Single Microwave-Photon Detector using an Artificial Lambda-type Three-Level System
Abstract
Single photon detection is a requisite technique in quantum-optics experiments in both the optical and the microwave domains. However, the energy of microwave quanta are four to five orders of magnitude less than their optical counterpart, making the efficient detection of single microwave photons extremely challenging. Here, we demonstrate the detection of a single microwave photon propagating through a waveguide. The detector is implemented with an impedance-matched artificial Lambda-system comprising the dressed states of a driven superconducting qubit coupled to a microwave resonator.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 11, 2016
- Accession Number
- AD1034031
Entities
People
- Jaw-shen Tsai
- Kazuki Koshino
- Kunihiro Inomata
- Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
- William D Oliver
- Yasunobu Nakamura
- Zhirong Lin
Organizations
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory