Ultrawide-range photon number calibration using a hybrid system combining nano-electromechanics and superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics

We present a hybrid system consisting of a superconducting coplanar waveguide resonator coupled to a nanomechanical string and a transmon qubit acting as a nonlinear circuit element. We perform spectroscopy for both the transmon qubit and the nanomechanical string. Measuring the ac-Stark shift on th...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2018-10, Vol.113 (15)
Main Authors: Schmidt, Philip, Schwienbacher, Daniel, Pernpeintner, Matthias, Wulschner, Friedrich, Deppe, Frank, Marx, Achim, Gross, Rudolf, Huebl, Hans
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied physics
Circuits
Coplanar waveguides
Electromechanics
Hybrid systems
Quantum electrodynamics
Quantum theory
Qubits (quantum computing)
Resonators
Superconductivity
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Summary:We present a hybrid system consisting of a superconducting coplanar waveguide resonator coupled to a nanomechanical string and a transmon qubit acting as a nonlinear circuit element. We perform spectroscopy for both the transmon qubit and the nanomechanical string. Measuring the ac-Stark shift on the transmon qubit and the electromechanically induced absorption on the string allows us to determine the average photon number in the microwave resonator in both the low and high power regimes. In this way, we measure photon numbers that are up to nine orders of magnitude apart. We find a quantitative agreement between the calibrations of photon numbers in the microwave resonator using the two methods. Our experiments demonstrate the combination of superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics and nano-electromechanics on a single chip.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.5052414