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Topological power pumping in quantum circuits

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2022-03-04 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

In this article, we develop a description of topological pumps as slow classical dynamical variables coupled by a quantum system. We discuss the cases of quantum Hall pumps, Thouless pumps, and the more recent Floquet pumps based frequency converters. This last case corresponds to a quantum topological coupling between classical modes described by action-angle variables on which we focus. We propose a realization of such a topological coupler based on a superconducting qutrit suitably driven by three modulated drives. A detailed experimental protocol allowing to measure the quantized topological power transfer between the different modes of a superconducting circuit is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.2109.12897,
  title  = {Topological power pumping in quantum circuits},
  author = {Jacquelin Luneau and Clément Dutreix and Quentin Ficheux and Pierre Delplace and Benoît Douçot and Benjamin Huard and David Carpentier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.12897},
  year   = {2022}
}
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