Influence of Anharmonic and Frustration Effects on Josephson Phase Qubit Characteristics

Abstract

This study is devoted to the investigation of the Josephson phase qubit spectrum considering the anharmonic current-phase relation of the junction. The change in energy difference in the spectrum of phase qubits based on single-band/multiband Josephson junctions is also analyzed. It was shown that the presence of the anharmonic term in the current-phase relation and frustration effects in the junction electrodes leads to changing effective plasma frequencies in the different cases and results in an energy spectrum.