Ultrahigh-quality-factor micro-and nanomechanical resonators using dissipation dilution

NJ Engelsen, A Beccari, TJ Kippenberg - Nature Nanotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
Mechanical resonators are widely used in sensors, transducers and optomechanical
systems, where mechanical dissipation sets the ultimate limit to performance. Over the past …

Building a fault-tolerant quantum computer using concatenated cat codes

C Chamberland, K Noh, P Arrangoiz-Arriola… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
We present a comprehensive architectural analysis for a proposed fault-tolerant quantum
computer based on cat codes concatenated with outer quantum error-correcting codes. For …

Quantum state preparation and tomography of entangled mechanical resonators

EA Wollack, AY Cleland, RG Gruenke, Z Wang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Precisely engineered mechanical oscillators keep time, filter signals and sense motion,
making them an indispensable part of the technological landscape of today. These unique …

RF acoustic microsystems based on suspended lithium niobate thin films: Advances and outlook

R Lu, S Gong - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a review of the radio frequency thin-film lithium niobate (LiNbO 3) based
acoustic microsystems. Thanks to their high electromechanical coupling (k 2), low loss, and …

Disentangling losses in tantalum superconducting circuits

KD Crowley, RA McLellan, A Dutta, N Shumiya… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
Superconducting qubits are a leading system for realizing large-scale quantum processors,
but overall gate fidelities suffer from coherence times limited by microwave dielectric loss …

Giant electron-mediated phononic nonlinearity in semiconductor–piezoelectric heterostructures

L Hackett, M Koppa, B Smith, M Miller, S Santillan… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Efficient and deterministic nonlinear phononic interactions could revolutionize classical and
quantum information processing at radio frequencies in much the same way that nonlinear …

[HTML][HTML] Studying phonon coherence with a quantum sensor

AY Cleland, EA Wollack, AH Safavi-Naeini - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Nanomechanical oscillators offer numerous advantages for quantum technologies. Their
integration with superconducting qubits shows promise for hardware-efficient quantum error …

Gigahertz phononic integrated circuits on thin-film lithium niobate on sapphire

FM Mayor, W Jiang, CJ Sarabalis, TP McKenna… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
Acoustic devices play an important role in classical information processing. The slower
speed and lower losses of mechanical waves enable compact and efficient elements for …

Strong dispersive coupling between a mechanical resonator and a fluxonium superconducting qubit

NRA Lee, Y Guo, AY Cleland, EA Wollack, RG Gruenke… - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate strong dispersive coupling between a fluxonium superconducting qubit and
a 690 megahertz mechanical oscillator, extending the reach of circuit quantum acousto …

[HTML][HTML] Surface modification and coherence in lithium niobate SAW resonators

RG Gruenke, OA Hitchcock, EA Wollack… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Lithium niobate is a promising material for developing quantum acoustic technologies due to
its strong piezoelectric effect and availability in the form of crystalline thin films of high …