Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2007-10-29
New Journal of Physics 10, 093023 (2008).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
11 pages, 5 .eps figures; several changes in the presentation and in the figures, upgraded references
Scientific paper
10.1088/1367-2630/10/9/093023
We examine the possibility that pertinent impurities in a condensed matter system may help in designing quantum devices with enhanced coherent behaviors. For this purpose, we analyze a field theory model describing Y- shaped superconducting Josephson networks. We show that a new finite coupling stable infrared fixed point emerges in its phase diagram; we then explicitly evidence that, when engineered to operate near by this new fixed point, Y-shaped networks support two-level quantum systems, for which the entanglement with the environment is frustrated. We briefly address the potential relevance of this result for engineering finite-size superconducting devices with enhanced quantum coherence. Our approach uses boundary conformal field theory since it naturally allows for a field-theoretical treatment of the phase slips (instantons), describing the quantum tunneling between degenerate levels.
Giuliano Domenico
Sodano Pasquale
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