activity
20242026
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6 papers

quant-ph2026

A superconducting quantum circuit single artificial atom maser

Maria Mucci, Nicholas Hougland, Chun-Che Wang +4

We demonstrate a circuit QED analog of an atomic micromaser that utilizes an artificial, multi level atom, pumped into a population-inverted state by a microwave tone, as the gain…

quant-ph2026

Achieving Sub-Zeptonewton Force Sensitivity and Spin-Motion Entanglement in Levitated Diamond via Pulsed Backaction Evasion

Gayathrini Premawardhana, Jonathan Beaumariage, M. V. Gurudev Dutt +3

We propose a system to achieve sub-zeptonewton force sensing and robust spin-mechanical entanglement in a levitated diamond system. By coupling a Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center spin…

quant-ph2025

Fast superconducting qubit control with sub-harmonic drives

Mingkang Xia, Chao Zhou, Chenxu Liu +8

Increasing the fidelity of single-qubit gates requires a combination of faster pulses and increased qubit coherence. However, with resonant qubit drive via a capacitively coupled p…

quant-ph2025

Engineering a multi-level bath for transmons with three-wave mixing and parametric drives

Xi Cao, Maria Mucci, Gangqiang Liu +2

A quantum system with a tunable bath temperature provides an additional degree of freedom for quantum simulators. Such a system can be realized by parametrically modulating the cou…

quant-ph2025

Pump-efficient Josephson parametric amplifiers with high saturation power

Nicholas M. Hougland, Zhuan Li, Ryan Kaufman +4

Circuit QED based quantum information processing relies on low noise amplification for signal readout. In the realm of microwave superconducting circuits, this amplification is oft…

cond-mat.supr-con2024

Sketched Nanoscale KTaO3-Based Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

Muqing Yu, Nicholas Hougland, Qianheng Du +8

The discovery of two-dimensional superconductivity in LaAlO3/KTaO3 (111) and (110) interfaces has raised significant interest in this system. In this manuscript we report the first…