After readout, p2 remains at 1.02 x 10^-3
At a readout occupation of 80, the model leaves a persistent distribution with p2 = 1.02 x 10^-3 and p3 = 4.10 x 10^-5. These populations survive an additional 73 ns wait with less than 3% decay per level, identifying them as bare-level occupation.
- Field
- hardware and chips
- What they did
- Researchers calculated the remaining population of particles in a quantum qubit after readout and found that the level distribution persists longer than a simple open-system model predicts.
- Why it matters
- This is important for understanding the actual behavior of quantum processors, as it shows that particles do not disappear immediately but persist for 73 nanoseconds at a rate different from the photon decay rate.
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