Flux-qubit readout in the persistent-current basis at arbitrary bias points

Common flux-qubit readout schemes are qubit dominated, meaning they measure in the energy eigenbasis of the qubit. For various applications, measurements in a basis different from the energy eigenbasis are required. Here we present an indirect measurement protocol, which is detector dominated instead of qubit dominated, yielding projective measurements in the persistent-current basis for arbitrary bias points. We show that with our setup it is possible to perform a quantum nondemolition measurement in the persistent-current basis at all flux bias points with fidelities reaching almost 100%.