Quantum electromechanics with levitated nanoparticles

Abstract Preparing and observing quantum states of nanoscale particles is a challenging task with great relevance for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. In contrast to atomic systems with discrete transitions, nanoparticles exhibit a practically continuous absorption spectrum and...

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Autores principales: Lukas Martinetz, Klaus Hornberger, James Millen, M. S. Kim, Benjamin A. Stickler
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/c9e664d2c222423684f387857bea22cc
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Sumario:Abstract Preparing and observing quantum states of nanoscale particles is a challenging task with great relevance for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. In contrast to atomic systems with discrete transitions, nanoparticles exhibit a practically continuous absorption spectrum and thus their quantum dynamics cannot be easily manipulated. Here, we demonstrate that charged nanoscale dielectrics can be artificially endowed with a discrete level structure by coherently interfacing their rotational and translational motion with a superconducting qubit. We propose a pulsed scheme for the generation and read-out of motional quantum superpositions and entanglement between several levitated nanoparticles, providing an all-electric platform for networked hybrid quantum devices.