Traveling wave parametric amplifiers for microwave quantum optics (PART II)

ORAL

Abstract

Traveling wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) have proven to be key tools to realize broadband amplification near the quantum limit. However, their range of application is not limited to signal amplification. They are even promising candidates for multi-mode entanglement generation to realize quantum optics experiments in the microwave regime. In this context, one quickly reaches parameter regimes where higher harmonics of the pump field build up and influence the device performance crucially. Hence, a theoretical description capturing the impact of these higher harmonics becomes indispensable. To study the influence of these higher harmonics, we extend the standard description of signal and idler mode dynamics in the TWPA accordingly. Based on our model we explore the effects of higher harmonics on gain, noise and entanglement characteristics, and compare our results to experimental data.

*This work was supported by French ANR-15-IDEX-02, EU-Horizon 2020(grant899561, MSC-754303 and MSCA-IF-835791) and by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the Emmy Noether program (Grant No.ME4863/1-1).

Presenters

  • Sina Böhling

    • Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems and Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany

Authors

  • Sina Böhling

    • Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems and Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
  • Martina Esposito

    • CNR-SPIN Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia, Napoli, 80126, Italy; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
    • CNR-SPIN Complesso di Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia, Napoli, 80126, Italy and Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
    • CNR-SPIN Complessodi Monte S.Angelo, Via Cinthia, Napoli, 80126, Italy, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut N´eel, 38000 Grenoble, France
  • Arpit Ranadive

    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut N´eel, 38000 Grenoble, France
  • Luca Planat

    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut N´eel, 38000 Grenoble, France
  • Giulio Cappelli

    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut N´eel, 38000 Grenoble, France
  • Nicolas Roch

    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France
    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut N´eel, 38000 Grenoble, France
    • Institut Neel - Grenoble, France
  • Anja Metelmann

    • FU Berlin
    • Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems and Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
    • Free University of Berlin
    • Freie Universität Berlin