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In this work we show that a tunable coupling between microwave resonators can be engineered by means of simple Josephson junctions circuits, such as dc- and rf-SQUIDs. We show that by controlling the time dependence of the coupling it is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-04-10 B. Peropadre , D. Zueco , F. Wulschner , F. Deppe , A. Marx , R. Gross , J. J. García-Ripoll

Planar Josephson junctions provide a versatile platform, alternative to the nanowire-based geometry, for the generation of the Majorana bound states, due to the additional phase tunability of the topological superconductivity. The proximity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-19 Narayan Mohanta , Satoshi Okamoto , Elbio Dagotto

We propose a scheme for realizing the scalable quantum computation based on nonidentical quantum dots trapped in a single-mode waveguide. In this system, the quantum dots simultaneously interact with a large detuned waveguide and classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Jian-Qi Zhang , Ya-Fei Yu , Xun-Li Feng , Zhi-Ming Zhang

Artificial atoms non-locally coupled to waveguides -- the so-called giant atoms -- offer new opportunities for the control of light and matter. In this work, we show how to use an array of non-locally coupled transmon "molecules" to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Tomás Levy-Yeyati , Tomás Ramos , Alejandro González-Tudela

We investigate the single photon scattering and bound states in a coupled resonator waveguide (CRW) which couples to a topological giant atom (TGA) via two distant sites. Here, the TGA is constructed by a one dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-14 Wei Zhao , Tian Tian , Zhihai Wang

We investigate the relaxation dynamics of a single artificial atom interacting, via multiple coupling points, with a continuum of bosonic modes (photons or phonons) in a one-dimensional waveguide. In the non-Markovian regime, where the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 Lingzhen Guo , Anton Frisk Kockum , Florian Marquardt , Göran Johansson

Optical control of symmetry-breaking quantum phases is a central goal in quantum materials, yet deterministic switching is often hindered by the stability of single-domain ground states. The chiral structure of the charge density wave (CDW)…

The influence of chiral molecular potentials on phase-coherent transport in superconducting Josephson junctions is investigated. Within a Bogoliubov-de Gennes tight-binding framework, an SNS junction functionalized by adsorbed chiral…

Topological superconductors can support localized Majorana states at their boundaries. These quasi-particle excitations have non-Abelian statistics that can be used to encode and manipulate quantum information in a topologically protected…

In this paper, we begin with a model of a $\Lambda$-type atom whose both transitions are chirally coupled to a waveguide and then extend the model to its giant-atom version. We investigate the single-photon scatterings of the giant-atom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-10 Lei Du , Yao-Tong Chen , Yong Li

Optical bound states in the continuum (BICs), which are exotic localized eigenstates embedded in the continuum spectrum and topological polarization singularity in momentum space, have attracted great attentions in both fundamental and…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-02 Qing-an Tu , Hongxin Zhou , Yan Meng , Maohua Gong , Zhen Gao

Atomic metasurfaces (AMs) provide a powerful nanophotonic platform for integrating topological effects into quantum many-body systems. In this Letter, we investigate the quantum optical and topological properties of a two-dimensional Kagome…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Yi-Xin Wang , Yan Zhang , Lei Du , Lingzhen Guo , Jin-Hui Wu

The interplay between charge density wave (CDW) and superconducting vortex bound states are crucial for fundamental physics of superconductivity and advancing quantum nanotechnologies. However, the CDW-mediated modulation of vortex bound…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-13 Hao Zhang , Hui Chen , Zichen Huang , Zi-Ang Wang , Senhao Lv , Guoyu Xian , Hui Guo , Haitao Yang , Hong-Jun Gao

We study the Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics in a giant atom system which couples to a coupled resonator waveguide (CRW) via two distant sites. Under certain conditions, we find that the giant atom population can exhibit an oscillating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Xiaojun Zhang , Chengge Liu , Zhirui Gong , Zhihai Wang

Entanglement between atoms and microwave photons in a superconducting coplanar waveguide~(SCW) can enable hybrid quantum devices and interface static and flying qubits. We study a one-step controlled-Z~(C$_{\text{Z}}$) gate between a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-14 Xiao-Feng Shi

We study the bound states in the continuum (BIC) in a system of two identical two-level giant atoms coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide. By deriving general dark-state conditions, we clarify how coupling configurations and atomic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 F. J. Lü , W. Z. Jia

We study phase-controlled planar Josephson junctions comprising a two-dimensional electron gas with strong spin-orbit coupling and d-wave superconductors, which have an advantage of high critical temperature. We show that a region between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-11-08 Hamed Vakili , Moaz Ali , Mohamed Elekhtiar , Alexey A. Kovalev

Chirality in integrated quantum photonics has emerged as a promising route towards achieving scalable quantum technologies with quantum nonlinearity effects. Topological photonic waveguides, which utilize helical optical modes, have been…

Optical control of chirality in chiral superconductors bears potential for future topological quantum computing applications. When a chiral domain is written and erased by a laser spot, the Majorana modes around the domain can be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-24 Tao Yu , Martin Claassen , Dante M. Kennes , Michael A. Sentef

We study the non-Markovian dynamics of a two-level giant atom interacting with a one-dimensional semi-infinite waveguide through multiple coupling points, where a perfect mirror is located at the endpoint of the waveguide. The system enters…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Z. Y. Li , H. Z. Shen