Qubit Noise Sensing via Induced Photon Loss in a High-Quality Superconducting Cavity

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.06848v1
• Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:14:15 GMT
• Title: Qubit Noise Sensing via Induced Photon Loss in a High-Quality Superconducting Cavity
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate a method for measuring qubit frequency noise by converting it into photon loss in a coupled high-quality superconducting cavity.<n>By exploiting the cavity's millisecond-scale lifetime, this technique provides access to high-frequency noise processes.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Characterizing the noise affecting superconducting qubits is essential for improving their performance. Existing noise-sensing techniques use the qubit itself as a detector, but its short coherence time limits both sensitivity and accessible frequency range. Here, we demonstrate a method for measuring qubit frequency noise by converting it into photon loss in a coupled high-quality superconducting cavity. We prepare a single photon in the cavity and perform repeated mid-circuit qubit measurements with post-selection to isolate noise-induced loss from intrinsic cavity decay, placing an upper bound on the intrinsic dressed-dephasing rate of $(0.29 \, \mathrm{s})^{-1}$ at 508 MHz, corresponding to a qubit frequency-noise power spectral density below $5.4\times10^3\,\mathrm{Hz}^2/\,\mathrm{Hz}$. By exploiting the cavity's millisecond-scale lifetime, this technique provides access to high-frequency noise processes that are beyond the reach of conventional qubit-based spectroscopy and that may impose previously unexplored limits on qubit coherence.

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