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US 12,102,016 B2Granted
Amorphous superconducting alloys for superconducting circuits
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristian Lavoie, Benjamin Wymore, Markus Brink, Stephen L Brown
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Abstract
Techniques facilitating formation of amorphous superconducting alloys for superconducting circuits are provided. A device can comprise one or more superconducting components that comprise an amorphous superconducting alloy comprising two or more elements. At least one element of the two or more elements is a superconducting element.
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A quantum circuit, comprising:
- one or more superconducting components that comprise an amorphous superconducting alloy comprising at least three elements, wherein at least one element of the at least three elements is superconducting, and wherein the at least three elements comprise one of:
- a first combination of elements comprising vanadium and two different elements selected from a first group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, zirconium, and scandium,
- a second combination of elements comprising niobium and two different elements selected from the first group,
- a third combination of elements comprising tantalum and two different elements selected from the first group, or
- a fourth combination of elements comprising lanthanum two different elements selected from a second group consisting of vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, and rhenium.
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A device, comprising:
- one or more superconducting components that comprise an amorphous superconducting alloy comprising at least three elements, wherein at least one element of the at least three elements is superconducting, and wherein the at least three elements comprise one of:
- a first combination of elements comprising vanadium and two different elements selected from a first group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, zirconium, and scandium,
- a second combination of elements comprising niobium and two different elements selected from the first group,
- a third combination of elements comprising tantalum and two different elements selected from the first group, or
- a fourth combination of elements comprising lanthanum two different elements selected from a second group consisting of vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, and rhenium.
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A method, comprising:
- selecting a combination of at least three elements, wherein at least one element of the at least three elements is superconducting, and wherein the combination comprises one of:
- a first combination of elements comprising vanadium and two different elements selected from a first group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, zirconium, and scandium,
- a second combination of elements comprising niobium and two different elements selected from the first group,
- a third combination of elements comprising tantalum and two different elements selected from the first group, or
- a fourth combination of elements comprising lanthanum two different elements selected from a second group consisting of vanadium, niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, and rhenium;
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- forming amorphous superconducting components using the combination of at least three elements, wherein the amorphous superconducting components are adapted to interface with one or more quantum components of a quantum circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.