Giant cross-kerr effect for propagating microwaves induced by an artificial atom

Io Chun Hoi*, Anton F. Kockum, Tauno Palomaki, Thomas M. Stace, Bixuan Fan, Lars Tornberg, Sankar R. Sathyamoorthy, Göran Johansson, Per Delsing, C. M. Wilson

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Abstract

We investigate the effective interaction between two microwave fields, mediated by a transmon-type superconducting artificial atom which is strongly coupled to a coplanar transmission line. The interaction between the fields and atom produces an effective cross-Kerr coupling. We demonstrate average cross-Kerr phase shifts of up to 20 degrees per photon with both coherent microwave fields at the single-photon level. Our results provide an important step toward quantum applications with propagating microwave photons.

Original languageEnglish
Article number053601
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume111
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

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