We theoretically study the transparency and amplification of a weak probe field applied to the cavity in hybrid systems formed by a driven superconducting circuit QED system and a mechanical resonator,or a driven optomechanical system and a superconducting qubit.We find that both the mechanical resonator and the superconducting qubit can result in the transparency to a weak probe field in such hybrid systems when a strong driving field is applied to the cavity.We also find that the weak probe field can be amplified in some parameter regimes.We further study the statistical properties of the output field via the degrees of second-order coherence.We find that the nonclassicality of the output field strongly depends on the system parameters.Our studies show that one can control single-photon transmission in the optomechanical system via a tunable artificial atom or in the circuit QED system via a mechanical resonator.
The superconducting nanowire single photon detector(SNSPD) draws much attention because of its attractive performance at ultra violet, visible, and nearinfrared wavelengths, and it can be widespread in quantum information technologies. However, how to increase the absorption which can dramatically increase the quantum efficiency of the SNSPD is still a top research issue. In this study, the effect of incident medium and cavity material on the optical absorptance of cavity-integrated SNSPDs was systematically investigated using finite-element method. The simulation results demonstrate that for photons polarized parallel to nanowire orientation, even though the maximum absorptance of the nanowire is insensitive to cavity material,it does increase when the refractive index of incident medium decreases. For perpendicularly polarized photons, both incident medium and cavity material play significant roles,and the absorptance curves get closer to the parallel case as the refractive index of cavity material increases. Based on these results, two cavity-integrated SNSPDs with frontillumination structure which can enhance the absorptance for both parallel and perpendicular photons are proposed.Finally, a design to realize polarization-independent SNSPDs with high absorptance is presented.
The past decade or two has witnessed tremendous progress in theory and practice of quantum control technologies.Bridging different scientific disciplines ranging from fundamental particle physics to nanotechnology,the goal of quantum control has been to develop effective and efficient tools for common analysis and design,but more importantly would pave the way for future technological applications.This article briefly reviews basic quantum control theory from the perspective of modeling,analysis and design,as well as considers future research directions.
We report the implementation of qubit-qubit coupling in a three-dimensional(3 D) cavity, using the exchange of virtual photons, to realize logical operations. We measure single photon and multi-photon transitions in this qubit-qubit coupling system and obtain its energy avoided-crossing spectrum. With ac-Stark effect, fast control of the qubits is achieved to tune the effective coupling on and off and the state-swap gate (SWAP)^(1/2) is successfully constructed. Moreover, using two-photon transition between the ground state and doubly excited states, a kind of two-photon Rabi-like oscillation is observed. A quarter period of this oscillation corresponds to the logical gate (bSWAP)^(1/2), which is used for generating Bell states.(bSWAP)^(1/2) and (iSWAP)^(1/2) are the foundations of future preparation of two-qubit Bell states and realization of CNOT gate.
