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Parametric couplings in engineered quantum systems are a powerful tool to control, manipulate and enhance interactions in a variety of platforms. It allows us to bring systems of different energy scales into communication with each other.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 A. Metelmann

We present a 380-520 GHz balanced superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixer on a single silicon substrate. All radio-frequency (RF) circuit components are fabricated on a $9 \mu$m thick membrane. The intermediate frequency (IF) is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-08-01 M. P. Westig , K. Jacobs , J. Stutzki , M. Schultz , M. Justen , C. E. Honingh

Quantum transducers between microwave and optical photons are essential for long-distance quantum networks based on superconducting qubits. An optically active self-assembled quantum dot molecule (QDM) is an attractive platform for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-16 Yuta Tsuchimoto , Martin Kroner

Three-dimensional device integration facilitates the construction of superconducting quantum information processors with more than several tens of qubits by distributing elements such as control wires, qubits, and resonators between…

We propose a cross-attention Transformer for joint decoding of uplink OFDM signals received by multiple coordinated access points. A shared per-receiver encoder learns the time-frequency structure of each grid, and a token-wise…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-08 Xavier Tardy , Grégoire Lefebvre , Apostolos Kountouris , Haïfa Fares , Amor Nafkha

Microwave-to-optics transduction is emerging as a vital technology for scaling quantum computers and quantum networks. To establish useful entanglement links between qubit processing units, several key conditions have to be simultaneously…

In-phase/quadrature-phase (I/Q) imbalance is one of the most important hardware impairments in communication systems. It arises in the analogue parts of direct conversion radio frequency (RF) transceivers and can cause severe performance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-27 Shahram Zarei , Wolfgang Gerstacker , Jocelyn Aulin , Robert Schober

Integrated quantum photonic circuits are becoming increasingly complex. Accurate calibration of device parameters and detailed characterization of the prepared quantum states are critically important for future progress. Here we report on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-17 H. W. Li , J. Wabnig , D. Bitauld , P. Shadbolt , A. Politi , A. Laing , J. L. O'Brien , A. O. Niskanen

We outline calibrated measurements of the microwave reflection coefficient from the tunnel junction of an ultra-high vacuum low temperature scanning tunneling microscope. The microwave circuit design is described in detail, including an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-09-14 Bareld Wit , Georg Gramse , Stefan Müllegger

Quantum annealing has emerged as a powerful platform for simulating and optimizing classical and quantum Ising models. Quantum annealers, like other quantum and/or analog computing devices, are susceptible to nonidealities including…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Kevin Chern , Kelly Boothby , Jack Raymond , Pau Farré , Andrew D. King

Quantum thermometry plays a critical role in the development of low-temperature sensors and quantum information platforms. In this work, we propose and theoretically analyze a hybrid circuit quantum electrodynamics architecture in which a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Shaojiang Zhu , Xinyuan You , Alexander Romanenko , Anna Grassellino

Near-field imaging experiments exist both in optics and microwaves with often different methods and theoretical supports. For millimeter waves or THz waves, techniques from both fields can be merged to identify materials at the micron scale…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-01-29 Laurent Chusseau , Thibaut Auriac , Jérémy Raoult

The frequency-domain Kalman filter (FKF) has been utilized in many audio signal processing applications due to its fast convergence speed and robustness. However, the performance of the FKF in under-modeling situations has not been…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-20 Wenzhi Fan , Kai Chen , Jing Lu , Jiancheng Tao

The integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system under multi-input multi-output (MIMO) architecture achieves dual functionalities of sensing and communication on the same platform by utilizing spatial gain, which provides a feasible…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-09 Yangyang Niu , Zhiqing Wei , Dingyou Ma , Xiaoyu Yang , Huici Wu , Zhiyong Feng , Jianhua Yuan

Distributed antennas must be phase-calibrated (phase-synchronized) for certain operations, such as reciprocity-based joint coherent downlink beamforming, to work. We use rigorous signal processing tools to analyze the accuracy of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Erik G. Larsson

A major challenge in the field of quantum computing is the construction of scalable qubit coupling architectures. Here, we demonstrate a novel tuneable coupling circuit that allows superconducting qubits to be coupled over long distances.…

Quantum devices require precisely calibrated analog signals, a process that is complex and time-consuming. Many calibration strategies exist, and all require careful analysis and tuning to optimize system availability. To enable rigorous…

Internet of Things (IoT) applications have opened up numerous possibilities to improve our lives. Most of the remote devices, part of the IoT network, such as smartphones, data loggers and wireless sensors are battery powered. It is vital…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-08 Chalukya Bhat , Aniruddh Herle , Janamejaya Channegowda , Kali Naraharisetti

This paper discusses an innovative adaptive heterogeneous fusion algorithm based on estimation of the mean square error of all variables used in real time processing. The algorithm is designed for a fusion between derivative and absolute…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-01-27 Dusan Nemec , Ales Janota , Marian Hrubos , Vojtech Simak

Long-term inertial navigation is currently limited by the bias drifts of gyroscopes and accelerometers and ultra-stable cold-atom interferometers offer a promising alternative for the next generation of high-end navigation systems. Here, we…