Quantum electromechanics with levitated nanoparticles

Autor: Martinetz, Lukas, Hornberger, Klaus, Millen, James, Kim, M. S., Stickler, Benjamin A.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: npj Quantum Information 6, 101 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/s41534-020-00333-7
Popis: Preparing and observing quantum states of nanoscale particles is a challenging task with great relevance for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. In contrast to atomic systems with discrete transitions, nanoparticles exhibit a practically continuous absorption spectrum and thus their quantum dynamics cannot be easily manipulated. Here, we demonstrate that charged nanoscale dielectrics can be artificially endowed with a discrete level structure by coherently interfacing their rotational and translational motion with a superconducting qubit. We propose a pulsed scheme for the generation and read-out of motional quantum superpositions and entanglement between several levitated nanoparticles, providing an all-electric platform for networked hybrid quantum devices.
Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures
Databáze: arXiv