Quantum harmonic oscillator spectrum analyzers
Quantum Physics
2021-06-29 v3
Abstract
Characterization and suppression of noise are essential for the control of harmonic oscillators in the quantum regime. We measure the noise spectrum of a quantum harmonic oscillator from low frequency to near the oscillator resonance by sensing its response to amplitude modulated periodic drives with a qubit. Using the motion of a trapped ion, we experimentally demonstrate two different implementations with combined sensitivity to noise from 500 Hz to 600 kHz. We apply our method to measure the intrinsic noise spectrum of an ion trap potential in a previously unaccessed frequency range.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2010.10438,
title = {Quantum harmonic oscillator spectrum analyzers},
author = {Jonas Keller and Pan-Yu Hou and Katherine C. McCormick and Daniel C. Cole and Stephen D. Erickson and Jenny J. Wu and Andrew C. Wilson and Dietrich Leibfried},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.10438},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
6 + 10 pages, 4 + 7 figures