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TT 16: Transport: Quantum Coherence and Quantum Information Systems – Experiments (jointly with HL, MA)

TT 16.4: Vortrag

Montag, 16. März 2015, 15:45–16:00, H 0110

Ultrastrong coupling of a flux qubit — •A. Baust^{1, 2, 3}, E. Hoffmann^{1, 2, 3}, M. Haeberlein^{1, 2, 3}, M. J. Schwarz^{1, 2, 3}, P. Eder^{1, 2, 3}, J. Goetz^{1, 2, 3}, F. Wulschner^{1, 2, 3}, E. Xie^{1, 2, 3}, L. Zhong^{1, 2, 3}, K. G. Fedorov^{1, 2, 3}, E. P. Menzel^{1, 2, 3}, F. Deppe^{1, 2, 3}, A. Marx^{1, 2, 3}, and R. Gross^{1, 2, 3} — ¹Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 85748 Garching, Germany — ²Physik-Department, TU München, 85748 Garching, Germany — ³Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), 80799 München, Germany

Circuit quantum electrodynamics has not only become a versatile toolbox for quantum information processing, but is also a powerful platform for the investigation of light-matter interaction. The coupling strength between microwave resonators and qubits acting as artificial atoms can be tuned over several orders of magnitude and can even reach the regime of ultrastrong coupling. We present spectroscopic data of a flux qubit coupled galvanically to the signal lines of two coplanar stripline resonators. We discuss the complex mode spectrum and show that the coupling strength between the qubit and one resonant mode reaches 17% of the respective mode frequency. Noticably, the high coupling strength is reached solely by the geometric layout of the qubit without utilizing additional coupling elements such as Josephson junctions. Our data exhibit a pronounced Bloch-Siegert shift and therefore represent an experimental evidence for the breakdown of the Jaynes-Cummings model.

This work is supported by the DFG via SFB 631 and EU projects CCQED and PROMISCE.