Fast generation of Schrödinger cat states using a Kerr-tunable superconducting resonator

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Schrödinger cat states, quantum superpositions of macroscopically distinct classical states, are an important resource for quantum communication, quantum metrology and quantum computation. Especially, cat states in a phase space protected against phase-flip errors can be used as a logical qubit. However, cat states, normally generated in three-dimensional cavities and/or strong multi-photon drives, are facing the challenges of scalability and controllability. Here, we present a strategy to generate and preserve cat states in a coplanar superconducting circuit by the fast modulation of Kerr nonlinearity. At the Kerr-free work point, our cat states are passively preserved due to the vanishing Kerr effect. We are able to prepare a 2-component cat state in our chip-based device with a fidelity reaching 89.1% under a 96 ns gate time. Our scheme shows an excellent route to constructing a chip-based bosonic quantum processor.

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E-Artikel

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 11. Okt., Seite 6358

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, X L [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Bao, D Q [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, W B [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Z [VerfasserIn]
Roudsari, A F [VerfasserIn]
Delsing, Per [VerfasserIn]
Tsai, J S [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Z R [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 19.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41467-023-42057-0

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NLM363144900