Modeling the interactions of superconducting qubits with their environment
A recent result [1] from researchers at IBM Quantum and IPhT shows that, for a quantum processor based on superconducting qubit technology, it is possible to model precisely and quantitatively the dynamics and loss of quantum coherence of the qubits over time, and gives fine-grained information both on the action of the environment and on unwanted interactions between the qubits.