We show how long-lived and tunable acceptor impurity states in silicon nanomechanical cavities can play the role of a matter non-linearity for coherent phonons just as, e.g., the Josephson qubit plays in circuit-QED.
Phonitons
On-chip cavity quantum phonodynamics and acceptor qubits in silicon
September 8th, 2013 | by admin | published in All, Highlights, Nanotechnology, Phonitons, Quantum Computing, Research
Phys. Rev. B: On-chip cavity quantum phonodynamics with an acceptor qubit in silicon
August 30th, 2013 | by admin | published in All, Nanotechnology, News, Papers, Phonitons, Quantum Computing
We describe a chip-based, solid-state analog of cavity-QED utilizing acoustic phonons instead of photons. We show how long-lived and tunable acceptor impurity states in silicon nanomechanical cavities can play the role of a matter nonlinearity for coherent phonons just as, e.g., the Josephson qubit plays in circuit QED. Both strong coupling (number of Rabi oscillations ≲100) and strong dispersive coupling (0.1–2 MHz) regimes can be reached in cavities in the 1–20-GHz range, enabling the control of single phonons, phonon-phonon interactions, dispersive phonon readout of the acceptor qubit, and compatibility with other optomechanical components such as phonon-photon translators. We predict explicit experimental signatures of the acceptor-cavity system.
Phoniton named UMD Invention of the Year Finalist
April 17th, 2012 | by admin | published in All, News, Phonitons
Could the Next World-Changing Technology Emerge From UMD? (Not exactly how we would hype it, but we appreciate the support!) Phonitons as a Sound-based Analogue of Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Charles George Tahan, Rousko Todorov Hristov, Oney O. Soykal Researchers at the University of Maryland and the National Security Agency (NSA) have developed the analog of […]
Introducing the phoniton: A sound-based analogue of cavity-QED, a tool for controlling sound at the quantum level
November 28th, 2011 | by admin | published in All, Blog, Featured, Highlights, Nanotechnology, Papers, Phonitons, Research
This work explores the possibility of a new, man-made quantum object: a hybridization of a localized, long-lived phonon (a quantum of sound) and a matter excitation. That this is possible is not obvious.