arXiv:1003.1671 · New Journal of Physics

Coexistence of single- and multi-photon processes due to longitudinal couplings between superconducting flux qubits and external fields

Yu-xi Liu, Chengxi Yang, Hui-Chen Sun, Xiang‐Bin Wang

Published Jan 30, 2014• 43 citations

Abstract

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.

DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/015031

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