Coherent state transfer between itinerant microwave fields and a mechanical oscillator.
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| Title: | Coherent state transfer between itinerant microwave fields and a mechanical oscillator. |
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| Authors: | Palomaki, T. A., Harlow, J. W., Teufel, J. D., Simmonds, R. W., Lehnert, K. W. |
| Source: | Nature. 3/14/2013, Vol. 495 Issue 7440, p210-214. 5p. 3 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Storage, Refrigeration & refrigerating machinery, Coherent states, Superconducting generators, Cooling, Quantum communication, Equipment & supplies |
| Abstract: | Macroscopic mechanical oscillators have been coaxed into a regime of quantum behaviour by direct refrigeration or a combination of refrigeration and laser-like cooling. This result supports the idea that mechanical oscillators may perform useful functions in the processing of quantum information with superconducting circuits, either by serving as a quantum memory for the ephemeral state of a microwave field or by providing a quantum interface between otherwise incompatible systems. As yet, the transfer of an itinerant state or a propagating mode of a microwave field to and from a storage medium has not been demonstrated, owing to the inability to turn on and off the interaction between the microwave field and the medium sufficiently quickly. Here we demonstrate that the state of an itinerant microwave field can be coherently transferred into, stored in and retrieved from a mechanical oscillator with amplitudes at the single-quantum level. Crucially, the time to capture and to retrieve the microwave state is shorter than the quantum state lifetime of the mechanical oscillator. In this quantum regime, the mechanical oscillator can both store quantum information and enable its transfer between otherwise incompatible systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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