Generating single microwave photons in a circuit

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7160, 2007, Pages 328-331

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; COMPUTER; FLUORESCENCE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POWER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 34548852611     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06126     Document Type: Article

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