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Li S, Ni Z, Zhang L, Cai Y, Mai J, Wen S, Zheng P, Deng X, Liu S, Xu Y, Yu D. Autonomous Stabilization of Fock States in an Oscillator against Multiphoton Losses. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:203602. [PMID: 38829095 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.203602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Fock states with a well-defined number of photons in an oscillator have shown a wide range of applications in quantum information science. Nonetheless, their usefulness has been marred by single and multiphoton losses due to unavoidable environment-induced dissipation. Though several dissipation engineering methods have been developed to counteract the leading single-photon-loss error, averting multiple-photon losses remains elusive. Here, we experimentally demonstrate a dissipation engineering method that autonomously stabilizes multiphoton Fock states against losses of multiple photons using a cascaded selective photon-addition operation in a superconducting quantum circuit. Through measuring the photon-number populations and Wigner tomography of the oscillator states, we observe a prolonged preservation of nonclassical Wigner negativities for the stabilized Fock states |N⟩ with N=1, 2, 3 for a duration of about 10 ms. Furthermore, the dissipation engineering method demonstrated here also facilitates the implementation of a nonunitary operation for resetting a binomially encoded logical qubit. These results highlight potential applications in error-correctable quantum information processing against multiple-photon-loss errors.
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- Sai Li
- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Hefei National Laboratory, Shenzhen 518048, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Hefei National Laboratory, Shenzhen 518048, China
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- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen 518048, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Hefei National Laboratory, Shenzhen 518048, China
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Agrawal A, Dixit AV, Roy T, Chakram S, He K, Naik RK, Schuster DI, Chou A. Stimulated Emission of Signal Photons from Dark Matter Waves. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:140801. [PMID: 38640371 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.140801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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The manipulation of quantum states of light has resulted in significant advancements in both dark matter searches and gravitational wave detectors. Current dark matter searches operating in the microwave frequency range use nearly quantum-limited amplifiers. Future high frequency searches will use photon counting techniques to evade the standard quantum limit. We present a signal enhancement technique that utilizes a superconducting qubit to prepare a superconducting microwave cavity in a nonclassical Fock state and stimulate the emission of a photon from a dark matter wave. By initializing the cavity in an |n=4⟩ Fock state, we demonstrate a quantum enhancement technique that increases the signal photon rate and hence also the dark matter scan rate each by a factor of 2.78. Using this technique, we conduct a dark photon search in a band around 5.965 GHz (24.67 μeV), where the kinetic mixing angle ε≥4.35×10^{-13} is excluded at the 90% confidence level.
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- Ankur Agrawal
- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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Eriksson AM, Sépulcre T, Kervinen M, Hillmann T, Kudra M, Dupouy S, Lu Y, Khanahmadi M, Yang J, Castillo-Moreno C, Delsing P, Gasparinetti S. Universal control of a bosonic mode via drive-activated native cubic interactions. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2512. [PMID: 38509084 PMCID: PMC10954688 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46507-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Linear bosonic modes offer a hardware-efficient alternative for quantum information processing but require access to some nonlinearity for universal control. The lack of nonlinearity in photonics has led to encoded measurement-based quantum computing, which relies on linear operations but requires access to resourceful ('nonlinear') quantum states, such as cubic phase states. In contrast, superconducting microwave circuits offer engineerable nonlinearities but suffer from static Kerr nonlinearity. Here, we demonstrate universal control of a bosonic mode composed of a superconducting nonlinear asymmetric inductive element (SNAIL) resonator, enabled by native nonlinearities in the SNAIL element. We suppress static nonlinearities by operating the SNAIL in the vicinity of its Kerr-free point and dynamically activate nonlinearities up to third order by fast flux pulses. We experimentally realize a universal set of generalized squeezing operations, as well as the cubic phase gate, and exploit them to deterministically prepare a cubic phase state in 60 ns. Our results initiate the experimental field of polynomial quantum computing, in the continuous-variables notion originally introduced by Lloyd and Braunstein.
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- Axel M Eriksson
- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Physikalisches Institut, University of Stuttgart, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Grebel J, Yan H, Chou MH, Andersson G, Conner CR, Joshi YJ, Miller JM, Povey RG, Qiao H, Wu X, Cleland AN. Bidirectional Multiphoton Communication between Remote Superconducting Nodes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:047001. [PMID: 38335327 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.047001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Quantum communication test beds provide a useful resource for experimentally investigating a variety of communication protocols. Here we demonstrate a superconducting circuit test bed with bidirectional multiphoton state transfer capability using time-domain shaped wave packets. The system we use to achieve this comprises two remote nodes, each including a tunable superconducting transmon qubit and a tunable microwave-frequency resonator, linked by a 2 m-long superconducting coplanar waveguide, which serves as a transmission line. We transfer both individual and superposition Fock states between the two remote nodes, and additionally show that this bidirectional state transfer can be done simultaneously, as well as being used to entangle elements in the two nodes.
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- Joel Grebel
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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Nguyen L, Sloan J, Rivera N, Soljačić M. Intense Squeezed Light from Lasers with Sharply Nonlinear Gain at Optical Frequencies. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:173801. [PMID: 37955495 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.173801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Nonclassical states of light, such as number-squeezed light, with fluctuations below the classical shot noise level, have important uses in metrology, communication, quantum information processing, and quantum simulation. However, generating these nonclassical states of light, especially with high intensity and a high degree of squeezing, is challenging. To address this problem, we introduce a new concept which uses gain to generate intense sub-Poissonian light at optical frequencies. It exploits a strongly nonlinear gain for photons which arises from a combination of frequency-dependent gain and Kerr nonlinearity. In this laser architecture, the interaction between the gain medium and Kerr nonlinearity suppresses the spontaneous emission at high photon number states, leading to a strong "negative feedback" that suppresses photon-number fluctuations. We discuss realistic implementations of this concept based on the use of solid-state gain media in laser cavities with Kerr nonlinear materials, showing how 90% squeezing of photon number fluctuations below the shot noise level can be realized.
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- Linh Nguyen
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Velluire-Pellat Z, Maréchal E, Moulonguet N, Saïz G, Ménard GC, Kozlov S, Couëdo F, Amari P, Medous C, Paris J, Hostein R, Lesueur J, Feuillet-Palma C, Bergeal N. Hybrid quantum systems with high-T[Formula: see text] superconducting resonators. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14366. [PMID: 37658090 PMCID: PMC10474070 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41472-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023] Open
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Superconducting microwave resonators are crucial elements of microwave circuits, offering a wide range of potential applications in modern science and technology. While conventional low-T[Formula: see text] superconductors are mainly employed, high-T[Formula: see text] cuprates could offer enhanced temperature and magnetic field operating ranges. Here, we report the realization of [Formula: see text] superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators, and demonstrate a continuous evolution from a lossy undercoupled regime, to a lossless overcoupled regime by adjusting the device geometry, in good agreement with circuit model theory. A high-quality factor resonator was then used to perform electron spin resonance measurements on a molecular spin ensemble across a temperature range spanning two decades. We observe spin-cavity hybridization indicating coherent coupling between the microwave field and the spins in a highly cooperative regime. The temperature dependence of the Rabi splitting and the spin relaxation time point toward an antiferromagnetic coupling of the spins below 2 K. Our findings indicate that high-Tc superconducting resonators hold great promise for the development of functional circuits. Additionally, they suggest novel approaches for achieving hybrid quantum systems based on high-T[Formula: see text] superconductors and for conducting electron spin resonance measurements over a wide range of magnetic fields and temperatures.
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- Z. Velluire-Pellat
- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais (LNE), 29 Avenue Roger Hennequin, 78197 Trappes, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- CNRS, Institut Fourier, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Université Grenoble Alpes, INRIA, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- My Cryo Firm, 20 Villa des Carrières, 94120 Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
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- My Cryo Firm, 20 Villa des Carrières, 94120 Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique et d’Étude des Matériaux, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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Mandal A, Taylor MA, Weight BM, Koessler ER, Li X, Huo P. Theoretical Advances in Polariton Chemistry and Molecular Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics. Chem Rev 2023; 123:9786-9879. [PMID: 37552606 PMCID: PMC10450711 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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When molecules are coupled to an optical cavity, new light-matter hybrid states, so-called polaritons, are formed due to quantum light-matter interactions. With the experimental demonstrations of modifying chemical reactivities by forming polaritons under strong light-matter interactions, theorists have been encouraged to develop new methods to simulate these systems and discover new strategies to tune and control reactions. This review summarizes some of these exciting theoretical advances in polariton chemistry, in methods ranging from the fundamental framework to computational techniques and applications spanning from photochemistry to vibrational strong coupling. Even though the theory of quantum light-matter interactions goes back to the midtwentieth century, the gaps in the knowledge of molecular quantum electrodynamics (QED) have only recently been filled. We review recent advances made in resolving gauge ambiguities, the correct form of different QED Hamiltonians under different gauges, and their connections to various quantum optics models. Then, we review recently developed ab initio QED approaches which can accurately describe polariton states in a realistic molecule-cavity hybrid system. We then discuss applications using these method advancements. We review advancements in polariton photochemistry where the cavity is made resonant to electronic transitions to control molecular nonadiabatic excited state dynamics and enable new photochemical reactivities. When the cavity resonance is tuned to the molecular vibrations instead, ground-state chemical reaction modifications have been demonstrated experimentally, though its mechanistic principle remains unclear. We present some recent theoretical progress in resolving this mystery. Finally, we review the recent advances in understanding the collective coupling regime between light and matter, where many molecules can collectively couple to a single cavity mode or many cavity modes. We also lay out the current challenges in theory to explain the observed experimental results. We hope that this review will serve as a useful document for anyone who wants to become familiar with the context of polariton chemistry and molecular cavity QED and thus significantly benefit the entire community.
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- Arkajit Mandal
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- The
Institute of Optics, Hajim School of Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
- Theoretical
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 120 Trustee Road, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
- The
Institute of Optics, Hajim School of Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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Choi JR. Dynamics of Dispersive Measurements of Flux-Qubit States: Energy-Level Splitting Connected to Quantum Wave Mechanics. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2395. [PMID: 37686903 PMCID: PMC10490274 DOI: 10.3390/nano13172395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Superconducting flux qubits have many advantages as a storage of quantum information, such as broad range tunability of frequency, small-size fabricability, and high controllability. In the flux qubit-oscillator, qubits are connected to SQUID resonators for the purpose of performing dispersive non-destructive readouts of qubit signals with high fidelity. In this work, we propose a theoretical model for analyzing quantum characteristics of a flux qubit-oscillator on the basis of quantum solutions obtained using a unitary transformation approach. The energy levels of the combined system (qubit + resonator) are analyzed in detail. Equally spaced each energy level of the resonator splits into two parts depending on qubit states. Besides, coupling of the qubit to the resonator brings about an additional modification in the split energy levels. So long as the coupling strength and the tunnel splitting are not zero but finite values, the energy-level splitting of the resonator does not disappear. We conclude that quantum nondemolition dispersive measurements of the qubit states are possible by inducing bifurcation of the resonator states through the coupling.
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- Jeong Ryeol Choi
- School of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 16227, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Lohof F, Schumayer D, Hutchinson DAW, Gies C. Signatures of Superradiance as a Witness to Multipartite Entanglement. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:063601. [PMID: 37625076 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.063601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Generation and detection of entanglement is at the forefront of most quantum information technologies. There is a plethora of techniques that reveal entanglement on the basis of only partial information about the underlying quantum state, including entanglement witnesses. Superradiance refers to the phenomenon of highly synchronized photon emission from an ensemble of quantum emitters that is caused by correlations among the individual particles and has been connected by Dicke himself to the presence of multipartite entangled states. We investigate this connection in a quantitative way and discuss whether or not signatures of superradiance from semiconductor nanolasers, manifesting themselves as a modification of the spontaneous-emission time, can be interpreted as a witness to detect entanglement in the underlying state of the emitters.
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- Frederik Lohof
- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Bremen Center for Computational Material Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Dodd-Walls Centre, Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
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- Dodd-Walls Centre, Department of Physics, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
- Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics and Bremen Center for Computational Material Science, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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Zeng Y, Zhou ZY, Rinaldi E, Gneiting C, Nori F. Approximate Autonomous Quantum Error Correction with Reinforcement Learning. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:050601. [PMID: 37595216 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.050601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Autonomous quantum error correction (AQEC) protects logical qubits by engineered dissipation and thus circumvents the necessity of frequent, error-prone measurement-feedback loops. Bosonic code spaces, where single-photon loss represents the dominant source of error, are promising candidates for AQEC due to their flexibility and controllability. While existing proposals have demonstrated the in-principle feasibility of AQEC with bosonic code spaces, these schemes are typically based on the exact implementation of the Knill-Laflamme conditions and thus require the realization of Hamiltonian distances d≥2. Implementing such Hamiltonian distances requires multiple nonlinear interactions and control fields, rendering these schemes experimentally challenging. Here, we propose a bosonic code for approximate AQEC by relaxing the Knill-Laflamme conditions. Using reinforcement learning (RL), we identify the optimal bosonic set of code words (denoted here by RL code), which, surprisingly, is composed of the Fock states |2⟩ and |4⟩. As we show, the RL code, despite its approximate nature, successfully suppresses single-photon loss, reducing it to an effective dephasing process that well surpasses the break-even threshold. It may thus provide a valuable building block toward full error protection. The error-correcting Hamiltonian, which includes ancilla systems that emulate the engineered dissipation, is entirely based on the Hamiltonian distance d=1, significantly reducing model complexity. Single-qubit gates are implemented in the RL code with a maximum distance d_{g}=2.
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- Yexiong Zeng
- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Quantum Computing Center, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Quantum Computing Center, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Quantinuum K.K., Otemachi Financial City Grand Cube 3F, 1-9-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS), RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Quantum Computing Center, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Quantum Computing Center, RIKEN, Wakoshi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
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Xu D, Gu XK, Li HK, Weng YC, Wang YP, Li J, Wang H, Zhu SY, You JQ. Quantum Control of a Single Magnon in a Macroscopic Spin System. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:193603. [PMID: 37243655 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.193603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Nonclassical quantum states are the pivotal features of a quantum system that differs from its classical counterpart. However, the generation and coherent control of quantum states in a macroscopic spin system remain an outstanding challenge. Here we experimentally demonstrate the quantum control of a single magnon in a macroscopic spin system (i.e., 1 mm-diameter yttrium-iron-garnet sphere) coupled to a superconducting qubit via a microwave cavity. By tuning the qubit frequency in situ via the Autler-Townes effect, we manipulate this single magnon to generate its nonclassical quantum states, including the single-magnon state and the superposition of single-magnon state and vacuum (zero magnon) state. Moreover, we confirm the deterministic generation of these nonclassical states by Wigner tomography. Our experiment offers the first reported deterministic generation of the nonclassical quantum states in a macroscopic spin system and paves a way to explore its promising applications in quantum engineering.
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- Da Xu
- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Quantum Information, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation and Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Jiang SY, Zou F, Wang Y, Huang JF, Xu XW, Liao JQ. Multiple-photon bundle emission in the n-photon Jaynes-Cummings model. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:15697-15711. [PMID: 37157664 DOI: 10.1364/oe.488167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We study the multiple-photon bundle emission in the n-photon Jaynes-Cummings model composed of a two-level system coupled to a single-mode optical field via the n-photon exciting process. Here, the two-level system is strongly driven by a near-resonant monochromatic field, and hence the system can work in the Mollow regime, in which a super-Rabi oscillation between the zero-photon state and the n-photon state can take place under proper resonant conditions. We calculate the photon number populations and the standard equal-time high-order correlation functions, and find that the multiple-photon bundle emission can occur in this system. The multiple-photon bundle emission is also confirmed by investigating the quantum trajectories of the state populations and both the standard and generalized time-delay second-order correlation functions for multiple-photon bundle. Our work paves the way towards the study of multiple-photon quantum coherent devices, with potential application in quantum information sciences and technologies.
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Irish EK, Armour AD. Defining the Semiclassical Limit of the Quantum Rabi Hamiltonian. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:183603. [PMID: 36374670 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.183603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The crossover from quantum to semiclassical behavior in the seminal Rabi model of light-matter interaction still, surprisingly, lacks a complete and rigorous understanding. A formalism for deriving the semiclassical model directly from the quantum Hamiltonian is developed here. Working in a displaced Fock-state basis |α,n⟩, the semiclassical limit is obtained by taking |α|→∞ and the coupling to zero. This resolves the discrepancy between coherent-state dynamics and semiclassical Rabi oscillations in both standard and ultrastrong coupling and driving regimes. Furthermore, it provides a framework for studying the quantum-to-semiclassical transition, with potential applications in quantum technologies.
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- E K Irish
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy and Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-Equilibrium Systems, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Andersen AL, Mølmer K. Quantum Nondemolition Measurements of Moving Target States. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:120402. [PMID: 36179166 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.120402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We present a protocol for probing the state of a quantum system by its resonant coupling and entanglement with a meter system. By continuous measurement of a time evolving meter observable, we infer the evolution of the entangled systems and, ultimately, the state and dynamics of the system of interest. The photon number in a cavity field is thus resolved by simulated monitoring of the Rabi oscillations of a resonantly coupled two-level system, and we propose to regard this as a practical extension of quantum nondemolition measurements with applications in quantum metrology and quantum computing.
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- Anton L Andersen
- Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark and Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Liu Q, Shen JT. Photonic Fock state generation using superradiance. OPTICS LETTERS 2022; 47:4576-4579. [PMID: 36048708 DOI: 10.1364/ol.468481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Photonic Fock states are the most basic quantum states of a radiation field, but arbitrary number states are still difficult to produce. Here we propose to use superradiant atoms in a chiral waveguide to generate multi-photon Fock states deterministically. We calculate the explicit forms of the output quantum photonic states and their correlation functions. We further establish the conditions for the output optical fields to approach the Fock states asymptotically.
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Long DM, Crowley PJD, Kollár AJ, Chandran A. Boosting the Quantum State of a Cavity with Floquet Driving. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:183602. [PMID: 35594101 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.183602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The striking nonlinear effects exhibited by cavity QED systems make them a powerful tool in modern condensed matter and atomic physics. A recently discovered example is the quantized pumping of energy into a cavity by a strongly coupled, periodically driven spin. We uncover a remarkable feature of these energy pumps: they coherently translate, or boost, a quantum state of the cavity in the Fock basis. Current optical cavity and circuit QED experiments can realize the required Hamiltonian in a rotating frame. Boosting thus enables the preparation of highly excited nonclassical cavity states in near-term experiments.
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- David M Long
- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Groiseau C, Elliott AEJ, Masson SJ, Parkins S. Proposal for a Deterministic Single-Atom Source of Quasisuperradiant N-Photon Pulses. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:033602. [PMID: 34328761 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.033602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We propose a single-atom, cavity quantum electrodynamics system, compatible with recently demonstrated, fiber-integrated micro- and nanocavity setups, for the on-demand production of optical number-state, 0N-state, and binomial-code-state pulses. The scheme makes use of Raman transitions within an entire atomic ground-state hyperfine level and operates with laser and cavity fields detuned from the atomic transition by much more than the excited-state hyperfine splitting. This enables reduction of the dynamics to that of a simple, cavity-damped Tavis-Cummings model with the collective spin determined by the total angular momentum of the ground hyperfine level.
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- Caspar Groiseau
- Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, 538 West 120th Street, New York, New York 10027-5255, USA
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- Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, New Zealand
- Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Zhang DB, Zhang GQ, Xue ZY, Zhu SL, Wang ZD. Continuous-Variable Assisted Thermal Quantum Simulation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:020502. [PMID: 34296925 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.020502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Simulation of a quantum many-body system at finite temperatures is crucially important but quite challenging. Here we present an experimentally feasible quantum algorithm assisted with continuous variable for simulating quantum systems at finite temperatures. Our algorithm has a time complexity scaling polynomially with the inverse temperature and the desired accuracy. We demonstrate the quantum algorithm by simulating a finite temperature phase diagram of the quantum Ising and Kitaev models. It is found that the important crossover phase diagram of the Kitaev ring can be accurately simulated by a quantum computer with only a few qubits and thus the algorithm may be implementable on current quantum processors. We further propose a protocol with superconducting or trapped ion quantum computers.
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- Dan-Bo Zhang
- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Department of Physics, and HKU-UCAS Joint Institute for Theoretical and Computational Physics at Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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Lu Y, Strandberg I, Quijandría F, Johansson G, Gasparinetti S, Delsing P. Propagating Wigner-Negative States Generated from the Steady-State Emission of a Superconducting Qubit. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:253602. [PMID: 34241509 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.253602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate the steady-state generation of propagating Wigner-negative states from a continuously driven superconducting qubit. We reconstruct the Wigner function of the radiation emitted into propagating modes defined by their temporal envelopes, using digital filtering. For an optimized temporal filter, we observe a large Wigner logarithmic negativity, in excess of 0.08, in agreement with theory. The fidelity between the theoretical predictions and the states generated experimentally is up to 99%, reaching state-of-the-art realizations in the microwave frequency domain. Our results provide a new way to generate and control nonclassical states, and may enable promising applications such as quantum networks and quantum computation based on waveguide quantum electrodynamics.
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- Yong Lu
- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Wigner Function Non-Classicality Induced in a Charge Qubit Interacting with a Dissipative Field Cavity. Symmetry (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/sym13050802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We explore a superconducting charge qubit interacting with a dissipative microwave cavity field. Wigner distribution and its non-classicality are investigated analytically under the effects of the qubit–cavity interaction, the qubit–cavity detuning, and the dissipation. As the microwave cavity field is initially in an even coherent state, we investigate the non-classicality of the Wigner distributions. Partially and maximally frozen entanglement are produced by the qubit–cavity interaction, depending on detuning and cavity dissipation. It is found that the amplitudes and frequency of the Wigner distribution can be controlled by the phase space parameters, the qubit–cavity interaction and the detuning, as well as by the dissipation. The cavity dissipation reduces the non-classicality; this process can be accelerated by the detuning.
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The extraordinary sensitivity of plasmonic sensors is well-known in the optics and photonics community. These sensors exploit simultaneously the enhancement and the localization of electromagnetic fields close to the interface between a metal and a dielectric. This enables, for example, the design of integrated biochemical sensors at scales far below the diffraction limit. Despite their practical realization and successful commercialization, the sensitivity and associated precision of plasmonic sensors are starting to reach their fundamental classical limit given by quantum fluctuations of light-known as the shot-noise limit. To improve the sensing performance of these sensors beyond the classical limit, quantum resources are increasingly being employed. This area of research has become known as "quantum plasmonic sensing", and it has experienced substantial activity in recent years for applications in chemical and biological sensing. This review aims to cover both plasmonic and quantum techniques for sensing, and it shows how they have been merged to enhance the performance of plasmonic sensors beyond traditional methods. We discuss the general framework developed for quantum plasmonic sensing in recent years, covering the basic theory behind the advancements made, and describe the important works that made these advancements. We also describe several key works in detail, highlighting their motivation, the working principles behind them, and their future impact. The intention of the review is to set a foundation for a burgeoning field of research that is currently being explored out of intellectual curiosity and for a wide range of practical applications in biochemistry, medicine, and pharmaceutical research.
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- Changhyoup Lee
- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.,Quantum Universe Center, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Quantum Information Science Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.,Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021Karlsruhe, Germany.,Max Planck School of Photonics, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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Cai ML, Liu ZD, Zhao WD, Wu YK, Mei QX, Jiang Y, He L, Zhang X, Zhou ZC, Duan LM. Observation of a quantum phase transition in the quantum Rabi model with a single trapped ion. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1126. [PMID: 33602942 PMCID: PMC7893029 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21425-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Quantum phase transitions (QPTs) are usually associated with many-body systems in the thermodynamic limit when their ground states show abrupt changes at zero temperature with variation of a parameter in the Hamiltonian. Recently it has been realized that a QPT can also occur in a system composed of only a two-level atom and a single-mode bosonic field, described by the quantum Rabi model (QRM). Here we report an experimental demonstration of a QPT in the QRM using a 171Yb+ ion in a Paul trap. We measure the spin-up state population and the average phonon number of the ion as two order parameters and observe clear evidence of the phase transition via adiabatic tuning of the coupling between the ion and its spatial motion. An experimental probe of the phase transition in a fundamental quantum optics model without imposing the thermodynamic limit opens up a window for controlled study of QPTs and quantum critical phenomena. Quantum phase transition occurs in many-body systems with abrupt changes in the ground state around zero temperature. Here the authors report signatures of quantum phase transition in single trapped ion that can be described using quantum Rabi model.
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- M-L Cai
- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.,Department of Physics, Renmin University, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.,Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
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Uria M, Solano P, Hermann-Avigliano C. Deterministic Generation of Large Fock States. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:093603. [PMID: 32915610 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.093603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present a protocol to deterministically prepare the electromagnetic field in a large photon number state. The field starts in a coherent state and, through resonant interaction with one or few two-level systems, it evolves into a coherently displaced Fock state without any postselection. We show the feasibility of the scheme under realistic parameters. The presented method opens a door to reach Fock states, with n∼100 and optimal fidelities above 70%, blurring the line between macroscopic and quantum states of the field.
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- M Uria
- Departamento de Física and Millennium Institute for Research in Optics (MIRO), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370448, Chile
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- Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Fsicas y Matemticas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 160-C, Chile
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- Departamento de Física and Millennium Institute for Research in Optics (MIRO), Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8370448, Chile
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Abah O, Puebla R, Paternostro M. Quantum State Engineering by Shortcuts to Adiabaticity in Interacting Spin-Boson Systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:180401. [PMID: 32441978 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.180401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present a fast and robust framework to prepare nonclassical states of a bosonic mode exploiting a coherent exchange of excitations with a two-level system ruled by a Jaynes-Cummings interaction mechanism. Our protocol, which is built on shortcuts to adiabaticity, allows for the generation of arbitrary Fock states of the bosonic mode, as well as coherent quantum superpositions of a Schrödinger cat-like form. In addition, we show how to obtain a class of photon-shifted states where the vacuum population is removed, a result akin to photon addition, but displaying more nonclassicality than standard photon-added states. Owing to the ubiquity of the spin-boson interaction that we consider, our proposal is amenable for implementations in state-of-the-art experiments.
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- Obinna Abah
- Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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Bothner D, Yanai S, Iniguez-Rabago A, Yuan M, Blanter YM, Steele GA. Cavity electromechanics with parametric mechanical driving. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1589. [PMID: 32221296 PMCID: PMC7101360 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15389-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Microwave optomechanical circuits have been demonstrated to be powerful tools for both exploring fundamental physics of macroscopic mechanical oscillators, as well as being promising candidates for on-chip quantum-limited microwave devices. In most experiments so far, the mechanical oscillator is either used as a passive element and its displacement is detected using the superconducting cavity, or manipulated by intracavity fields. Here, we explore the possibility to directly and parametrically manipulate the mechanical nanobeam resonator of a cavity electromechanical system, which provides additional functionality to the toolbox of microwave optomechanics. In addition to using the cavity as an interferometer to detect parametrically modulated mechanical displacement and squeezed thermomechanical motion, we demonstrate that this approach can realize a phase-sensitive parametric amplifier for intracavity microwave photons. Future perspectives of optomechanical systems with a parametrically driven mechanical oscillator include exotic bath engineering with negative effective photon temperatures, or systems with enhanced optomechanical nonlinearities. Microwave circuits are interesting tools for microwave optomechanics and quantum information processing. Here, the authors demonstrate a phase-sensitive microwave amplifier by using parametric frequency modulation of a MHz mechanical nanobeam integrated in a superconducting microwave cavity.
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- D Bothner
- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands.,Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperphysik Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands.
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Canela VSC, Carmichael HJ. Bright Sub-Poissonian Light through Intrinsic Feedback and External Control. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:063604. [PMID: 32109096 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.063604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Balancing nonlinear gain and loss automatically generates sub-Poissonian light, through negative feedback, when the gain is significantly reduced (increased) by the addition (subtraction) of a single photon. We show that micromaser trapping states can provide the necessary feedback in the presence of photon loss and, with the addition of external parametric control, realize a photon number on the order of 100 and a Mandel Q parameter of -0.998, i.e., number squeezing of 27 dB.
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- V S C Canela
- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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- The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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Ferraro D, Campisi M, Andolina GM, Pellegrini V, Polini M. Quantum resources for energy storage. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023000003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recently the possibility to exploit quantum-mechanical effects to increase the performance of energy storage has raised a great interest. It consists of N two-level systems coupled to a single photonic mode in a cavity. We demonstrate the emergence of a quantum advantage in the charging power on this collective model (Dicke Quantum Battery) with respect to the one in which each two-level system is coupled to its own separate cavity mode (Rabi Quantum Battery). Moreover, we discuss the model of a Quantum Supercapacitor. This consists of two chains, one containing electrons and the other one holes, hosted by arrays of double quantum dots. The two chains are in close proximity and embedded in the same photonic cavity, in the same spirit of the Dicke model. We find the phase diagram of this model showing that, when transitioning from the ferro/antiferromagnetic to the superradiant phase, the quantum capacitance of the model is greatly enhanced.
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Hann CT, Zou CL, Zhang Y, Chu Y, Schoelkopf RJ, Girvin SM, Jiang L. Hardware-Efficient Quantum Random Access Memory with Hybrid Quantum Acoustic Systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:250501. [PMID: 31922763 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.250501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Hybrid quantum systems in which acoustic resonators couple to superconducting qubits are promising quantum information platforms. High quality factors and small mode volumes make acoustic modes ideal quantum memories, while the qubit-phonon coupling enables the initialization and manipulation of quantum states. We present a scheme for quantum computing with multimode quantum acoustic systems, and based on this scheme, propose a hardware-efficient implementation of a quantum random access memory (QRAM). Quantum information is stored in high-Q phonon modes, and couplings between modes are engineered by applying off-resonant drives to a transmon qubit. In comparison to existing proposals that involve directly exciting the qubit, this scheme can offer a substantial improvement in gate fidelity for long-lived acoustic modes. We show how these engineered phonon-phonon couplings can be used to access data in superposition according to the state of designated address modes-implementing a QRAM on a single chip.
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- Connor T Hann
- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Departments of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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Assemat F, Grosso D, Signoles A, Facon A, Dotsenko I, Haroche S, Raimond JM, Brune M, Gleyzes S. Quantum Rabi Oscillations in Coherent and in Mesoscopic Cat Field States. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:143605. [PMID: 31702170 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.143605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The simple resonant Rabi oscillation of a two-level system in a single-mode coherent field reveals complex features at the mesoscopic scale, with oscillation collapses and revivals. Using slow circular Rydberg atoms interacting with a superconducting microwave cavity, we explore this phenomenon in an unprecedented range of interaction times and photon numbers. We demonstrate the efficient production of cat states, which are the quantum superposition of coherent components with nearly opposite phases and sizes in the range of few tens of photons. We measure cuts of their Wigner functions revealing their quantum coherence and observe their fast decoherence. This experiment opens promising perspectives for the rapid generation and manipulation of nonclassical states in cavity and circuit quantum electrodynamics.
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- F Assemat
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, CNRS, ENS-Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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Cherubim C, Brito F, Deffner S. Non-Thermal Quantum Engine in Transmon Qubits. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 21:E545. [PMID: 33267259 PMCID: PMC7515034 DOI: 10.3390/e21060545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The design and implementation of quantum technologies necessitates the understanding of thermodynamic processes in the quantum domain. In stark contrast to macroscopic thermodynamics, at the quantum scale processes generically operate far from equilibrium and are governed by fluctuations. Thus, experimental insight and empirical findings are indispensable in developing a comprehensive framework. To this end, we theoretically propose an experimentally realistic quantum engine that uses transmon qubits as working substance. We solve the dynamics analytically and calculate its efficiency.
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- Cleverson Cherubim
- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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Villas-Boas CJ, Rossatto DZ. Multiphoton Jaynes-Cummings Model: Arbitrary Rotations in Fock Space and Quantum Filters. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:123604. [PMID: 30978040 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.123604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The multiphoton Jaynes-Cummings model is investigated and applications in quantum information science are explored. Considering the strong atom-field coupling regime and an N-photon interaction, a nonlinear driving field can perform an arbitrary rotation in the Fock space of a bosonic mode involving the vacuum and an M-Fock state, with M<N. In addition, driving a bosonic mode with a linear coherent field (superposition of many Fock states), only the cavity states within the Fock subspace {|0⟩,|1⟩,…,|N-1⟩} can be populated; i.e., we show how to implement a Fock state filter, or quantum scissor, that restricts the dynamics of a given bosonic mode to a limited Hilbert space. Such a device can be employed as a generator of finite-dimensional quantum-optical states and also as a quantum-optical intensity limiter, allowing as a special case the generation of single-photon pulses. On the other hand, our system also provides a very rich physics in the weak atom-field coupling regime, in particular, multiphoton electromagnetically induced transparencylike phenomena, inducing a narrow (controllable) reflectivity window for nonlinear probe fields. These results are useful for applications in quantum information processing and also motivate further investigations, e.g., the use of an N-photon Jaynes-Cummings system as a qudit with harmonic spectrum and the exploration of multiphoton quantum interference.
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- Celso J Villas-Boas
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13565-905 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Campus Experimental de Itapeva, 18409-010 Itapeva, São Paulo, Brazil
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Creation and control of multi-phonon Fock states in a bulk acoustic-wave resonator. Nature 2018; 563:666-670. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0717-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ye B, Zheng ZF, Zhang Y, Yang CP. Circuit QED: single-step realization of a multiqubit controlled phase gate with one microwave photonic qubit simultaneously controlling n - 1 microwave photonic qubits. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:30689-30702. [PMID: 30469962 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.030689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present a novel method to realize a multi-target-qubit controlled phase gate with one microwave photonic qubit simultaneously controlling n - 1 target microwave photonic qubits. This gate is implemented with n microwave cavities coupled to a superconducting flux qutrit. Each cavity hosts a microwave photonic qubit, whose two logic states are represented by the vacuum state and the single photon state of a single cavity mode, respectively. During the gate operation, the qutrit remains in the ground state and thus decoherence from the qutrit is greatly suppressed. This proposal requires only a single-step operation and thus the gate implementation is quite simple. The gate operation time is independent of the number of the qubits. In addition, this proposal does not need applying classical pulse or any measurement. Numerical simulations demonstrate that high-fidelity realization of a controlled phase gate with one microwave photonic qubit simultaneously controlling two target microwave photonic qubits is feasible with current circuit QED technology. The proposal is quite general and can be applied to implement the proposed gate in a wide range of physical systems, such as multiple microwave or optical cavities coupled to a natural or artificial Λ-type three-level atom.
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Opremcak A, Pechenezhskiy IV, Howington C, Christensen BG, Beck MA, Leonard E, Suttle J, Wilen C, Nesterov KN, Ribeill GJ, Thorbeck T, Schlenker F, Vavilov MG, Plourde BLT, McDermott R. Measurement of a superconducting qubit with a microwave photon counter. Science 2018; 361:1239-1242. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aat4625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- A. Opremcak
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Scalable Generation of Multi-mode NOON States for Quantum Multiple-phase Estimation. Sci Rep 2018; 8:11440. [PMID: 30061625 PMCID: PMC6065404 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29828-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Multi-mode NOON states have been attracting increasing attentions recently for their abilities of obtaining supersensitive and superresolved measurements for simultaneous multiple-phase estimation. In this paper, four different methods of generating multi-mode NOON states with a high photon number were proposed. The first method is a linear optical approach that makes use of the Fock state filtration to reduce lower-order Fock state terms from the coherent state inputs, which are jointly combined to produce a multi-mode NOON state with the triggering of multi-fold single-photon coincidence detections (SPCD) and appropriate postselection. The other three methods (two linear and one nonlinear) use N-photon Fock states as the inputs and require SPCD triggering only. All of the four methods can theoretically create a multi-mode NOON state with an arbitrary photon number. Comparisons among these four methods were made with respect to their feasibility and efficiency. The first method is experimentally most feasible since it takes considerably fewer photonic operations and, more importantly, requires neither the use of high-N Fock states nor high-degree of nonlinearity.
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Yan F, Campbell D, Krantz P, Kjaergaard M, Kim D, Yoder JL, Hover D, Sears A, Kerman AJ, Orlando TP, Gustavsson S, Oliver WD. Distinguishing Coherent and Thermal Photon Noise in a Circuit Quantum Electrodynamical System. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:260504. [PMID: 30004727 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.260504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the cavity-QED architecture, photon number fluctuations from residual cavity photons cause qubit dephasing due to the ac Stark effect. These unwanted photons originate from a variety of sources, such as thermal radiation, leftover measurement photons, and cross talk. Using a capacitively shunted flux qubit coupled to a transmission line cavity, we demonstrate a method that identifies and distinguishes coherent and thermal photons based on noise-spectral reconstruction from time-domain spin-locking relaxometry. Using these measurements, we attribute the limiting dephasing source in our system to thermal photons rather than coherent photons. By improving the cryogenic attenuation on lines leading to the cavity, we successfully suppress residual thermal photons and achieve T_{1}-limited spin-echo decay time. The spin-locking noise-spectroscopy technique allows broad frequency access and readily applies to other qubit modalities for identifying general asymmetric nonclassical noise spectra.
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- Fei Yan
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Ferraro D, Campisi M, Andolina GM, Pellegrini V, Polini M. High-Power Collective Charging of a Solid-State Quantum Battery. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:117702. [PMID: 29601745 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.117702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Quantum information theorems state that it is possible to exploit collective quantum resources to greatly enhance the charging power of quantum batteries (QBs) made of many identical elementary units. We here present and solve a model of a QB that can be engineered in solid-state architectures. It consists of N two-level systems coupled to a single photonic mode in a cavity. We contrast this collective model ("Dicke QB"), whereby entanglement is genuinely created by the common photonic mode, to the one in which each two-level system is coupled to its own separate cavity mode ("Rabi QB"). By employing exact diagonalization, we demonstrate the emergence of a quantum advantage in the charging power of Dicke QBs, which scales like sqrt[N] for N≫1.
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- Dario Ferraro
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
- NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Graphene Labs, Via Morego 30, I-16163 Genova, Italy
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Hu L, Ma YC, Xu Y, Wang WT, Ma YW, Liu K, Wang HY, Song YP, Yung MH, Sun LY. Simulation of molecular spectroscopy with circuit quantum electrodynamics. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2018; 63:293-299. [PMID: 36658799 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 01/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Spectroscopy is a crucial laboratory technique for understanding quantum systems through their interactions with the electromagnetic radiation. Particularly, spectroscopy is capable of revealing the physical structure of molecules, leading to the development of the maser-the forerunner of the laser. However, real-world applications of molecular spectroscopy are mostly confined to equilibrium states, due to computational and technological constraints; a potential breakthrough can be achieved by utilizing the emerging technology of quantum simulation. Here we experimentally demonstrate through a toy model, a superconducting quantum simulator capable of generating molecular spectra for both equilibrium and non-equilibrium states, reliably producing the vibronic structure of diatomic molecules. Furthermore, our quantum simulator is applicable not only to molecules with a wide range of electronic-vibronic coupling strength, characterized by the Huang-Rhys parameter, but also to molecular spectra not readily accessible under normal laboratory conditions. These results point to a new direction for predicting and understanding molecular spectroscopy, exploiting the power of quantum simulation.
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- Ling Hu
- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen 518055, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Quantum Science and Engineering, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Cai K, Pan ZW, Wang RX, Ruan D, Yin ZQ, Long GL. Single phonon source based on a giant polariton nonlinear effect. OPTICS LETTERS 2018; 43:1163-1166. [PMID: 29489805 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.001163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We propose a single phonon source based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, which are located in a diamond phononic crystal resonator. The strain in the lattice would induce the coupling between the NV centers and the phonon mode. The strong coupling between the excited state of the NV centers and the phonon is realized by adding an optical laser driving. This four-level NV center system exhibits coherent population trapping and yields giant resonantly enhanced acoustic nonlinearities, with zero linear susceptibility. Based on this nonlinearity, the single phonon source can be realized. We numerically calculate g(2)(0) of the single phonon source. We discuss the effects of the thermal noise and the external driving strength.
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Liu T, Guo BQ, Yu CS, Zhang WN. One-step implementation of a hybrid Fredkin gate with quantum memories and single superconducting qubit in circuit QED and its applications. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:4498-4511. [PMID: 29475300 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.004498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In a recent remarkable experiment [Sci. Adv. 2, e1501531 (2016)], a 3-qubit quantum Fredkin (i.e., controlled-SWAP) gate was demonstrated by using linear optics. Here we propose a simple experimental scheme by utilizing the dispersive interaction in superconducting quantum circuit to implement a hybrid Fredkin gate with a superconducting flux qubit as the control qubit and two separated quantum memories as the target qudits. The quantum memories considered here are prepared by the superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators or nitrogen-vacancy center ensembles. In particular, it is shown that this Fredkin gate can be realized using a single-step operation and more importantly, each target qudit can be in an arbitrary state with arbitrary degrees of freedom. Furthermore, we show that this experimental scheme has many potential applications in quantum computation and quantum information processing such as generating arbitrary entangled states (discrete-variable states or continuous-variable states) of the two memories, measuring the fidelity and the entanglement between the two memories. With state-of-the-art circuit QED technology, the numerical simulation is performed to demonstrate that two-memory NOON states, entangled coherent states, and entangled cat states can be efficiently synthesized.
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Magnetically induced transparency of a quantum metamaterial composed of twin flux qubits. Nat Commun 2018; 9:150. [PMID: 29323136 PMCID: PMC5764976 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02608-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Quantum theory is expected to govern the electromagnetic properties of a quantum metamaterial, an artificially fabricated medium composed of many quantum objects acting as artificial atoms. Propagation of electromagnetic waves through such a medium is accompanied by excitations of intrinsic quantum transitions within individual meta-atoms and modes corresponding to the interactions between them. Here we demonstrate an experiment in which an array of double-loop type superconducting flux qubits is embedded into a microwave transmission line. We observe that in a broad frequency range the transmission coefficient through the metamaterial periodically depends on externally applied magnetic field. Field-controlled switching of the ground state of the meta-atoms induces a large suppression of the transmission. Moreover, the excitation of meta-atoms in the array leads to a large resonant enhancement of the transmission. We anticipate possible applications of the observed frequency-tunable transparency in superconducting quantum networks.
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Dmitriev AY, Shaikhaidarov R, Antonov VN, Hönigl-Decrinis T, Astafiev OV. Quantum wave mixing and visualisation of coherent and superposed photonic states in a waveguide. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1352. [PMID: 29116086 PMCID: PMC5676721 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01471-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Superconducting quantum systems (artificial atoms) have been recently successfully used to demonstrate on-chip effects of quantum optics with single atoms in the microwave range. In particular, a well-known effect of four wave mixing could reveal a series of features beyond classical physics, when a non-linear medium is scaled down to a single quantum scatterer. Here we demonstrate the phenomenon of quantum wave mixing (QWM) on a single superconducting artificial atom. In the QWM, the spectrum of elastically scattered radiation is a direct map of the interacting superposed and coherent photonic states. Moreover, the artificial atom visualises photon-state statistics, distinguishing coherent, one- and two-photon superposed states with the finite (quantised) number of peaks in the quantum regime. Our results may give a new insight into nonlinear quantum effects in microwave optics with artificial atoms. The phenomenon of wave mixing is expected to show peculiar features when scaled down to the quantum level. Here, the authors show how coherent electromagnetic waves propagating in a 1D transmission line with an embedded two-level artificial atom are mapped into a quantised spectrum of narrow peaks.
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- A Yu Dmitriev
- Laboratory of Artificial Quantum Systems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia. .,Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russian Federation.
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- Laboratory of Artificial Quantum Systems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia.,Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- Laboratory of Artificial Quantum Systems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia.,Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK.,National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK
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- Laboratory of Artificial Quantum Systems, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia. .,Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK. .,National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK.
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Liu YY, Stehlik J, Eichler C, Mi X, Hartke TR, Gullans MJ, Taylor JM, Petta JR. Threshold Dynamics of a Semiconductor Single Atom Maser. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:097702. [PMID: 28949587 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.097702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We demonstrate a single atom maser consisting of a semiconductor double quantum dot (DQD) that is embedded in a high-quality-factor microwave cavity. A finite bias drives the DQD out of equilibrium, resulting in sequential single electron tunneling and masing. We develop a dynamic tuning protocol that allows us to controllably increase the time-averaged repumping rate of the DQD at a fixed level detuning, and quantitatively study the transition through the masing threshold. We further examine the crossover from incoherent to coherent emission by measuring the photon statistics across the masing transition. The observed threshold behavior is in agreement with an existing single atom maser theory when small corrections from lead emission are taken into account.
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- Y-Y Liu
- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Joint Quantum Institute and Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, NIST and University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Joint Quantum Institute and Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science, NIST and University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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We propose a new method for frequency conversion of photons which is both versatile and deterministic. We show that a system with two resonators ultrastrongly coupled to a single qubit can be used to realise both single- and multiphoton frequency-conversion processes. The conversion can be exquisitely controlled by tuning the qubit frequency to bring the desired frequency-conversion transitions on or off resonance. Considering recent experimental advances in ultrastrong coupling for circuit QED and other systems, we believe that our scheme can be implemented using available technology.
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Zapletal P, Filip R. Multi-copy quantifiers for single-photon states. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1484. [PMID: 28469155 PMCID: PMC5431150 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01333-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Single-photon states are basic resources for hybrid quantum technology with non-Gaussian states of light. Accelerating quantum technology is already able to produce high-quality single-photon states. These states can be used for hybrid quantum information processing, based on a nonclassical phase-space interference represented by negativity of a Wigner function. Therefore, new quantifiers, capable of evaluating such high-quality single-photon states, are required. We propose and analyze quantifiers which process multiple estimates of single-photon state’s statistics. The quantifiers simulate basic capability of single photons to conditionally bunch into a single mode and form a Fock state. This state exhibits complex nonclassical phase-space interference effects making its Wigner function negative in multiple areas. The quantifiers directly evaluate a presence of the multiple negativities corresponding to the Fock state. We verify applicability of the quantifiers by using them to single-photon states from recent experiments. The quantifiers can be further extended to also test indistinguishability of single-photon states. It allows to verify quantum interference of light from single-photon emitters more sensitively than in the traditional Hong-Ou-Mandel test. Besides quantum optics, the multi-copy quantifiers can be also applied to experiments with atomic memories and mechanical oscillators.
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- Petr Zapletal
- Department of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17, listopadu 1192/12, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17, listopadu 1192/12, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Luo MX, Li HR, Wang X. Distributed atomic quantum information processing via optical fibers. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1234. [PMID: 28450701 PMCID: PMC5430912 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01245-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The qudit system may offer great flexibilities for quantum information processing. We investigate the possibility of realizing elementary quantum gates between two high-dimensional atoms in distant cavities coupled by an optical fiber. We show that highly reliable special swap gate is achievable by different detuning. The numerical simulation shows that the proposed elementary gate is robust against the atomic spontaneous decay, photon leakage of cavities and optical fibers by choosing the experimental parameters appropriately.
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- Ming-Xing Luo
- Information Security and National Computing Grid Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China. .,Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- Information Security and National Computing Grid Laboratory, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, 610031, China.
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University, Dublin, 9, Ireland
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Niu MY, Sanders BC, Wong FNC, Shapiro JH. Unity-Efficiency Parametric Down-Conversion via Amplitude Amplification. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:123601. [PMID: 28388184 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.123601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We propose an optical scheme, employing optical parametric down-converters interlaced with nonlinear sign gates (NSGs), that completely converts an n-photon Fock-state pump to n signal-idler photon pairs when the down-converters' crystal lengths are chosen appropriately. The proof of this assertion relies on amplitude amplification, analogous to that employed in Grover search, applied to the full quantum dynamics of single-mode parametric down-conversion. When we require that all Grover iterations use the same crystal, and account for potential experimental limitations on crystal-length precision, our optimized conversion efficiencies reach unity for 1≤n≤5, after which they decrease monotonically for n values up to 50, which is the upper limit of our numerical dynamics evaluations. Nevertheless, our conversion efficiencies remain higher than those for a conventional (no NSGs) down-converter.
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- Murphy Yuezhen Niu
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
- Program in Quantum Information Science, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8, Canada
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, China
- Shanghai Branch, CAS Center for Excellence and Synergetic Innovation Center in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai 201315, China
- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Goetz J, Pogorzalek S, Deppe F, Fedorov KG, Eder P, Fischer M, Wulschner F, Xie E, Marx A, Gross R. Photon Statistics of Propagating Thermal Microwaves. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:103602. [PMID: 28339239 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.103602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In experiments with superconducting quantum circuits, characterizing the photon statistics of propagating microwave fields is a fundamental task. We quantify the n^{2}+n photon number variance of thermal microwave photons emitted from a blackbody radiator for mean photon numbers, 0.05≲n≲1.5. We probe the fields using either correlation measurements or a transmon qubit coupled to a microwave resonator. Our experiments provide a precise quantitative characterization of weak microwave states and information on the noise emitted by a Josephson parametric amplifier.
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- J Goetz
- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799 München, Germany
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Premaratne SP, Wellstood FC, Palmer BS. Microwave photon Fock state generation by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14148. [PMID: 28128205 PMCID: PMC5290155 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The deterministic generation of non-classical states of light, including squeezed states, Fock states and Bell states, plays an important role in quantum information processing and exploration of the physics of quantum entanglement. Preparation of these non-classical states in resonators is non-trivial due to their inherent harmonicity. Here we use stimulated Raman adiabatic passage to generate microwave photon Fock states in a superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics system comprised of a fixed-frequency transmon qubit in a three-dimensional microwave cavity at 20 mK. A two-photon process is employed to overcome a first order forbidden transition and the first, second and third Fock states are demonstrated. We also demonstrate how this all-microwave technique can be used to generate an arbitrary superposition of Fock states. Simulations of the system are in excellent agreement with the data and fidelities of 89%, 68% and 43% are inferred for the first three Fock states respectively. Precise quantum state preparation plays an important role in quantum information processing. Here, Premaratne et al. use stimulated Raman adiabatic passage to transfer population from a superconducting transmon qubit to a cavity Fock state.
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- Shavindra P Premaratne
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.,Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.,Joint Quantum Institute and Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.,Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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