Structure and Formation Mechanisms in Tantalum and Niobium Oxides in Superconducting Quantum Circuits

Oh, Jin-Su; Zaman, Rahim; Murthy, Akshay A.; Bal, Mustafa; Crisa, Francesco; Zhu, Shaojiang; Torres-Castendo, Carlos G.; Kopas, Cameron J.; Mutus, Joshua Y.; Jing, Dapeng; Zasadzinski, John; Grassellino, Anna; Romanenko, Alex; Hersam, Mark C.; Bedzyk, Michael J.; Kramer, Matt; Zhou, Bi-Cheng; Zhou, Lin

doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c05251

Structure and Formation Mechanisms in Tantalum and Niobium Oxides in Superconducting Quantum Circuits

Journal Article · Sun Jul 21 00:00:00 UTC 2024 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c05251· OSTI ID:2407154

^[1]; Zaman, Rahim ^[2]; ^[3]; Bal, Mustafa ^[3]; Crisa, Francesco ^[3]; Zhu, Shaojiang ^[3]; ^[4]; Kopas, Cameron J. ^[5]; Mutus, Joshua Y. ^[5]; ^[6]; Zasadzinski, John ^[7]; Grassellino, Anna ^[3]; Romanenko, Alex ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[4]; ^[1]; Zhou, Bi-Cheng ^[2]; ^[8]

Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Division, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
Rigetti Computing, Berkeley, California 94710, United States
The Materials Analysis Research Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa 50011, United States
Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); IIT, Chicago; Iowa State U.; Northwestern U.; Rigetti Computing; Virginia U.

Sponsoring Organization:: US Department of Energy; USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89243024CSC000002; AC02-07CH11358; AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 2407154

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2406617
OSTI ID: 2466233

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-24-0627-SQMS-TD; IS-J--11,393; acsnano.4c05251

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Journal Name: ACS Nano; ISSN 1936-0851

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Country of Publication:: United States

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