3 papers
quant-ph2026
Quantum jumps of sound
Takuma Makihara, Erik Szakiel, Matthew P. Maksymowych +7
Quantum mechanics predicts that a vibrating object's energy comes in discrete packets, yet no measurement of its position reveals this discreteness. Resolving individual energy lev…
cond-mat.mes-hall2026
Millisecond phonon lifetimes in piezoelectric nanomechanical resonators
Oliver A. Hitchcock, Matthew P. Maksymowych, Kaveh Pezeshki +5
Piezoelectric nanomechanical resonators operating at gigahertz frequencies are a promising platform for quantum information processing and precision sensing, but phonon lifetimes h…
quant-ph2025
Three-Wave Mixing Element with Quantum Paraelectric Materials
Eric I. Rosenthal, Christopher S. Wang, Jamison Sloan +6
At cryogenic temperatures and microwave frequencies, the perovskite crystals strontium titanate (STO) and potassium tantalate (KTO) have large, tunable permittivity arising from a…