Sisyphus Thermalization of Photons in a Cavity-Coupled Double Quantum Dot
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2016-10-12 v5 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We investigate the non-classical states of light that emerge in a microwave resonator coupled to a periodically-driven electron in a nanowire double quantum dot (DQD). Under certain drive configurations, we find that the resonator approaches a thermal state at the temperature of the surrounding substrate with a chemical potential given by a harmonic of the drive frequency. Away from these thermal regions we find regions of gain and loss, where the system can lase, or regions where the DQD acts as a single-photon source. These effects are observable in current devices and have broad utility for quantum optics with microwave photons.
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@article{arxiv.1512.01248,
title = {Sisyphus Thermalization of Photons in a Cavity-Coupled Double Quantum Dot},
author = {M. J. Gullans and J. Stehlik and Y. -Y. Liu and C. Eichler and J. R. Petta and J. M. Taylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.01248},
year = {2016}
}
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