Our work on understanding the effect of charge noise on the ionization of transmon qubits has been published in Physical Review Letters.
One of the advantages of transmon qubits is their resilience against unavoidable electric noise in their environment. However, it was recently suggested that the measurement of these qubits is not protected against such noise. In collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, we studied the effect of electric noise on transmon measurement. Our theory explains observations and suggests strategies to improve measurement in the near future.