Quantum wave mixing and visualisation of coherent and superposed photonic states in a waveguide

The phenomenon of wave mixing is expected to show peculiar features when scaled down to the quantum level. Here, the authors show how coherent electromagnetic waves propagating in a 1D transmission line with an embedded two-level artificial atom are mapped into a quantised spectrum of narrow peaks.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A. Yu. Dmitriev, R. Shaikhaidarov, V. N. Antonov, T. Hönigl-Decrinis, O. V. Astafiev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01471-x