Quantum limits of superconducting-photonic links and their extension to mm-waves

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14501v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:02:15 GMT
• Title: Quantum limits of superconducting-photonic links and their extension to mm-waves
• Authors: Kevin K. S. Multani, Wentao Jiang, Emilio A. Nanni, Amir H. Safavi-Naeini,
• Abstract summary: Photonic addressing of superconducting circuits has been proposed to overcome wiring complexity and heat load challenges. Superconducting-photonic links suffer from an efficiency-noise trade-off that limits scalability. We analyze this trade-off and find the infidelity of qubit gates driven by photonic signals scales inversely with the number of photons used.
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• Abstract: Photonic addressing of superconducting circuits has been proposed to overcome wiring complexity and heat load challenges, but superconducting-photonic links suffer from an efficiency-noise trade-off that limits scalability. This trade-off arises because increasing power conversion efficiency requires reducing optical power, which makes the converted signal susceptible to shot noise. We analyze this trade-off and find the infidelity of qubit gates driven by photonic signals scales inversely with the number of photons used, and therefore the power efficiency of the converter. While methods like nonlinear detection or squeezed light could mitigate this effect, we consider generating higher frequency electrical signals, such as millimeter-waves (100 GHz), using laser light. At these higher frequencies, circuits have higher operating temperatures and cooling power budgets. We demonstrate an optically-driven cryogenic millimeter-wave source with a power efficiency of $10^{-4}$ that can generate ${1}~\mathrm{\mu W}$ of RF power at 80 GHz with 1500 thermal photons of added noise at 4 K. Using this source, we perform frequency-domain spectroscopy of superconducting NbTiN resonators at 80-90 GHz. Our results show a promising approach to alleviate the efficiency-noise constraints on optically-driven superconducting circuits while leveraging the benefits of photonic signal delivery. Further optimization of power efficiency and noise at high frequencies could make photonic control of superconducting qubits viable at temperatures exceeding 1 kelvin.

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