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Quantum-limited amplification and parametric instability in the reversed dissipation regime of cavity optomechanics
Cavity optomechanical phenomena, such as cooling, amplification or
optomechanically induced transparency, emerge due to a strong imbalance in the
dissipation rates of the parametrically coupled electromagnetic and mechanical
resonators. Here we analyze the reversed dissipation regime where the
mechanical energy relaxation rate exceeds the energy decay rate of the
electromagnetic cavity. We demonstrate that this regime allows for
mechanically-induced amplification (or cooling) of the electromagnetic mode.
Gain, bandwidth, and added noise of this electromagnetic amplifier are derived
and compared to amplification in the normal dissipation regime. In addition, we
analyze the parametric instability, i.e. optomechanical Brillouin lasing, and
contrast it to conventional optomechanical phonon lasing. Finally, we propose
an experimental scheme that realizes the reversed dissipation regime using
parametric coupling and optomechanical cooling with a second electromagnetic
mode enabling quantum-limited amplification. Recent advances in high-Q
superconducting microwave resonators make the reversed dissipation regime
experimentally realizable.Comment: 5+3 pages, 5 figures, 1 tabl
Level attraction in a microwave optomechanical circuit
Level repulsion - the opening of a gap between two degenerate modes due to
coupling - is ubiquitous anywhere from solid state theory to quantum chemistry.
In contrast, if one mode has negative energy, the mode frequencies attract
instead. They converge and develop imaginary components, leading to an
instability; an exceptional point marks the transition. This, however, only
occurs if the dissipation rates of the two modes are comparable. Here we expose
a theoretical framework for the general phenomenon and realize it
experimentally through engineered dissipation in a multimode superconducting
microwave optomechanical circuit. Level attraction is observed for a mechanical
oscillator and a superconducting microwave cavity, while an auxiliary cavity is
used for sideband cooling. Two exceptional points are demonstrated that could
be exploited for their topological properties.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures; includes Supplementary informatio
Quantum-limited amplification and parametric instability in the reversed dissipation regime of cavity optomechanics.
Cavity optomechanical phenomena, such as cooling, amplification, or optomechanically induced transparency, emerge due to a strong imbalance in the dissipation rates of the parametrically coupled electromagnetic and mechanical resonators. Here we analyze the reversed dissipation regime where the mechanical energy relaxation rate exceeds the energy decay rate of the electromagnetic cavity. We demonstrate that this regime allows for mechanically induced amplification (or cooling) of the electromagnetic mode. Gain, bandwidth, and added noise of this electromagnetic amplifier are derived and compared to amplification in the normal dissipation regime. In addition, we analyze the parametric instability, i.e., optomechanical Brillouin lasing, and contrast it to conventional optomechanical phonon lasing. Finally, we propose an experimental scheme that realizes the reversed dissipation regime using parametric coupling and optomechanical cooling with a second electromagnetic mode enabling quantum-limited amplification. Recent advances in high-Q superconducting microwave resonators make the reversed dissipation regime experimentally realizable
Rare earth spin ensemble magnetically coupled to a superconducting resonator
Interfacing superconducting quantum processors, working in the GHz frequency
range, with optical quantum networks and atomic qubits is a challenging task
for the implementation of distributed quantum information processing as well as
for quantum communication. Using spin ensembles of rare earth ions provide an
excellent opportunity to bridge microwave and optical domains at the quantum
level. In this letter, we demonstrate magnetic coupling of Er spins
doped in YSiO crystal to a high-Q coplanar superconducting
resonator.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
A V-shape superconducting artificial atom based on two inductively coupled transmons
Circuit quantum electrodynamics systems are typically built from resonators
and two-level artificial atoms, but the use of multi-level artificial atoms
instead can enable promising applications in quantum technology. Here we
present an implementation of a Josephson junction circuit dedicated to operate
as a V-shape artificial atom. Based on a concept of two internal degrees of
freedom, the device consists of two transmon qubits coupled by an inductance.
The Josephson nonlinearity introduces a strong diagonal coupling between the
two degrees of freedom that finds applications in quantum non-demolition
readout schemes, and in the realization of microwave cross-Kerr media based on
superconducting circuits.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Electron microscopy analysis of ATP-independent nucleosome unfolding by FACT
FACT is a histone chaperone that participates in nucleosome removal and reassembly during transcription and replication. We used electron microscopy to study FACT, FACT:Nhp6 and FACT:Nhp6:nucleosome complexes, and found that all complexes adopt broad ranges of configurations, indicating high flexibility. We found unexpectedly that the DNA binding protein Nhp6 also binds to the C-terminal tails of FACT subunits, inducing more open geometries of FACT even in the absence of nucleosomes. Nhp6 therefore supports nucleosome unfolding by altering both the structure of FACT and the properties of nucleosomes. Complexes formed with FACT, Nhp6, and nucleosomes also produced a broad range of structures, revealing a large number of potential intermediates along a proposed unfolding pathway. The data suggest that Nhp6 has multiple roles before and during nucleosome unfolding by FACT, and that the process proceeds through a series of energetically similar intermediate structures, ultimately leading to an extensively unfolded form
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