Quantum-circuit refrigeration of a superconducting microwave resonator well below a single quantum

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Main Authors: Viitanen, Arto, Mörstedt, Timm, Teixeira, Wallace S., Tiiri, Maaria, Räbinä, Jukka, Silveri, Matti, Möttönen, Mikko
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author Viitanen, Arto
Mörstedt, Timm
Teixeira, Wallace S.
Tiiri, Maaria
Räbinä, Jukka
Silveri, Matti
Möttönen, Mikko
author_facet Viitanen, Arto
Mörstedt, Timm
Teixeira, Wallace S.
Tiiri, Maaria
Räbinä, Jukka
Silveri, Matti
Möttönen, Mikko
contents We experimentally demonstrate a recently proposed single-junction quantum-circuit refrigerator (QCR) as an in-situ-tunable low-temperature environment for a superconducting 4.7-GHz resonator. With the help of a transmon qubit, we measure the populations of the different resonator Fock states, thus providing reliable access to the temperature of the engineered electromagnetic environment and its effect on the resonator. We demonstrate coherent and thermal resonator states and that the on-demand dissipation provided by the QCR can drive these to a small fraction of a photon on average, even if starting above 1 K. We observe that the QCR can be operated either with a dc bias voltage or a gigahertz rf drive, or a combination of these. The bandwidth of the rf drive is not limited by the circuit itself and consequently, we show that 2.9-GHz continuous and 10-ns-pulsed drives lead to identical desired refrigeration of the resonator. These observations answer to the shortcomings of previous works where the Fock states were not resolvable and the QCR exhibited slow charging dynamics. Thus this work introduces a versatile tool to study open quantum systems, quantum thermodynamics, and to quickly reset superconducting qubits.
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spellingShingle Quantum-circuit refrigeration of a superconducting microwave resonator well below a single quantum
Viitanen, Arto
Mörstedt, Timm
Teixeira, Wallace S.
Tiiri, Maaria
Räbinä, Jukka
Silveri, Matti
Möttönen, Mikko
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We experimentally demonstrate a recently proposed single-junction quantum-circuit refrigerator (QCR) as an in-situ-tunable low-temperature environment for a superconducting 4.7-GHz resonator. With the help of a transmon qubit, we measure the populations of the different resonator Fock states, thus providing reliable access to the temperature of the engineered electromagnetic environment and its effect on the resonator. We demonstrate coherent and thermal resonator states and that the on-demand dissipation provided by the QCR can drive these to a small fraction of a photon on average, even if starting above 1 K. We observe that the QCR can be operated either with a dc bias voltage or a gigahertz rf drive, or a combination of these. The bandwidth of the rf drive is not limited by the circuit itself and consequently, we show that 2.9-GHz continuous and 10-ns-pulsed drives lead to identical desired refrigeration of the resonator. These observations answer to the shortcomings of previous works where the Fock states were not resolvable and the QCR exhibited slow charging dynamics. Thus this work introduces a versatile tool to study open quantum systems, quantum thermodynamics, and to quickly reset superconducting qubits.
title Quantum-circuit refrigeration of a superconducting microwave resonator well below a single quantum
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00397