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Observation of Slow-light Effect in Metamaterial Optical Waveguide

Satoshi Yamasaki, Tomohiro Amemiya, Zhichen Gu +5 more

The Japan Society of Applied PhysicsFeb 8, 20180 citations

Implementation of a quantum metamaterial using superconducting qubits

P. Macha, G. Oelsner, Jan-Michael Reiner +7 more

arXiv:1309.5268Nature CommunicationsOct 14, 2014153 citations

Chiral SQUID-metamaterial waveguide for circuit-QED

Xin Wang, Ya-Fen Lin, Jiaqi Li +2 more

Abstract Superconducting metamaterials, which are designed and fabricated with structured fundamental circuit elements, have motivated recent developments of exploring unconventional quantum phenomena in circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit-QEDs). We propose a method to engineer 1D Josephson metamaterial as a chiral waveguide by considering a programmed spatiotemporal modulation on its effective impedance. The modulation currents are in the form of travelling waves which phase velocities are much slower than the propagation speed of microwave photons. Due to the Brillouin-scattering process, non-trivial spectrum regimes where photons can propagate unidirectionally emerge. Considering superconducting qubits coupling with this metamaterial waveguide, we analyze both Markovian and non-Markovian quantum dynamics, and find that superconducting qubits can dissipate photons unidirectionally. Moreover, we show that our proposal can be extended a cascaded quantum network with multiple nodes, where chiral photon transport between remote qubits can be realized. Our work might open the possibilities to exploit SQUID metamaterials for realizing unidirectional photon transport in circuit-QED platforms.Abstract Superconducting metamaterials, which are designed and fabricated with structured fundamental circuit elements, have motivated recent developments of exploring unconventional quantum phenomena in circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit-QEDs). We propose a method to engineer 1D Josephson metamaterial as a chiral waveguide by considering a programmed spatiotemporal modulation on its effective impedance. The modulation currents are in the form of travelling waves which phase velocities are much slower than the propagation speed of microwave photons. Due to the Brillouin-scattering process, non-trivial spectrum regimes where photons can propagate unidirectionally emerge. Considering superconducting qubits coupling with this metamaterial waveguide, we analyze both Markovian and non-Markovian quantum dynamics, and find that superconducting qubits can dissipate photons unidirectionally. Moreover, we show that our proposal can be extended a cascaded quantum network with multiple nodes, where chiral photon transport between remote qubits can be realized. Our work might open the possibilities to exploit SQUID metamaterials for realizing unidirectional photon transport in circuit-QED platforms.

arXiv:2206.06579New Journal of PhysicsDec 1, 20227 citations

Qubit Dynamics in a Multi-mode Environment with a Superconducting Metamaterial Resonator

Sagar Indrajeet, H. Wang, Matthew Hutchings +4 more

Bulletin of the American Physical SocietyMar 6, 20190 citations

Superconducting metamaterials for waveguide quantum electrodynamics

Mohammad Mirhosseini, Eunjong Kim, Vinicius S. Ferreira +4 more

Abstract Embedding tunable quantum emitters in a photonic bandgap structure enables control of dissipative and dispersive interactions between emitters and their photonic bath. Operation in the transmission band, outside the gap, allows for studying waveguide quantum electrodynamics in the slow-light regime. Alternatively, tuning the emitter into the bandgap results in finite-range emitter–emitter interactions via bound photonic states. Here, we couple a transmon qubit to a superconducting metamaterial with a deep sub-wavelength lattice constant (λ/60). The metamaterial is formed by periodically loading a transmission line with compact, low-loss, low-disorder lumped-element microwave resonators. Tuning the qubit frequency in the vicinity of a band-edge with a group index of ng = 450, we observe an anomalous Lamb shift of −28 MHz accompanied by a 24-fold enhancement in the qubit lifetime. In addition, we demonstrate selective enhancement and inhibition of spontaneous emission of different transmon transitions, which provide simultaneous access to short-lived radiatively damped and long-lived metastable qubit states.Abstract Embedding tunable quantum emitters in a photonic bandgap structure enables control of dissipative and dispersive interactions between emitters and their photonic bath. Operation in the transmission band, outside the gap, allows for studying waveguide quantum electrodynamics in the slow-light regime. Alternatively, tuning the emitter into the bandgap results in finite-range emitter–emitter interactions via bound photonic states. Here, we couple a transmon qubit to a superconducting metamaterial with a deep sub-wavelength lattice constant (λ/60). The metamaterial is formed by periodically loading a transmission line with compact, low-loss, low-disorder lumped-element microwave resonators. Tuning the qubit frequency in the vicinity of a band-edge with a group index of ng = 450, we observe an anomalous Lamb shift of −28 MHz accompanied by a 24-fold enhancement in the qubit lifetime. In addition, we demonstrate selective enhancement and inhibition of spontaneous emission of different transmon transitions, which provide simultaneous access to short-lived radiatively damped and long-lived metastable qubit states.

arXiv:1802.01708Nature CommunicationsSep 6, 2018130 citations

Metamaterial slows light for quantum computing

Ashley N. Piccone

On-chip microwave waveguide with coupled superconducting qubits retards light by a factor of 1500.

ScilightNov 16, 20220 citations

Metamaterial Slow-Light Waveguide for Finite Range Interactions and Non-Markovian Dynamics with Superconducting Qubits

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