18 research outputs found
Experimental Test of the High-Frequency Quantum Shot Noise Theory in a Quantum Point Contact
We report on direct measurements of the electronic shot noise of a quantum
point contact at frequencies nu in the range 4-8 GHz. The very small energy
scale used ensures energy independent transmissions of the few transmitted
electronic modes and their accurate knowledge. Both the thermal energy and the
quantum point contact drain-source voltage Vds are comparable to the photon
energy hnu leading to observation of the shot noise suppression when
. Our measurements provide the first complete test of the finite
frequency shot noise scattering theory without adjustable parameters.Comment: Version Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 236803
(2007)
Magnetic field asymmetry of mesocopic dc rectification in Aharonov Bohm rings
Fundamental Casimir-Onsager symmetry rules for linear response do not apply
to non linear transport. This motivates the investigation of nonlinear dc
conductance of mesoscopic GaAs/GaAlAs rings in a 2 wire configuration. The
second order current response to a potential bias is of particular interest. It
is related to the sensitivity of conductance fluctuations to this bias and
contains information on electron interactions not included in the linear
response. In contrast with the linear response which is a symmetric function of
magnetic field we find that this second order response exhibits a field
dependence which contains an antisymmetric part. We analyse the flux periodic
and aperiodic components of this asymmetry and find that they only depend on
the conductance of the rings which is varied by more than an order of
magnitude. These results are in good agreement with recent theoretical
predictions relating this asymmetric response to the electron interactions.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Towards universal quantum computation through relativistic motion
We show how to use relativistic motion to generate continuous variable Gaussian cluster states within cavity modes. Our results can be demonstrated experimentally using superconducting circuits where tuneable boundary conditions correspond to mirrors moving with velocities close to the speed of light. In particular, we propose the generation of a quadripartite square cluster state as a first example that can be readily implemented in the laboratory. Since cluster states are universal resources for universal one-way quantum computation, our results pave the way for relativistic quantum computation schemes
Quantum superposition of a single microwave photon in two different "colour" states
The ability to coherently couple arbitrary harmonic oscillators in a
fully-controlled way is an important tool to process quantum information.
Coupling between quantum harmonic oscillators has previously been demonstrated
in several physical systems by use of a two-level system as a mediating
element. Direct interaction at the quantum level has only recently been
realized by use of resonant coupling between trapped ions. Here we implement a
tunable direct coupling between the microwave harmonics of a superconducting
resonator by use of parametric frequency conversion. We accomplish this by
coupling the mode currents of two harmonics through a superconducting quantum
interference device (SQUID) and modulating its flux at the difference (~ 7 GHz)
of the harmonic frequencies. We deterministically prepare a single-photon Fock
state and coherently manipulate it between multiple modes, effectively
controlling it in a superposition of two different "colours". This parametric
interaction can be described as a beam-splitter-like operation that couples
different frequency modes. As such, it could be used to implement linear
optical quantum computing protocols on-chip.Comment: 21 pages, 10 figure