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Quantum wave mixing and visualisation of coherent and superposed photonic states in a waveguide.


ABSTRACT: Superconducting quantum systems (artificial atoms) have been recently successfully used to demonstrate on-chip effects of quantum optics with single atoms in the microwave range. In particular, a well-known effect of four wave mixing could reveal a series of features beyond classical physics, when a non-linear medium is scaled down to a single quantum scatterer. Here we demonstrate the phenomenon of quantum wave mixing (QWM) on a single superconducting artificial atom. In the QWM, the spectrum of elastically scattered radiation is a direct map of the interacting superposed and coherent photonic states. Moreover, the artificial atom visualises photon-state statistics, distinguishing coherent, one- and two-photon superposed states with the finite (quantised) number of peaks in the quantum regime. Our results may give a new insight into nonlinear quantum effects in microwave optics with artificial atoms.

SUBMITTER: Dmitriev AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5676721 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantum wave mixing and visualisation of coherent and superposed photonic states in a waveguide.

Dmitriev A Yu AY   Shaikhaidarov R R   Antonov V N VN   Hönigl-Decrinis T T   Astafiev O V OV  

Nature communications 20171107 1


Superconducting quantum systems (artificial atoms) have been recently successfully used to demonstrate on-chip effects of quantum optics with single atoms in the microwave range. In particular, a well-known effect of four wave mixing could reveal a series of features beyond classical physics, when a non-linear medium is scaled down to a single quantum scatterer. Here we demonstrate the phenomenon of quantum wave mixing (QWM) on a single superconducting artificial atom. In the QWM, the spectrum o  ...[more]

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