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arXiv:quant-ph/0502187

Rabi spectroscopy for a two-level system

Ya. S. Greenberg, E. V. Il’ichev

Published Feb 28, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

We have analyzed the interaction of a dissipative two level quantum system with high and low frequency excitation. The system is continuously and simultaneously irradiated by these two waves. If the frequency of the first signal is close to the level separation and the second one is tuned to the Rabi frequency, it is shown that the response of the system exhibits an undamped low frequency oscillation. The method can be useful for low frequency Rabi spectroscopy in various physical systems which are described by a two level Hamiltonian, such as nuclei spins in NMR, double well quantum dots, superconducting flux and charge qubits, etc. As an example, the application of the method to the readout of a flux qubit is considered.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0502187

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Two-level systems (TLS) of unclear physical origin are a major contributor to decoherence in superconducting qubits. The interactions of individual TLS with a qubit can be detected via various spectroscopic methods, most of which have relied on the tunability of the qubit frequency. We propose a novel method that requires only a microwave drive and dispersive readout, and thus also works fixed-frequency qubits. The proposed two-tone spectroscopy involves a microwave pulse of varying frequency and length to excite TLSs of unknown frequencies, followed by a second pulse at the qubit frequency. TLS parameters can be estimated from the qubit population as a function of the first pulse frequency and length.