Mechanical Purcell filters for microwave quantum machines
Abstract
In circuit quantum electrodynamics, measuring the state of a superconducting qubit introduces a loss channel, which can enhance spontaneous emission through the Purcell effect, thus decreasing the qubit lifetime. This decay can be mitigated by performing the measurement through a Purcell filter, which strongly suppresses signal propagation at the qubit transition frequency. If the filter is also well-matched at the readout cavity frequency, it will protect the qubit from decoherence channels without sacrificing measurement bandwidth. In this work, we propose and analyze design for a mechanical Purcell filter, which we also fabricate and characterize at room temperature. The filter is composed of an array of nanomechanical resonators in thin-film lithium niobate, connected in a ladder topology, with series and parallel resonances arranged to produce a bandpass response. Their modest footprint, steep band edges, and lack of cross talk make these filters an appealing alternative to analogous electromagnetic versions currently used in microwave quantum machines.
- Authors:
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- Stanford University, California (United States). Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1803600
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1580623
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019174; ECCS-1808100; PHY-1820938; ECCS-1542152
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Physics; Quantum computing; Quantum information; Nanomechanics; Thin films; Nanoelectronics; Purcell effect; Piezoelectric devices; Nanofabrication; Microwave devices
Citation Formats
Cleland, Agnetta Y., Pechal, Marek, Stas, Pieter-Jan C., Sarabalis, Christopher J., Wollack, E. Alex, and Safavi-Naeini, Amir H. Mechanical Purcell filters for microwave quantum machines. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5111151.
Cleland, Agnetta Y., Pechal, Marek, Stas, Pieter-Jan C., Sarabalis, Christopher J., Wollack, E. Alex, & Safavi-Naeini, Amir H. Mechanical Purcell filters for microwave quantum machines. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111151
Cleland, Agnetta Y., Pechal, Marek, Stas, Pieter-Jan C., Sarabalis, Christopher J., Wollack, E. Alex, and Safavi-Naeini, Amir H. Mon .
"Mechanical Purcell filters for microwave quantum machines". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5111151. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1803600.
@article{osti_1803600,
title = {Mechanical Purcell filters for microwave quantum machines},
author = {Cleland, Agnetta Y. and Pechal, Marek and Stas, Pieter-Jan C. and Sarabalis, Christopher J. and Wollack, E. Alex and Safavi-Naeini, Amir H.},
abstractNote = {In circuit quantum electrodynamics, measuring the state of a superconducting qubit introduces a loss channel, which can enhance spontaneous emission through the Purcell effect, thus decreasing the qubit lifetime. This decay can be mitigated by performing the measurement through a Purcell filter, which strongly suppresses signal propagation at the qubit transition frequency. If the filter is also well-matched at the readout cavity frequency, it will protect the qubit from decoherence channels without sacrificing measurement bandwidth. In this work, we propose and analyze design for a mechanical Purcell filter, which we also fabricate and characterize at room temperature. The filter is composed of an array of nanomechanical resonators in thin-film lithium niobate, connected in a ladder topology, with series and parallel resonances arranged to produce a bandpass response. Their modest footprint, steep band edges, and lack of cross talk make these filters an appealing alternative to analogous electromagnetic versions currently used in microwave quantum machines.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5111151},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 26,
volume = 115,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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