Creation and control of multi-phonon Fock states in a bulk acoustic-wave resonator

Yiwen Chu (), Prashanta Kharel, Taekwan Yoon, Luigi Frunzio, Peter T. Rakich and Robert J. Schoelkopf ()
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Yiwen Chu: Yale University
Prashanta Kharel: Yale University
Taekwan Yoon: Yale University
Luigi Frunzio: Yale University
Peter T. Rakich: Yale University
Robert J. Schoelkopf: Yale University

Nature, 2018, vol. 563, issue 7733, 666-670

Abstract: Abstract Quantum states of mechanical motion can be important resources for quantum information, metrology and studies of fundamental physics. Recent demonstrations of superconducting qubits coupled to acoustic resonators have opened up the possibility of performing quantum operations on macroscale motional modes1–3, which can act as long-lived quantum memories or transducers. In addition, they can potentially be used to test decoherence mechanisms in macroscale objects and other modifications to standard quantum theory4,5. Many of these applications call for the ability to create and characterize complex quantum states, such as states with a well defined phonon number, also known as phonon Fock states. Such capabilities require fast quantum operations and long coherence times of the mechanical mode. Here we demonstrate the controlled generation of multi-phonon Fock states in a macroscale bulk acoustic-wave resonator. We also perform Wigner tomography and state reconstruction to highlight the quantum nature of the prepared states6. These demonstrations are made possible by the long coherence times of our acoustic resonator and our ability to selectively couple a superconducting qubit to individual phonon modes. Our work shows that circuit quantum acoustodynamics7 enables sophisticated quantum control of macroscale mechanical objects and opens up the possibility of using acoustic modes as quantum resources.

Keywords: Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators; Fock State; Superconducting Qubit; Complex Quantum States; Perform Quantum Operations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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