Observation of resonant photon blockade at microwave frequencies using correlation function measurements

Lang C, Bozyigit D, Steffen L, Fink JM, Abdumalikov AA, Baur M, Filipp S, Da Silva MP, Blais A, Wallraff AJ, Eichler C (2011)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society

Book Volume: 106

Article Number: 243601

Journal Issue: 24

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.243601

Abstract

Creating a train of single photons and monitoring its propagation and interaction is challenging in most physical systems, as photons generally interact very weakly with other systems. However, when confining microwave frequency photons in a transmission line resonator, effective photon-photon interactions can be mediated by qubits embedded in the resonator. Here, we observe the phenomenon of photon blockade through second-order correlation function measurements. The experiments clearly demonstrate antibunching in a continuously pumped source of single microwave photons measured by using microwave beam splitters, linear amplifiers, and quadrature amplitude detectors. We also investigate resonance fluorescence and Rayleigh scattering in Mollow-triplet-like spectra. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Authors with CRIS profile

Christopher Eichler

Involved external institutions

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich CH Switzerland (CH) Université de Sherbrooke CA Canada (CA)

How to cite

APA:

Lang, C., Bozyigit, D., Steffen, L., Fink, J.M., Abdumalikov, A.A., Baur, M.,... Eichler, C. (2011). Observation of resonant photon blockade at microwave frequencies using correlation function measurements. Physical Review Letters, 106(24). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.243601

MLA:

Lang, C., et al. "Observation of resonant photon blockade at microwave frequencies using correlation function measurements." Physical Review Letters 106.24 (2011).

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