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Strong coupling of a single photon to a superconducting qubit using circuit quantum electrodynamics

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  • A. Wallraff

    (Yale University)

  • D. I. Schuster

    (Yale University)

  • A. Blais

    (Yale University)

  • L. Frunzio

    (Yale University)

  • R.- S. Huang

    (Yale University
    Indiana University)

  • J. Majer

    (Yale University)

  • S. Kumar

    (Yale University)

  • S. M. Girvin

    (Yale University)

  • R. J. Schoelkopf

    (Yale University)

Abstract

The interaction of matter and light is one of the fundamental processes occurring in nature, and its most elementary form is realized when a single atom interacts with a single photon. Reaching this regime has been a major focus of research in atomic physics and quantum optics1 for several decades and has generated the field of cavity quantum electrodynamics2,3. Here we perform an experiment in which a superconducting two-level system, playing the role of an artificial atom, is coupled to an on-chip cavity consisting of a superconducting transmission line resonator. We show that the strong coupling regime can be attained in a solid-state system, and we experimentally observe the coherent interaction of a superconducting two-level system with a single microwave photon. The concept of circuit quantum electrodynamics opens many new possibilities for studying the strong interaction of light and matter. This system can also be exploited for quantum information processing and quantum communication and may lead to new approaches for single photon generation and detection.

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  • A. Wallraff & D. I. Schuster & A. Blais & L. Frunzio & R.- S. Huang & J. Majer & S. Kumar & S. M. Girvin & R. J. Schoelkopf, 2004. "Strong coupling of a single photon to a superconducting qubit using circuit quantum electrodynamics," Nature, Nature, vol. 431(7005), pages 162-167, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:431:y:2004:i:7005:d:10.1038_nature02851
    DOI: 10.1038/nature02851
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    1. Yu Zhou & Zhenxing Zhang & Zelong Yin & Sainan Huai & Xiu Gu & Xiong Xu & Jonathan Allcock & Fuming Liu & Guanglei Xi & Qiaonian Yu & Hualiang Zhang & Mengyu Zhang & Hekang Li & Xiaohui Song & Zhan Wa, 2021. "Rapid and unconditional parametric reset protocol for tunable superconducting qubits," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Ya. S. Greenberg & O. A. Chuikin, 2022. "Superradiant emission spectra of a two-qubit system in circuit quantum electrodynamics," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 95(9), pages 1-19, September.
    3. Hu, Gaoke & Liu, Maoxin & Chen, Xiaosong, 2023. "Quantum phase transition and eigen microstate condensation in the quantum Rabi model," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 630(C).
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    8. Skagerstam, Bo-Sture K., 2006. "On collective effects in cavity quantum electrodynamics," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 362(2), pages 314-326.

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