Topological lattices realized in superconducting circuit optomechanics

Amir Youssefi, Shingo Kono, Andrea Bancora, Mahdi Chegnizadeh, Jiahe Pan, Tatiana Vovk and Tobias J. Kippenberg ()
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Amir Youssefi: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Shingo Kono: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Andrea Bancora: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Mahdi Chegnizadeh: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Jiahe Pan: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Tatiana Vovk: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Tobias J. Kippenberg: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

Nature, 2022, vol. 612, issue 7941, 666-672

Abstract: Abstract Cavity optomechanics enables the control of mechanical motion through the radiation-pressure interaction1, and has contributed to the quantum control of engineered mechanical systems ranging from kilogramme-scale Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) mirrors to nanomechanical systems, enabling ground-state preparation2,3, entanglement4,5, squeezing of mechanical objects6, position measurements at the standard quantum limit7 and quantum transduction8. Yet nearly all previous schemes have used single- or few-mode optomechanical systems. By contrast, new dynamics and applications are expected when using optomechanical lattices9, which enable the synthesis of non-trivial band structures, and these lattices have been actively studied in the field of circuit quantum electrodynamics10. Superconducting microwave optomechanical circuits2 are a promising platform to implement such lattices, but have been compounded by strict scaling limitations. Here we overcome this challenge and demonstrate topological microwave modes in one-dimensional circuit optomechanical chains realizing the Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model11,12. Furthermore, we realize the strained graphene model13,14 in a two-dimensional optomechanical honeycomb lattice. Exploiting the embedded optomechanical interaction, we show that it is possible to directly measure the mode functions of the hybridized modes without using any local probe15,16. This enables us to reconstruct the full underlying lattice Hamiltonian and directly measure the existing residual disorder. Such optomechanical lattices, accompanied by the measurement techniques introduced, offer an avenue to explore collective17,18, quantum many-body19 and quench20 dynamics, topological properties9,21 and, more broadly, emergent nonlinear dynamics in complex optomechanical systems with a large number of degrees of freedom22–24.

Date: 2022
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