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=== Superconductors ===

Unlike typical conductors, superconductors possess a [[critical temperature]] at which resistivity plummets to zero and conductivity is drastically increased. In superconductors, the basic charge carriers are pairs of [[electron]]s (known as [[Cooper pairs]]), rather than single [[fermion]]s as found in typical conductors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cooper Pairs |url=http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Solids/coop.html }}</ref> Cooper pairs are loosely bound and have an energy state lower than that of [[Fermi energy|Fermi Energy]]. Electrons forming Cooper pairs possess equal and opposite momentum and spin so that the total [[Spin (physics)|spin]] of the Cooper pair is an [[integer]] spin. Hence, Cooper pairs are [[boson]]s. Two such superconductors which have been used in superconducting qubit models are [[niobium]] and [[tantalum]], both d-band superconductors.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shen |first=L. Y. L. |date=1972-02-01 |title=Superconductivity of Tantalum, Niobium and Lanthanum Studied by Electron Tunneling: Problems of Surface Contamination |url=https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.2946195 |journal=AIP Conference Proceedings |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=31–44 |doi=10.1063/1.2946195 |bibcode=1972AIPC....4...31S |issn=0094-243X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==== Bose–Einstein condensates ====