Near-Field Scanning Microwave Microscopy in the Single Photon Regime
Journal article, 2019

The microwave properties of nano-scale structures are important in a wide variety of applications in quantum technology. Here we describe a low-power cryogenic near-field scanning microwave microscope (NSMM) which maintains nano-scale dielectric contrast down to the single microwave photon regime, up to 109 times lower power than in typical NSMMs. We discuss the remaining challenges towards developing nano-scale NSMM for quantum coherent interaction with two-level systems as an enabling tool for the development of quantum technologies in the microwave regime.

Author

S. Geaney

National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

Royal Holloway University of London

D. Cox

University of Surrey

T. Hönigl-Decrinis

National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

R. Shaikhaidarov

Royal Holloway University of London

Sergey Kubatkin

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

Tobias Lindström

National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

Andrey Danilov

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

Sebastian Erik de Graaf

National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

Scientific Reports

2045-2322 (ISSN) 20452322 (eISSN)

Vol. 9 1 12539

Subject Categories

Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified

Computer Science

Computer Systems

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1038/s41598-019-48780-3

PubMed

31467310

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10/9/2022