On-Chip Microwave Fock States and Quantum Homodyne Measurements
M. Mariantoni, M. J. Storcz, Frank K. Wilhelm, William D. Oliver, Andreas Emmert, Achim Marx, Gross, R., H. Christ, E. Solano · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2005
We propose a method to couple metastable flux-based qubits to superconductive resonators based on a quantum-optical Raman excitation scheme that allows for the deterministic generation of stationary and propagating microwave Fock states and other weak quantum fields. Moreover, we introduce a suitable microwave quantum homodyne technique, with no optical counterpart, that enables the measurement of relevant field observables, even in the presence of noisy amplification devices.