Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-11-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2nd International Workshop on Solid-State Quantum Computing, June 2008, Taipei, Taiwan
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3037127
Photons are fundamental excitations of the electromagnetic field and can be captured in cavities. For a given cavity with a certain size, the fundamental mode has a fixed frequency {\it f} which gives the photons a specific "color". The cavity also has a typical lifetime $\tau$, which results in a finite linewidth $\delta${\it f}. If the size of the cavity is changed fast compared to $\tau$, and so that the frequency change $\Delta${\it f} $\gg \delta${\it f}, then it is possible to change the "color" of the captured photons. Here we demonstrate superconducting microwave cavities, with tunable effective lengths. The tuning is obtained by varying a Josephson inductance at one end of the cavity. We show data on four different samples and demonstrate tuning by several hundred linewidths in a time $\Delta t \ll \tau$. Working in the few photon limit, we show that photons stored in the cavity at one frequency will leak out from the cavity with the new frequency after the detuning. The characteristics of the measured devices make them suitable for different applications such as dynamic coupling of qubits and parametric amplification.
Bauch Th.
Delsing Per
Duty Tim
Johansson Goran
Persson Fredrik
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