Control the qubit-qubit coupling in the superconducting circuit with double-resonator couplers

  1. Hui Wang,
  2. Yan-Jun Zhao,
  3. Hui-Chen Sun,
  4. Xun-Wei Xu,
  5. Yong Li,
  6. Yarui Zheng,
  7. Qiang Liu,
  8. and Rengang Li
We propose a scheme of using two fixed frequency resonator couplers to tune the coupling strength between two Xmon qubits. The induced indirect qubit-qubit interactions by two resonators
could offset with each other, and the direct coupling between two qubits are not necessarily for switching off. The small direct qubit-quibt coupling could effectively suppress the frequency interval between switching off and switching on, and globally suppress the second and third-order static ZZ couplings. The frequencies differences between resonator couplers and qubits readout resonators are very large, this might be helpful for suppressing the qubits readout errors. The cross-kerr resonant processes between a qubit and two resonators might induce pole and affect the crosstalks between qubits. The double resonator couplers could unfreeze the restrictions on capacitances and coupling strengths in the superconducting circuit, and it can also reduce the flux noises and globally suppress the crosstalks.

Transparency and amplification in a hybrid system of mechanical resonator and circuit QED

  1. Hui Wang,
  2. Hui-Chen Sun,
  3. Jing Zhang,
  4. and Yu-xi Liu
We theoretically study the transparency and amplification of a weak probe field applied to the cavity in hy- brid systems formed by a driven superconducting circuit QED system and a
mechanical resonator, or a driven optomechanical system and a superconducting qubit. We find that both the mechanical resonator and the su- perconducting qubit can result in the transparency to a weak probe field in such hybrid systems when a strong driving field is applied to the cavity. We also find that the weak probe field can be amplified in some parameter regimes. We further study the statistical properties of the output field via the degrees of second-order coherence. We find that the nonclassicality of the output field strongly depends on the system parameters. Our studies show that one can control single-photon transmission in the optomechanical system via a tunable artificial atom or in the circuit QED system via a mechanical resonator.

Linear response of superconducting flux quantum circuits

  1. Hui-Chen Sun,
  2. Yu-xi Liu,
  3. J. Q. You,
  4. E. Il'ichev,
  5. and Franco Nori
We study the microwave absorption of a driven three-level quantum system, which is realized by a superconducting flux quantum circuit (SFQC), with a magnetic driving field applied to
the two upper levels. The interaction between the three-level system and its environment is studied within the Born-Markov approximations, and we take into account the effects of the driving field on the damping rates of the three-level system. We study the linear response of the driven three-level SFQC to a weak probe field. The susceptibility of the probe field can be changed by both the driving field and the bias magnetic flux. When the bias magnetic flux is at the optimal point,the transition from the ground state to the second excited state is forbidden and the three-level system has a ladder-type transition. Thus, the SFQC responds to the probe field like natural atomic systems with ladder-type transitions. However, when the bias magnetic flux is away from the optimal point, the three-level SFQC has Δ-type transition, thus it responds to the probe field like a combination of natural atoms with ladder-type transitions and natural atoms with Λ-type transitions. In particular, we give detailed discussions on the conditions for realizing electromagnetically induced transparency and Autler-Townes splitting in three-level SFQCs.