Measuring on-chip distributable and unconditional entanglement at microwave frequencies

ORAL

Abstract

A squeezed mode of the light field exhibits reduced fluctuations, below the vacuum level, along one of its quadratures and conversely amplified fluctuations along the conjugate quadrature. In that sense, it is the electromagnetic analog of the particle states used by Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen to derive their famous paradox. Indeed, by combining two such squeezed modes on a balanced beam splitter, entanglement can be generated, in an unconditional and distributable way. Such experiments have been performed for some years at optical frequencies. This talk will present an experimental attempt to generate and characterize entanglement with squeezed light at microwaves frequencies, using superconducting electrical circuits. We will discuss the achieved degree of entanglement from the perspective of implementing quantum teleportation protocols at microwave frequencies.

Authors

  • Francois Mallet

    JILA

  • Hsiang-Sheng Ku

    JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder

  • William F. Kindel

    University of Colorado

  • Scott C. Glancy

    NIST

  • Emanuel Knill

    NIST

  • Kent D. Irwin

    NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Gene C. Hilton

    NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Leila R. Vale

    NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Konrad W. Lehnert

    JILA