8.6 Dilution refrigerator
8.7 Cryogenic thermometry
8.8 Materials in cryogenic environments