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A Schrödinger cat living in two boxes

  • Chen Wang
  • , Yvonne Y. Gao
  • , Philip Reinhold
  • , R. W. Heeres
  • , Nissim Ofek
  • , Kevin Chou
  • , Christopher Axline
  • , Matthew Reagor
  • , Jacob Blumoff
  • , K. M. Sliwa
  • , L. Frunzio
  • , S. M. Girvin
  • , Liang Jiang
  • , M. Mirrahimi
  • , M. H. Devoret
  • , R. J. Schoelkopf
  • Yale University
  • INRIA Rocquencourt

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Résumé

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.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)1087-1091
Nombre de pages5
journalScience
Volume352
Numéro de publication6289
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 27 mai 2016
Modification externeOui

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