Macroscopic resonant tunneling in an rf-SQUID flux qubit under a single-cycle sinusoidal driving*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11474154, 61371036, 61571219, 11227904, and 61501222) and the Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK2012013) and PAPD.

Shi Jianxin1, 2, Xu Weiwei1, †, Sun Guozhu1, ‡, Chen Jian1, Kang Lin1, Wu Peiheng1
       

(color online) (a) Relationship between and signal frequency with different amplitude, the initial phase of the signal is 0. (b) Relationship between and signal frequency with different amplitude, the initial phase of the signal is π.