| Literature DB >> 27230374 |
Chen Wang1, Yvonne Y Gao2, Philip Reinhold2, R W Heeres2, Nissim Ofek2, Kevin Chou2, Christopher Axline2, Matthew Reagor2, Jacob Blumoff2, K M Sliwa2, L Frunzio2, S M Girvin2, Liang Jiang2, M Mirrahimi3, M H Devoret2, R J Schoelkopf1.
Abstract
Quantum superpositions of distinct coherent states in a single-mode harmonic oscillator, known as "cat states," have been an elegant demonstration of Schrödinger's famous cat paradox. Here, we realize a two-mode cat state of electromagnetic fields in two microwave cavities bridged by a superconducting artificial atom, which can also be viewed as an entangled pair of single-cavity cat states. We present full quantum state tomography of this complex cat state over a Hilbert space exceeding 100 dimensions via quantum nondemolition measurements of the joint photon number parity. The ability to manipulate such multicavity quantum states paves the way for logical operations between redundantly encoded qubits for fault-tolerant quantum computation and communication.Year: 2016 PMID: 27230374 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2941
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728