Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields
In contrast to natural atoms, the potential energies for superconducting flux qubit (SFQ) circuits can be artificially controlled. When the inversion symmetry of the potential energy is broken, we find that multi-photon processes can coexist in multi-level SFQ circuits. Moreover, there are not only...
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| description | In contrast to natural atoms, the potential energies for superconducting flux qubit (SFQ) circuits can be artificially controlled. When the inversion symmetry of the potential energy is broken, we find that multi-photon processes can coexist in multi-level SFQ circuits. Moreover, there are not only transverse but also longitudinal couplings between the external magnetic fields and the SFQs when the inversion symmetry of potential energy is broken. Longitudinal coupling would induce some new phenomena in the SFQs. Here we will show how longitudinal coupling can result in the coexistence of multi-photon processes in a two-level system formed by an SFQ circuit. We also show that the SFQs can become transparent to the transverse coupling fields when the longitudinal coupling fields satisfy certain conditions. We further show that the quantum Zeno effect can also be induced by longitudinal coupling in the SFQs. Finally, we clarify why longitudinal coupling can induce the coexistence and disappearance of single- and two-photon processes for a driven SFQ, which is coupled to a single-mode quantized field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b22cdad8a764ff3a369562d36ce94c52023-08-08T11:21:22ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302014-01-0116101503110.1088/1367-2630/16/1/015031Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fieldsYu-xi Liu0Cheng-Xi Yang1Hui-Chen Sun2Xiang-Bin Wang3Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China; Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of ChinaInstitute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of ChinaState Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China; Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology , Shandong Academy of Information and Communication Technology, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of ChinaIn contrast to natural atoms, the potential energies for superconducting flux qubit (SFQ) circuits can be artificially controlled. When the inversion symmetry of the potential energy is broken, we find that multi-photon processes can coexist in multi-level SFQ circuits. Moreover, there are not only transverse but also longitudinal couplings between the external magnetic fields and the SFQs when the inversion symmetry of potential energy is broken. Longitudinal coupling would induce some new phenomena in the SFQs. Here we will show how longitudinal coupling can result in the coexistence of multi-photon processes in a two-level system formed by an SFQ circuit. We also show that the SFQs can become transparent to the transverse coupling fields when the longitudinal coupling fields satisfy certain conditions. We further show that the quantum Zeno effect can also be induced by longitudinal coupling in the SFQs. Finally, we clarify why longitudinal coupling can induce the coexistence and disappearance of single- and two-photon processes for a driven SFQ, which is coupled to a single-mode quantized field.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/015031 |
| spellingShingle | Yu-xi Liu Cheng-Xi Yang Hui-Chen Sun Xiang-Bin Wang Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields New Journal of Physics |
| title | Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields |
| title_full | Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields |
| title_fullStr | Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields |
| title_short | Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields |
| title_sort | coexistence of single and multi photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/015031 |
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