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The geometry <strong>of</strong> the qubit junction is a lot more strictly defined. It needs<br />

to be as small as possible since even a single materials defect in the junction<br />

couples strongly to the qubit and thus needs to be avoided. On the other hand<br />

it cannot be so small as to not yield reliable fabrication results. Also, since the<br />

junction’s oxide thickness is somewhat irreproducible, it is useful to generate an<br />

array <strong>of</strong> junctions on the wafer with slightly different areas to guarantee that<br />

some dies on the wafer will yield the desired critical current. A design with 2 µm 2<br />

wedge-shaped junctions, all oriented in the same direction so that they can be<br />

pass-shifted together, works well.<br />

The requirement that the junction needs to be as small as possible does not<br />

allow for its capacitance to be large enough to reach the needed value. This can<br />

be easily remedied with an external shunting capacitor. This capacitor can be<br />

implemented with a trivial parallel-plate design. Its geometry is chosen using the<br />

relations:<br />

C = C ext + C junc (4.5)<br />

C ext = ε A d<br />

(4.6)<br />

When choosing A versus d, the only concerns are the reliability <strong>of</strong> fabrication and<br />

the size <strong>of</strong> the final structure.<br />

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