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In situ scanning gate imaging of individual quantum two-level system defects in live superconducting circuits.

Marius Hegedüs, Riju Banerjee, Andrew Hutcheson, Tomas Barker, Sumedh Mahashabde, Andrey V Danilov, Sergey E Kubatkin, Vladimir Antonov, Sebastian E de Graaf

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Marius HegedüsNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0009-0004-6327-3177
Riju BanerjeeNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3454-6960
Andrew HutchesonNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-7689-7751
Tomas BarkerNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.
Sumedh MahashabdeDepartment of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6039-0544
Andrey V DanilovDepartment of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7838-8613
Sergey E KubatkinDepartment of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8551-9247
Vladimir AntonovPhysics Department, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK.
Sebastian E de GraafNational Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9815-8030

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Abstract

The low-temperature physics of structurally amorphous materials is governed by low-energy two-level system (TLS) defects. Being impervious to most traditional condensed matter probes, the exact origin and nature of TLS remain elusive. Recent advances toward realizing stable high-coherence quantum computing platforms have increased the importance of studying TLS in solid-state quantum circuits, as they are a persistent source of decoherence and instability. Here, performing scanning gate microscopy on a live superconducting NbN resonator at millikelvin temperatures, we locate individual TLS, directly revealing their microscopic nature. Mapping and visualizing the most detrimental TLS in the bath pinpoints the dominant sources of ubiquitous 1/

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