Resolving photon number states in a superconducting circuit

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7127, 2007, Pages 515-518

  Schuster, D I ^a   Houck, A A ^a   Schreier, J A ^a   Wallraff, A ^a,b   Gambetta, J M ^a   Blais, A ^a,c   Frunzio, L ^a   Majer, J ^a   Johnson, B ^a   Devoret, M H ^a   Girvin, S M ^a   Schoelkopf, R J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

COMPUTER; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; COMPUTER; DEVICE; ENERGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33846671918     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05461     Document Type: Article

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