Coupling microwave photons to a mechanical resonator using quantum interference

I. C. Rodrigues; D. Bothner; G. A. Steele

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12964-2

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Coupling microwave photons to a mechanical resonator using quantum interference

I. C. Rodrigues,
D. Bothner,
G. A. Steele

Affiliations

I. C. Rodrigues: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
D. Bothner: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
G. A. Steele: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12964-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Capacitive optomechanics in the microwave regime suffers from inherent and practical limitations on the maximum achievable coupling strength. Here, the authors demonstrate flux-mediated inductive optomechanical coupling allowing tunable single-photon coupling rates.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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