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Nonlinear interaction effects in a strongly driven optomechanical cavity
Marc-Antoine Lemonde, Nicolas Didier, Aashish A. Clerk
We consider how nonlinear interaction effects can manifest themselves and even be enhanced in a strongly driven optomechanical system. Using a Keldysh Green's function approach, we…
Josephson-Majorana cycle in topological single-electron hybrid transistors
Nicolas Didier, Marco Gibertini, Ali G. Moghaddam +2
Charge transport through a small topological superconducting island in contact with a normal and a superconducting electrode occurs through a cycle that involves coherent oscillati…
Quantum transducer in circuit optomechanics
Nicolas Didier, Stefano Pugnetti, Yaroslav M. Blanter +1
Mechanical resonators are macroscopic quantum objects with great potential. They couple to many different quantum systems such as spins, optical photons, cold atoms, and Bose Einst…
Macroscopic quantum tunneling in quartic and sextic potentials: application to a phase qubit
Nicolas Didier, Frank W. J. Hekking
Macroscopic quantum tunneling of the phase is a fundamental phenomenon in the quantum dynamics of superconducting nanocircuits. The tunneling rate can be controlled in such circuit…
Detecting phonon blockade with photons
Nicolas Didier, Stefano Pugnetti, Yaroslav M. Blanter +1
Measuring the quantum dynamics of a mechanical system, when few phonons are involved, remains a challenge. We show that a superconducting microwave resonator linearly coupled to th…
Quantum charge diffusion in underdamped Josephson junctions and superconducting nanowires
A. Zazunov, N. Didier, F. W. J. Hekking
The effect of quantum fluctuations on the current-voltage characteristics of Josephson junctions and superconducting nanowires is studied in the underdamped limit. Quantum fluctuat…