Series · 7 decks · 2020–2026

Superconducting Qubits 101

Zlatko K. Minev

  1. Superconducting Qubits 101: cQED Quantum Hardware2026 · Quantum Device Workshop (Beginner) · 81 ppFrom atoms to artificial atoms: how a transmon qubit arises from an LC oscillator plus a Josephson junction, and how circuit-QED (cQED) devices are modeled.
  2. Your First Superconducting Qubit: Intro to cQED, Part I2025 · Flagship Quantum Device Workshop (Beginner) · 57 ppA first lecture on superconducting qubits: from atoms and oscillators to the transmon, building up the classical LC circuit along the way.
  3. Your First Superconducting Qubit: Intro to cQED, Part II2025 · Flagship Quantum Device Workshop (Beginner) · 58 ppPart II of an intro to circuit QED: quantizing the LC oscillator, the transmon's Kerr Hamiltonian, and energy-participation (EPR) modeling of qubit-resonator devices.
  4. Superconducting Qubits 101: cQED Quantum Hardware2021 · CEC ICMC · 113 ppIntroduction to circuit QED, from the LC oscillator to the transmon, followed by chip design and analysis with Qiskit Metal.
  5. Superconducting Qubits 101: cQED Quantum Hardware2021 · QIQT Summer School · 84 ppHow to build a qubit from an oscillator: an introduction to circuit QED, from the classical LC circuit to the transmon.
  6. Superconducting Qubits 101: Quantum Hardware & cQED, Day 12020 · Qiskit Global Summer School · 80 ppMaking a first qubit from an oscillator: classical LC circuits, canonical quantization, and the quantum harmonic oscillator as the basis of circuit QED.
  7. Superconducting Qubits 101: Quantum Hardware & cQED, Day 22020 · Qiskit Global Summer School · 73 ppSecond circuit-QED lecture: the transmon as a qubit, energy-participation ratios, qubit control and noise, and dispersive readout.

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@misc{minev2026superconductingqubits101,
  author = {Zlatko K. Minev},
  title = {{Superconducting Qubits 101}},
  howpublished = {Lecture series},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://zlatko-minev.github.io/zlatko-minev-quantum-repository/series/superconducting-qubits-101/},
  note = {Slides, 7 decks, 2020--2026; given at CEC ICMC; Flagship Quantum Device Workshop (Beginner); QIQT Summer School; Qiskit Global Summer School; Quantum Device Workshop (Beginner)}
}

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