Spectroscopy and Coherent Control of Two-Level System Defect Ensembles Using a Broadband 3D Waveguide: Experiment and Results

ORAL

Abstract

Two-level system (TLS) defects in amorphous materials critically influence coherence, stability, and performance in quantum technologies. While individual TLSs can be probed with narrowband devices such as qubits or resonators, their collective dynamics remain difficult to access. We address this challenge with our recently developed Broadband Cryogenic Transient Dielectric Spectroscopy (BCTDS) technique, which enables modular measurements of TLS ensembles without requiring full device fabrication. BCTDS reveals interference effects, memory-dependent dynamics, and dressed-state evolution within the TLS bath. In part I, we present experimental results showing V-shaped spectral features at bare eigenmode frequencies, together with amplitude- and phase-controlled interference fringes that provide direct evidence of coherent TLS dynamics.

*Startup funds from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, supported this work. We gratefully acknowledge support from DARPA Young Faculty Award No. D23AP00192. M.O. and V.F. acknowledge startup funds from Cornell University. Partial funding for shared facilities used in this prototype was provided by the Microelectronics Commons Program, a DoD initiative, under award number N00164-23-9-G061.

Publication: arXiv:2505.18263

Presenters

  • Qianxu Wang

    • Dartmouth College

Authors

  • Qianxu Wang

    • Dartmouth College
  • Juan Salcedo-Gallo

    • Dartmouth College
    • Dartmouth
  • Salil Bedkihal

    • Dartmouth College
  • Tian Xia

    • Dartmouth College
  • Maciej Wojciech Olszewski

    • Cornell University
  • Valla Fatemi

    • Cornell University
  • Mattias V Fitzpatrick

    • Dartmouth College