Dynamics of an ion coupled to a parametric superconducting circuit
Dvir Kafri, Prabin Adhikari, Jacob M. Taylor · Physical Review A · 2016
Superconducting circuits and trapped ions are promising architectures for quantum information processing. However, the natural frequencies for controlling these systems---radio-frequency ion control and microwave domain superconducting qubit control---make direct Hamiltonian interactions between them weak. In this paper we describe a technique for coupling a trapped ion's motion to the fundamental mode of a superconducting circuit, by applying to the circuit a carefully modulated external magnetic flux. In conjunction with a nonlinear element (Josephson junction), this gives the circuit an effective time-dependent inductance. We then show how to tune the external flux to generate a resonant coupling between the circuit and ion's motional mode and discuss the limitations of this approach compared to using a time-dependent capacitance.