Development of microwave single photon detectors in lumped element and traveling wave architectures

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Abstract

Detection of microwave photons is an important capability for superconducting quantum computing and microwave quantum optics. Promising single photon detectors have been demonstrated at microwave frequencies, but a single detector with high quantum efficiency, non-destructive detection, a low dark count rate, and broad detection bandwidth has thus far not been demonstrated. An enticing prospect is using the traveling-wave architecture, which has been used for broadband near-quantum-limited Josephson parametric amplifiers, for detection of discrete signals. Here we report progress towards experimental demonstration of single photon detection in lumped-element and traveling wave devices.

*This research is supported by the Army Research Office.

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Presenters

  • John Mark Kreikebaum

    • Univ of California – Berkeley
    • Univ of California - Berkeley
    • Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley

Authors

  • John Mark Kreikebaum

    • Univ of California – Berkeley
    • Univ of California - Berkeley
    • Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley

  • Kevin O'Brien

    • Univ of California – Berkeley
    • Univ of California - Berkeley
    • University of California - Berkeley
    • Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley

  • Arne Grimsmo

    • Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, School of Physics, The University of Sydney
    • University of Sydney
    • School of Physics, The University of Sydney

  • Baptiste Royer

    • Institut quantique and Départment de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbooke
    • University of Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Department of Physics, University of Sherbrooke

  • Alexandre Blais

    • Institut quantique and Departement de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Physique, Institut Quantique
    • University of Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Department de Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Physique, Universite de Sherbrooke
    • Physics, University of Sherbrooke
    • Institut quantique and Départment de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Univ of Sherbrooke
    • Institut Quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbooke
    • Institut quantique and Département de Physique, Université de Sherbrooke
    • Department of Physics, University of Sherbrooke

  • Irfan Siddiqi

    • Univ of California - Berkeley
    • Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley
    • Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
    • University of California Berkeley
    • Univ of California – Berkeley
    • Physics, Univ of California -- Berkeley
    • Physics, Univ of California - Berkeley
    • University of California - Berkeley