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Waveguide quantum electrodynamics with superconducting artificial giant atoms

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dc.creator Kannan, Bharath
dc.creator Ruckriegel, Max J.
dc.creator Campbell, Daniel L.
dc.creator Frisk Kockum, Anton
dc.creator Braumüller, Jochen
dc.creator Kim, David K.
dc.creator Kjaergaard, Morten
dc.creator Krantz, Philip
dc.creator Melville, Alexander
dc.creator Niedzielski, Bethany M.
dc.creator Vepsäläinen, Antti
dc.creator Winik, Roni
dc.creator Yoder, Jonilyn L.
dc.creator Nori, Franco
dc.creator Orlando, Terry P.
dc.creator Gustavsson, Simon
dc.creator Oliver, William D.
dc.date 2022-05-31T20:57:31Z
dc.date 2021-10-27T20:30:01Z
dc.date 2022-05-31T20:57:31Z
dc.date 2020-07
dc.date 2019-12
dc.date 2021-03-09T19:29:28Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-17T20:24:51Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-17T20:24:51Z
dc.identifier 0028-0836
dc.identifier 1476-4687
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135935.2
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242559
dc.description © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Models of light–matter interactions in quantum electrodynamics typically invoke the dipole approximation1,2, in which atoms are treated as point-like objects when compared to the wavelength of the electromagnetic modes with which they interact. However, when the ratio between the size of the atom and the mode wavelength is increased, the dipole approximation no longer holds and the atom is referred to as a ‘giant atom’2,3. So far, experimental studies with solid-state devices in the giant-atom regime have been limited to superconducting qubits that couple to short-wavelength surface acoustic waves4–10, probing the properties of the atom at only a single frequency. Here we use an alternative architecture that realizes a giant atom by coupling small atoms to a waveguide at multiple, but well separated, discrete locations. This system enables tunable atom–waveguide couplings with large on–off ratios3 and a coupling spectrum that can be engineered by the design of the device. We also demonstrate decoherence-free interactions between multiple giant atoms that are mediated by the quasi-continuous spectrum of modes in the waveguide—an effect that is not achievable using small atoms11. These features allow qubits in this architecture to switch between protected and emissive configurations in situ while retaining qubit–qubit interactions, opening up possibilities for high-fidelity quantum simulations and non-classical itinerant photon generation12,13.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2529-9
dc.relation Nature
dc.rights Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
dc.source arXiv
dc.title Waveguide quantum electrodynamics with superconducting artificial giant atoms
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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