Research interests: superconducting devices, quantum impurities, renormalization group techniques, cold atoms, scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, quantum technologies, computational physics and computer algebra, electronics, field programmable gate arrays, random number generators.

Recent publications:

Direct manipulation of a superconducting spin qubit strongly coupled to a transmon qubit Marta Pita-Vidal, Arno Bargerbos, Rok Žitko, Lukas J. Splitthoff, Lukas Grünhaupt, Jaap J. Wesdorp, Yu Liu, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Ramón Aguado, Bernard van Heck, Angela Kou, Christian Kraglund Andersen Nat. Phys. 19, 1110 (2023) (PDF)

Spin-orbital Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in single Kondo molecular magnet Hui-Nan Xia, Emi Minamitani, Rok Žitko, Zhen-Yu Liu, Xin Liao, Min Cai, Zi-Heng Ling, Wen-Hao Zhang, Svetlana Klyatskaya, Mario Ruben, Ying-Shuang Fu Nat. Commun. 13, 6388 (2022) (PDF)

Singlet-Doublet Transitions of a Quantum Dot Josephson Junction Detected in a Transmon Circuit Arno Bargerbos, Marta Pita-Vidal, Rok Žitko, Jesús Ávila, Lukas J. Splitthoff, Lukas Grünhaupt, Jaap J. Wesdorp, Christian K. Andersen, Yu Liu, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Ramón Aguado, Angela Kou, and Bernard van Heck PRX Quantum 3, 030311 (2022) (PDF)

Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states, BCS-BEC crossover, and exact solution in the flat-band limit Rok Žitko and Luka Pavešić Phys. Rev. B 106, 024513 (2022) (PDF)

Excitations in a superconducting Coulombic energy gap Juan Carlos Estrada Saldaña, Alexandros Vekris, Luka Pavešić, Peter Krogstrup, Rok Žitko, Kasper Grove-Rasmussen & Jesper Nygård Nat. Commun. 13, 2243 (2022) (PDF)

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