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Communications in Theoretical Physics

Non-Gaussian feature of the output field from a double qubit-cavity ultrastrong coupling system

Shengwen Xu, Shi-yu Dai, Teng Zhao

Published Mar 31, 2024• 1 citation
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Abstract

Abstract We investigate the non-Gaussian feature of radiation in a circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) system where two qubits are strongly coupled to a single-mode cavity. In the regime of ultrastrong coupling (USC), the rotating-wave approximation is not valid, and the Rabi Hamiltonian contains counter-rotating wave terms, leading to level crossing and avoided crossings in the energy spectrum. We further analyze the intensity-amplitude correlation of the output field in these two novel scenarios. In the USC regime, the creation and annihilation operators in the correlation function are replaced, allowing for the identification of non-Gaussian features in the output field. Our findings reveal that despite the absence of squeezing effects in the output light, significant non-Gaussian characteristics are present. Additionally, we demonstrate that as the driving or coupling strength increases, the non-Gaussian features of the output field become more pronounced. This suggests that USC systems hold broad potential applications in the realms of nonlinear optics and the generation of non-Gaussian states.

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10.1088/1572-9494/ad393f

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Abstract We investigate the non-Gaussian feature of radiation in a circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) system where two qubits are strongly coupled to a single-mode cavity. In the regime of ultrastrong coupling (USC), the rotating-wave approximation is not valid, and the Rabi Hamiltonian contains counter-rotating wave terms, leading to level crossing and avoided crossings in the energy spectrum. We further analyze the intensity-amplitude correlation of the output field in these two novel scenarios. In the USC regime, the creation and annihilation operators in the correlation function are replaced, allowing for the identification of non-Gaussian features in the output field. Our findings reveal that despite the absence of squeezing effects in the output light, significant non-Gaussian characteristics are present. Additionally, we demonstrate that as the driving or coupling strength increases, the non-Gaussian features of the output field become more pronounced. This suggests that USC systems hold broad potential applications in the realms of nonlinear optics and the generation of non-Gaussian states.
We investigate the ultranarrow spectrum and non-Gaussian feature of a circuit QED system with two qubits ultrastrongly coupled to a single-mode cavity. By adjusting the frequency of the driving field to resonate with the cavity frequency at the point of avoided-level crossing, we can get an equivalent four-level dressed state model. The vacuum-induced quantum interference between two transition pathways couples the slow decaying incoherent components of the density matrix into the equations of the sidebands, thereby an ultranarrow peak appeared at the line center of the cavity emission spectrum. This result provides a possibility for the study of quantum interference effect in the USC system. Moreover, the two metastable states with electronic shelving in the nondegenerate four-level system enhance the effect of spectral line narrowing. Finally, we also explore the intensity-amplitude correlation of the system, and the non-Gaussian feature of the ultrastrong coupling system can be identified, indicating that the system has broad application prospects in the field of nonlinear optics and preparation of non-classical states.
The ultrastrongly coupling (USC) system has very important research significance in quantum simulation and quantum computing. In this paper, the ultranarrow spectrum of a circuit QED system with two qubits ultrastrongly coupled to a single-mode cavity is studied. In the regime of USC, the JC model breaks down and the counter-rotating terms in the quantum Rabi Hamiltonian leads to the level anti-crossing in the energy spectrum. Choosing a single-photon driving field at the point of avoided-level crossing, we can get an equivalent four-level dressed state model, in which the dissipation of the two intermediate states is only related to the qubits decay. Due to the electron shelving of these two metastable states, a narrow peak appears in the cavity emission spectrum. Furthermore, we find that the physical origin for the spectral narrowing is the vacuum-induced quantum interference between two transition pathways. And this interference effect couples the slowly decaying incoherent components of the density matrix into the equations of the sidebands. This result provides a possibility for the study of quantum interference effect in the USC system.
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Abstract We investigate the dynamics of entanglement, steerability, and Bell non-locality in a circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) system of two identical superconducting qubits coupled to a cavity, modeled via a rigorous global master equation to ensure validity in the ultrastrong coupling (USC) regime. Subject to dephasing, spontaneous emission, and cavity loss, our analysis reveals several key findings. First, we observe a consistent numerical ordering of robustness using generalized measures for arbitrary quantum states, where entanglement persists significantly longer than steerability, and Bell non-locality is the most fragile resource. We emphasise that this observed ordering reflects the specific circuit-QED model and Markovian noise parameterisation studied here, and should not be interpreted as a proven general hierarchy for arbitrary states or measures. Second, comparing pure and mixed Werner initial states, we demonstrate that operating in the USC regime is highly advantageous, inducing pronounced, coherent revivals that preserve quantum correlations. Third, we clarify the nuanced role of the qubit mixing angle, which modulates the dynamics of initially entangled states and decisively suppresses the generation of correlations from the ground state at a key symmetry point. Our results underscore that preparing a maximally entangled initial state is a crucial prerequisite for robustness, offering quantitative guidance for engineering resilient quantum states in noisy circuit QED systems.
We present a circuit-QED scheme which makes it possible to reach the ultrastrong-coupling regime of a nondipolar interaction between a single qubit and a quantum resonator. We show that the system Hamiltonian is well approximated by a two-photon quantum Rabi model and propose a simple scattering experiment to probe its fundamental properties. In particular, we identify a driving scheme that reveals the change in selection rules characterizing the breakdown of the rotating-wave approximation and the transition from strong to ultrastrong two-photon interactions. Finally, we show that a frequency crowding in a narrow spectral region is observable in the output fluorescence spectrum as the coupling strength approaches the collapse point, paving the way to the direct observation of the onset of the spectral collapse in a solid-state device.
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