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Selective number-dependent arbitrary Hamiltonian engineering for a cavity

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Abstract

Cavity resonators are promising resources for storing and processing quantum information. Here we investigate a scheme to engineer the Hamiltonian for a photonic cavity using an ancilla qubit. In the strong dispersive coupling limit and number-split regime, one can drive the qubit near selective photon-number-dependent transition frequencies to address the individual photon number states of the cavity. By choosing control driving detunings much larger than the driving strengths, we propose a general approach to engineering a selective number-dependent arbitrary Hamiltonian for the cavity. The engineered Hamiltonian admits various applications including canceling unwanted cavity Kerr effect, creating higher-order nonlinearities for quantum simulations, designing quantum gate operations resilient to noise, and even realizing quantum error correction. Our scheme can be implemented with a coupled microwave cavity and transmon qubit in superconducting circuits systems.

Presenters

  • Chiao-Hsuan Wang

    Pritzker School for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, University of Chicago

Authors

  • Chiao-Hsuan Wang

    Pritzker School for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, University of Chicago

  • José Lebreuilly

    Yale University

  • Kyungjoo Noh

    Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University, Yale University

  • Steven Girvin

    Yale University, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University, Department of Physics, Yale University, Yale Quantum Institute, Yale University

  • Liang Jiang

    University of Chicago, Pritzker school of molecular engineering, University of Chicago, Yale University