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Reaching the ultimate energy resolution of a quantum detector

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  • Bayan Karimi

    (Aalto University School of Science)

  • Fredrik Brange

    (Lund University)

  • Peter Samuelsson

    (Lund University)

  • Jukka P. Pekola

    (Aalto University School of Science)

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Quantum calorimetry, the thermal measurement of quanta, is a method of choice for ultrasensitive radiation detection ranging from microwaves to gamma rays. The fundamental temperature fluctuations of the calorimeter, dictated by the coupling of it to the heat bath, set the ultimate lower bound of its energy resolution. Here we reach this limit of fundamental equilibrium fluctuations of temperature in a nanoscale electron calorimeter, exchanging energy with the phonon bath at very low temperatures. The approach allows noninvasive measurement of energy transport in superconducting quantum circuits in the microwave regime with high efficiency, opening the way, for instance, to observe quantum jumps, detecting their energy to tackle central questions in quantum thermodynamics.

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  • Bayan Karimi & Fredrik Brange & Peter Samuelsson & Jukka P. Pekola, 2020. "Reaching the ultimate energy resolution of a quantum detector," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-14247-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14247-2
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