Superconducting-qubit readout via low-backaction electro-optic transduction

R. D. Delaney (), M. D. Urmey, S. Mittal, B. M. Brubaker, J. M. Kindem, P. S. Burns, C. A. Regal and K. W. Lehnert
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R. D. Delaney: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
M. D. Urmey: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
S. Mittal: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
B. M. Brubaker: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
J. M. Kindem: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
P. S. Burns: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
C. A. Regal: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado
K. W. Lehnert: JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado

Nature, 2022, vol. 606, issue 7914, 489-493

Abstract: Abstract Entangling microwave-frequency superconducting quantum processors through optical light at ambient temperature would enable means of secure communication and distributed quantum information processing1. However, transducing quantum signals between these disparate regimes of the electro-magnetic spectrum remains an outstanding goal2–9, and interfacing superconducting qubits, which are constrained to operate at millikelvin temperatures, with electro-optic transducers presents considerable challenges owing to the deleterious effects of optical photons on superconductors9,10. Moreover, many remote entanglement protocols11–14 require multiple qubit gates both preceding and following the upconversion of the quantum state, and thus an ideal transducer should impart minimal backaction15 on the qubit. Here we demonstrate readout of a superconducting transmon qubit through a low-backaction electro-optomechanical transducer. The modular nature of the transducer and circuit quantum electrodynamics system used in this work enable complete isolation of the qubit from optical photons, and the backaction on the qubit from the transducer is less than that imparted by thermal radiation from the environment. Moderate improvements in the transducer bandwidth and the added noise will enable us to leverage the full suite of tools available in circuit quantum electrodynamics to demonstrate transduction of non-classical signals from a superconducting qubit to the optical domain.

Date: 2022
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