Microwave photonics with superconducting quantum circuits

X Gu, AF Kockum, A Miranowicz, Y Liu, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
In the past 20 years, impressive progress has been made both experimentally and
theoretically in superconducting quantum circuits, which provide a platform for manipulating …

Towards quantum thermodynamics in electronic circuits

JP Pekola - Nature physics, 2015 - nature.com
Electronic circuits operating at sub-kelvin temperatures are attractive candidates for studying
classical and quantum thermodynamics: their temperature can be controlled and measured …

Tunable photonic heat transport in a quantum heat valve

A Ronzani, B Karimi, J Senior, YC Chang, JT Peltonen… - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Quantum thermodynamics is emerging both as a topic of fundamental research and as a
means to understand and potentially improve the performance of quantum devices,,,,,,,,–. A …

Bolometer operating at the threshold for circuit quantum electrodynamics

R Kokkoniemi, JP Girard, D Hazra, A Laitinen… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Radiation sensors based on the heating effect of absorbed radiation are typically simple to
operate and flexible in terms of input frequency, so they are widely used in gas detection 1 …

First and second law of quantum thermodynamics: A consistent derivation based on a microscopic definition of entropy

P Strasberg, A Winter - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
Deriving the laws of thermodynamics from a microscopic picture is a central quest of
statistical mechanics. This tutorial focuses on the derivation of the first and second law for …

Propagating quantum microwaves: towards applications in communication and sensing

M Casariego, EZ Cruzeiro, S Gherardini… - Quantum Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The field of propagating quantum microwaves is a relatively new area of research that is
receiving increased attention due to its promising technological applications, both in …

Fast electron thermometry for ultrasensitive calorimetric detection

S Gasparinetti, KL Viisanen, OP Saira, T Faivre… - Physical Review …, 2015 - APS
We demonstrate radio-frequency thermometry on a micrometer-sized metallic island below
100 mK. Our device is based on a normal-metal–insulator–superconductor tunnel junction …

Detection of zeptojoule microwave pulses using electrothermal feedback in proximity-induced Josephson junctions

J Govenius, RE Lake, KY Tan, M Möttönen - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We experimentally investigate and utilize electrothermal feedback in a microwave
nanobolometer based on a normal-metal (Au x Pd 1-x) nanowire with proximity-induced …

[HTML][HTML] Nanobolometer with ultralow noise equivalent power

R Kokkoniemi, J Govenius, V Vesterinen… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Since the introduction of bolometers more than a century ago, they have been used in
various applications ranging from chemical sensors, consumer electronics, and security to …

Ferromagnetic-insulator-based superconducting junctions as sensitive electron thermometers

F Giazotto, P Solinas, A Braggio, FS Bergeret - Physical Review Applied, 2015 - APS
We present an exhaustive theoretical analysis of charge and thermoelectric transport in a
normal-metal–ferromagnetic-insulator–superconductor junction and explore the possibility …