We show that the inductive coupling between the quantum mechanical motion of a superconducting microcantilever and a flux-dependent microwave quantum circuit can attain the strong single-photon nanomechanical coupling regime with feasible experimental parameters. We propose to use a superconducting strip, which is in the Meissner state, at the tip of a cantilever. A pick-up coil collects the flux generated by the sheet currents induced by an external quadrupole magnetic field centered at the strip location. The position-dependent magnetic response of the superconducting strip, enhanced by both diamagnetism and demagnetizing effects, leads to a strong magnetomechanical coupling to quantum circuits.
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@article{arxiv.1412.6074,
title = {Strong Single-Photon Coupling in Superconducting Quantum Magnetomechanics},
author = {Guillem Via and Gerhard Kirchmair and Oriol Romero-Isart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.6074},
year = {2015}
}
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Published Version. 8 pages (including supplementary material), 3 figures,