Decoherence in Adiabatic Quantum Evolution: Application to Cooper Pair Pumping

J. P. Pekola¹, V. Brosco^2,3,8, M. Möttönen^1,4,7, P. Solinas⁴, and A. Shnirman^5,6
1Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University, P.O. Box 13500, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
²Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita’ di Roma “La Sapienza,” Piazzale A. Moro, 2 00185 Roma, Italy
³Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
⁸ISC-CNR, Via dei Taurini, 19 00185 Roma, Italy
⁴Department of Applied Physics/COMP, Aalto University, P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
⁷Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
⁵Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
⁶DFG Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany