The Fermi problem with artificial atoms in circuit QED

Abstract

We propose a feasible experimental test of a 1-D version of the Fermi problem using superconducting qubits. We give an explicit non-perturbative proof of strict causality in this model, showing that the probability of excitation of a two-level artificial atom with a dipolar coupling to a quantum field is completely independent of the other qubit until signals from it may arrive. We explain why this is in perfect agreement with the existence of nonlocal correlations and previous results which were used to claim apparent causality problems for Fermi's two-atom system.

4 pages, 2 figures; typos corrected, introduction revised and experimental discussion extended, results unchanged

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• Ultrastrong coupling regime of cavity QED with phase-biased flux qubits
• The dynamical Casimir effect in superconducting microwave circuits
• QND measurement of a superconducting qubit in the weakly projective regime
• Generation of atom-atom correlations inside and outside the mutual light cone
• Generation of Entanglement Outside of the Light Cone

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