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Two-tone spectroscopy of high-frequency quantum circuits with a Josephson emitter

A. Peugeot1, H. Riechert1, S. Annabi1, L. Balembois2, M. Villiers3, E. Flurin2, J. Griesmar1, E. Arrighi1, J.-D. Pillet1,†,‡ et al.

L. Bretheau1,*,‡

  • *Contact author: landry.bretheau@polytechnique.edu
  • †Contact author: jean-damien.pillet@polytechnique.edu
  • ‡These authors supervised equally this work.
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Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 064027 – Published 6 December, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.064027

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We perform two-tone spectroscopy on quantum circuits, where high-frequency radiation is generated by a voltage-biased superconductor-normal-superconductor Josephson junction and detection is carried out by an ancillary microwave resonator. We implement this protocol on two different systems, a transmon qubit and a λ/4 resonator. We demonstrate that this two-tone Josephson spectroscopy operates well into the millimeter-wave band, reaching frequencies larger than 80 GHz, and is well suited for probing highly coherent quantum systems.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 22, 064027– Published 6 December, 2024
  • Received 13 June 2024
  • Revised 17 October 2024
  • Accepted 1 November 2024
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