Ambroise Peugeot

A quantum computer is like an orchestra where every musician must hit their note without going flat. But superconducting qubits share a common ailment: random charges accumulate on their electrodes, and the 'note' drifts. Engineers call this charge offset drift, and usually battle it for years.

A courtroom interpreter must relay every word without being distracted by noise in the room. In the quantum world, a superconducting resonator plays that role, losing photons on schedule without straying into spurious effects.