Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-01-11
Phys. Rev. B 77, 144522 (2008)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
9 pages, 10 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.144522
In adiabatic Cooper pair pumps, operated by means of gate voltage modulation only, the quantization of the pumped charge during a cycle is limited due to the quantum coherence of the macroscopic superconducting wave function. In this work we show that it is possible to obtain very accurate pumps in the non-adiabatic regime by a suitable choice of the shape of the gate voltage pulses. We determine the shape of these pulses by applying quantum optimal control theory to this problem. In the optimal case the error, with respect to the quantized value, can be as small as of the order of (10E-6)e: the error is reduced by up to five orders of magnitude with respect to the adiabatic pumping. In order to test the experimental feasibility of this approach we consider the effect of charge noise and the deformations of the optimal pulse shapes on the accuracy of the pump. Charge noise is assumed to be induced by random background charges in the substrate, responsible for the observed 1/f noise. Inaccuracies in the pulse shaping are described by assuming a finite bandwidth for the pulse generator. In realistic cases the error increases at most of one order of magnitude as compared to the optimal case. Our results are promising for the realization of accurate and fast superconducting pumps.
Fazio Rosario
Montangero Simone
Safaei Shabnam
Taddei Fabio
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