Microwave quantum optics with an artificial atom in one-dimensional open space
Journal article, 2013

We address recent advances in microwave quantum optics with artificial atoms in one-dimensional (1D) open space. This field relies on the fact that the coupling between a superconducting artificial atom and propagating microwave photons in a 1D open transmission line can be made strong enough to observe quantum coherent effects, without using any cavity to confine the microwave photons. We investigate the scattering properties in such a system with resonant coherent microwaves. We observe the strong nonlinearity of the artificial atom and under strong driving we observe the Mollow triplet. By applying two resonant tones, we also observe the Autler-Townes splitting. Exploiting these effects, we demonstrate two quantum devices at the single-photon level in the microwave regime: the single-photon router and the photon-dnumber filter. These devices provide important steps toward the realization of an on-chip quantum network.

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transistor

single-molecule

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amplification

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resonance fluorescence

superconducting circuits

Author

Io Chun Hoi

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Christopher Wilson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Göran Johansson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Applied Quantum Physics

Joel Lindkvist

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Applied Quantum Physics

B. Peropadre

CSIC - Instituto de Fisica Fundamental (IFF)

Tauno Palomaki

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Per Delsing

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

New Journal of Physics

1367-2630 (ISSN)

Vol. 15 Article Number: 025011 - 025011

Quantum Propagating Microwaves in Strongly Coupled Environments (PROMISCE)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/284566), 2012-04-01 -- 2015-03-31.

Subject Categories

Physical Sciences

DOI

10.1088/1367-2630/15/2/025011

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10/8/2017