Nakamura, Y and Pashkin, Yu.A and Tsai, J.S (2000) Quantum coherence in a single-Cooper-pair box : experiments in the frequency and time domains. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 280 (1). pp. 405-409. ISSN 0921-4526
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In a small superconducting electrode connected to a reservoir via a Josephson junction, we can realize an artificial two-level system in which two charge-number states of the electrode are coupled by Cooper-pair tunneling. We have investigated quantum coherence in the two-level system through two complementary experiments: (i) photon-assisted Cooper-pair-tunneling spectroscopy of the energy-level splitting in the frequency domain, and (ii) pulsed-gate control of the quantum state to observe the coherent oscillations in the time domain. Our results demonstrate the existence and the persistence of the coherence for at least ∼30 cycles of the oscillation.