Generating Two Continuous Entangled Microwave Beams Using a dc-Biased Josephson Junction

We show experimentally that a dc-biased Josephson junction in series with two microwave resonators emits entangled beams of microwaves leaking out of the resonators. In the absence of a stationary phase reference for characterizing the entanglement of the outgoing beams, we measure second-order cohe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. X 2021-07, Vol.11 (3), p.031008, Article 031008
Hauptverfasser: Peugeot, A., Ménard, G., Dambach, S., Westig, M., Kubala, B., Mukharsky, Y., Altimiras, C., Joyez, P., Vion, D., Roche, P., Esteve, D., Milman, P., Leppäkangas, J., Johansson, G., Hofheinz, M., Ankerhold, J., Portier, F.
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Zusammenfassung:We show experimentally that a dc-biased Josephson junction in series with two microwave resonators emits entangled beams of microwaves leaking out of the resonators. In the absence of a stationary phase reference for characterizing the entanglement of the outgoing beams, we measure second-order coherence functions to prove the entanglement. The experimental results are found in quantitative agreement with theory, proving that the low-frequency noise of the dc bias is the main limitation for the coherence time of the entangled beams. This agreement allows us to evaluate the entropy of entanglement of the resonators, estimate the entanglement flux at their output, and to identify the improvements that could bring this device closer to a useful bright source of entangled microwaves for quantum-technological applications.
ISSN:2160-3308
2160-3308
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031008