One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative Oscillator
Bistable dynamical systems are widely employed to robustly encode classical bits of information. However, they owe their robustness to inherent losses, making them unsuitable to encode quantum information. Surprisingly, there exists a loss mechanism, known as two-photon dissipation, that provides st...
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| author | C. Berdou A. Murani U. Réglade W.C. Smith M. Villiers J. Palomo M. Rosticher A. Denis P. Morfin M. Delbecq T. Kontos N. Pankratova F. Rautschke T. Peronnin L.-A. Sellem P. Rouchon A. Sarlette M. Mirrahimi P. Campagne-Ibarcq S. Jezouin R. Lescanne Z. Leghtas |
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| description | Bistable dynamical systems are widely employed to robustly encode classical bits of information. However, they owe their robustness to inherent losses, making them unsuitable to encode quantum information. Surprisingly, there exists a loss mechanism, known as two-photon dissipation, that provides stability without inducing decoherence. An oscillator exchanging pairs of photons with its environment is expected to reach macroscopic bit-flip times between dynamical states containing only a handful of photons. However, previous implementations have observed bit-flip times saturating in the millisecond range. In this experiment, we design a superconducting resonator endowed with two-photon dissipation, and free of all suspected sources of instabilities and inessential ancillary systems. We attain bit-flip times exceeding 100 s in between states containing about 40 photons. Although a full quantum model is necessary to explain our data, the preparation of coherent superposition states remains inaccessible. This experiment demonstrates that macroscopic bit-flip times are attainable with mesoscopic photon numbers in a two-photon dissipative oscillator. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ff52f61d85a4b0fa4d508169c8de4d72023-06-23T15:50:36ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPRX Quantum2691-33992023-06-014202035010.1103/PRXQuantum.4.020350One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative OscillatorC. BerdouA. MuraniU. RégladeW.C. SmithM. VilliersJ. PalomoM. RosticherA. DenisP. MorfinM. DelbecqT. KontosN. PankratovaF. RautschkeT. PeronninL.-A. SellemP. RouchonA. SarletteM. MirrahimiP. Campagne-IbarcqS. JezouinR. LescanneZ. LeghtasBistable dynamical systems are widely employed to robustly encode classical bits of information. However, they owe their robustness to inherent losses, making them unsuitable to encode quantum information. Surprisingly, there exists a loss mechanism, known as two-photon dissipation, that provides stability without inducing decoherence. An oscillator exchanging pairs of photons with its environment is expected to reach macroscopic bit-flip times between dynamical states containing only a handful of photons. However, previous implementations have observed bit-flip times saturating in the millisecond range. In this experiment, we design a superconducting resonator endowed with two-photon dissipation, and free of all suspected sources of instabilities and inessential ancillary systems. We attain bit-flip times exceeding 100 s in between states containing about 40 photons. Although a full quantum model is necessary to explain our data, the preparation of coherent superposition states remains inaccessible. This experiment demonstrates that macroscopic bit-flip times are attainable with mesoscopic photon numbers in a two-photon dissipative oscillator.http://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.020350 |
| spellingShingle | C. Berdou A. Murani U. Réglade W.C. Smith M. Villiers J. Palomo M. Rosticher A. Denis P. Morfin M. Delbecq T. Kontos N. Pankratova F. Rautschke T. Peronnin L.-A. Sellem P. Rouchon A. Sarlette M. Mirrahimi P. Campagne-Ibarcq S. Jezouin R. Lescanne Z. Leghtas One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative Oscillator PRX Quantum |
| title | One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative Oscillator |
| title_full | One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative Oscillator |
| title_fullStr | One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative Oscillator |
| title_full_unstemmed | One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative Oscillator |
| title_short | One Hundred Second Bit-Flip Time in a Two-Photon Dissipative Oscillator |
| title_sort | one hundred second bit flip time in a two photon dissipative oscillator |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.020350 |
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