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arXiv:1107.5748 · Physical Review X

Quantum Simulation of the Ultrastrong-Coupling Dynamics in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics

D. Ballester, G. Romero, Juan José García‐Ripoll, Frank Deppe, E. Solano

Published May 16, 2012• 152 citations
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Abstract

Adding a clever twist to a circuit-quantum-eletrodynamics system currently accessible by the standard quantum-optics technology, a theoretical proposal opens up a path for probing and understanding a broad, currently inaccessible range of regimes of light-matter coupling.
DOI
10.1103/physrevx.2.021007

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