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quant-ph2014★ 140 cited

Probing the quantum vacuum with an artificial atom in front of a mirror

I. -C. Hoi, A. F. Kockum, L. Tornberg +4

Quantum fluctuations of the vacuum are both a surprising and fundamental phenomenon of nature. Understood as virtual photons flitting in and out of existence, they still have a ver…

quant-ph2014★ 15 cited

Motion and gravity effects in the precision of quantum clocks

Joel Lindkvist, Carlos Sabín, Göran Johansson +1

We show that motion and gravity affect the precision of quantum clocks. We consider a localised quantum field as a fundamental model of a quantum clock moving in spacetime and show…

quant-ph2014★ 252 cited

Designing frequency-dependent relaxation rates and Lamb shift for a giant artificial atom

Anton Frisk Kockum, Per Delsing, Göran Johansson

In traditional quantum optics, where the interaction between atoms and light at optical frequencies is studied, the atoms can be approximated as point-like when compared to the wav…

quant-ph2014★ 85 cited

Optomechanical-like coupling between superconducting resonators

J. R. Johansson, G. Johansson, Franco Nori

We propose and analyze a circuit that implements a nonlinear coupling between two superconducting microwave resonators. The resonators are coupled through a superconducting quantum…

quant-ph2014★ 40 cited

Non-absorbing high-efficiency counter for itinerant microwave photons

Bixuan Fan, Göran Johansson, Joshua Combes +2

Detecting an itinerant microwave photon with high efficiency is an outstanding problem in microwave photonics and its applications. We present a scheme to detect an itinerant micro…

quant-ph2014★ 169 cited

Dynamical Casimir effect entangles artificial atoms

S. Felicetti, M. Sanz, L. Lamata +4

We show that the physics underlying the dynamical Casimir effect may generate multipartite quantum correlations. To achieve it, we propose a circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED)…

quant-ph2014★ 26 cited

Scattering of coherent pulses on a two-level system - single-photon generation

Joel Lindkvist, Göran Johansson

In this work, we consider a two-level system (TLS) coupled to a one-dimensional continuum of bosonic modes in a transmission line. Using the master equation approach, a method for…

quant-ph2014★ 39 cited

Twin paradox with macroscopic clocks in superconducting circuits

Joel Lindkvist, Carlos Sabín, Ivette Fuentes +4

We propose an implementation of a twin paradox scenario in superconducting circuits, with velocities as large as a few percent of the speed of light. Ultrafast modulation of the bo…