Epitaxial Al2O3 capacitors for low microwave loss superconducting quantum circuits

作者：Cho K H^*; Patel U; Podkaminer J; Gao Y; Folkman C M; Bark C W; Lee S; Zhang Y; Pan X Q; McDermott R; Eom C B

来源：APL Materials, 2013, 1(4): 042115.

DOI：10.1063/1.4822436

We have characterized the microwave loss of high-Q parallel plate capacitors fabricated from thin-film Al/Al2O3/Re heterostructures on (0001) Al2O3 substrates. The superconductor-insulator-superconductor trilayers were grown in situ in a hybrid deposition system: the epitaxial Re base and polycrystalline Al counterelectrode layers were grown by sputtering, while the epitaxial Al2O3 layer was grown by pulsed laser deposition. Structural analysis indicates a highly crystalline epitaxial Al2O3 layer and sharp interfaces. The measured intrinsic (low-power, low-temperature) quality factor of the resonators is as high as 3 x 10(4). These results indicate that low-loss grown Al2O3 is an attractive candidate dielectric for high-fidelity superconducting qubit circuits.

• 出版日期2013-10