Quantum Optics with Superconducting Circuits
Andrew Houck
I will discuss recent results in circuit quantum
electrodynamics, a solid-state version of cavity QED in which a superconducting
qubit is strongly coupled to photons in a
transmission line microwave resonator. In this system, extremely strong
coupling rates are possible, with a qubit able to
absorb and re-emit the same photon hundreds of times before the system decays.
This system enables a wide variety of experiments, including measuring and
detecting single microwave photons, and photon mediated qubit-qubit
interactions. I will focus on results from microwave photon experiments,
with a brief outlook on future experiments simulating condensed matter systems
with interacting microwave photons.