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A theoretical spin-based scheme for performing a variety of quantum computations is presented. It makes use of an array of multiple identical computer vectors of phosphorus-doped silicon where the nuclei serve as logical qubits and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Aharon Blank

We use a double quantum dot as a frequency-tunable on-chip microwave detector to investigate the radiation from electron shot-noise in a near-by quantum point contact. The device is realized by monitoring the inelastic tunneling of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Gustavsson , M. Studer , R. Leturcq , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin , D. C. Driscoll , A. C. Gossard

We propose a scheme to increase the sensitivity and thus the detection volume of nanoscale single molecule magnetic resonance imaging. The proposal aims to surpass the T1 limited detection of the sensor by taking advantage of a long-lived…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-05 Johannes N. Greiner , D. D. Bhaktavatsala Rao , Philipp Neumann , Jörg Wrachtrup

Hybrid spin-mechanical systems are a promising platform for future quantum technologies. Usually they require application of additional microwave fields to project integer spin to a readable state. We develop a theory of optically detected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 A. V. Poshakinskiy , G. V. Astakhov

Microwave photon detection is a key technology for low-temperature superconducting electronics and quantum information processing. A promising possibility is to use switching processes in parametric superconducting devices at criticality,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Kirill Petrovnin , Jiaming Wang , Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu

Understanding and controlling decoherence in open quantum systems is of fundamental interest in science, while achieving long coherence times is critical for quantum information processing. Although great progress was made for individual,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-23 Lisanne Sellies , Raffael Spachtholz , Philipp Scheuerer , Jascha Repp

The ability to control spins in semiconductors is important in a variety of fields including spintronics and quantum information processing. Due to the potentially fast dephasing times of spins in the solid state [1-3], spin control…

An atom in open space can be detected by means of resonant absorption and reemission of electromagnetic waves, known as resonance fluorescence, which is a fundamental phenomenon of quantum optics. We report on the observation of scattering…

We propose a scheme for continuous detection of itinerant microwave photons in circuit quantum electrodynamics. In the proposed device, a superconducting qubit is coupled dispersively to two resonators: one is used to form an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-24 Kazuki Koshino , Zhirong Lin , Kunihiro Inomata , Tsuyoshi Yamamoto , Yasunobu Nakamura

The accurate radio frequency (RF) ranging and localizing of objects has benefited the researches including autonomous driving, the Internet of Things, and manufacturing. Quantum receivers have been proposed to detect the radio signal with…

Nuclear spins show long coherence times and are well isolated from the environment, which are properties making them promising for quantum information applications. Here, we present a method for nuclear spin readout by probing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Jonas Mielke , Jason R. Petta , Guido Burkard

Single photons from semiconductor quantum dots are promising resources for linear optical quantum computing, or, when coupled to spin states, quantum repeaters. To realize such schemes, the photons must exhibit a high degree of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Ted S. Santana , Yong Ma , Ralph N. E. Malein , Faebian Bastiman , Edmund Clarke , Brian D. Gerardot

We report on the characteristics of a microwave photon counter device based on a superconducting transmon qubit. Its design is similar to [arXiv:2307.03614], with an additional bandwidth tuning circuit that allows optimizing the device…

We propose a method for detecting the presence of a single spin in a crystal by coupling it to a high-quality factor superconducting planar resonator. By confining the microwave field in a constriction of nanometric dimensions, the coupling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-15 P. Haikka , Y. Kubo , A. Bienfait , P. Bertet , K. Moelmer

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful technique for analyzing the structure and function of molecules, and for performing three-dimensional imaging of the spin density. At the heart of NMR spectrometers is the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-15 K. S. Cujia , J. M. Boss , K. Herb , J. Zopes , C. L. Degen

Detecting nuclear spins using single Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers is of particular importance in nano-scale science and engineering, but often suffers from the heating effect of microwave fields for spin manipulation, especially under high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Zhiyi Hu , Fengjian Jiang , Jingyan He , Yulin Dai , Ya Wang , Nanyang Xu , Jiangfeng Du

Waveguide resonators are crucial elements in sensitive astrophysical detectors [1] and circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED) [2]. Coupled to artificial atoms in the form of superconducting qubits [3, 4], they now provide a technologically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-22 Xiaoqing Zhou , Fredrik Hocke , Albert Schliesser , Achim Marx , Hans Huebl , Rudolf Gross , Tobias J. Kippenberg

We recently showed that macroscopic nuclear spin ensembles prepared in coherent spin states can dramatically enhance the interaction rates of weakly interacting cosmic relics-such as dark matter and the cosmic neutrino background-through…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-01 Marios Galanis , Onur Hosten , Asimina Arvanitaki , Savas Dimopoulos

Semiconductor quantum dots can emit antibunched, single photons on demand with narrow linewidths. However, the observed linewidths are broader than lifetime measurements predict, due to spin and charge noise in the environment. This noise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-15 B. Merkel , A. Kurzmann , J. -H. Schulze , A. Strittmatter , M. Geller , A. Lorke

Molecular spins are a versatile platform for quantum sensing. Not only are the spin-bearing molecules themselves widely tunable, they are also capable of being used as sensors as crystals, films and in solution. Using thin-films offers the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-21 Adrian Mena , Nicholas P. Sloane , Max R. Bonengel , Dane R. McCamey