Probing the quantum coherence of a nanomechanical resonator using a superconducting qubit: I. Echo scheme

Details Probing the quantum coherence of a nanomechanical resonator using a superconducting qubit: I. Echo scheme Probing the quantum coherence of a nanomechanical resonator using a superconducting qubit: I. Echo scheme

2008-04-14

arxiv.org/abs/0804.2194v1

New J. Phys. 10, 095004 (2008)

Physics

Quantum Physics

Submitted to New Journal of Physics: Special Issue "Mechanical Systems at the Quantum Limit"

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/10/9/095004

We propose a scheme in which the quantum coherence of a nanomechanical resonator can be probed using a superconducting qubit. We consider a mechanical resonator coupled capacitively to a Cooper-pair box and assume that the superconducting qubit is tuned to the degeneracy point so that its coherence time is maximised and the electro-mechanical coupling can be approximated by a dispersive Hamiltonian. When the qubit is prepared in a superposition of states this drives the mechanical resonator progressively into a superposition which in turn leads to apparent decoherence of the qubit. Applying a suitable control pulse to the qubit allows its population to be inverted resulting in a reversal of the resonator dynamics. However, the resonator's interactions with its environment mean that the dynamics is not completely reversible. We show that this irreversibility is largely due to the decoherence of the mechanical resonator and can be inferred from appropriate measurements on the qubit alone. Using estimates for the parameters involved based on a specific realization of the system we show that it should be possible to carry out this scheme with existing device technology.

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