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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics
  • Particle physics
  • Astrophysics

Background:

  • Quantum metrology offers advanced techniques for detecting weak signals, crucial for dark matter (DM) searches.
  • Nonclassical cat states, macroscopic superpositions, present unique advantages for high-precision measurements.
  • The application of cat states in DM searches has remained experimentally unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally investigate the utility of four-component cat states in searching for dark photons, a potential dark matter candidate.
  • To leverage quantum metrology techniques for enhanced sensitivity in DM detection.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a high-quality superconducting microwave cavity with four-component cat states.
  • Employed a parametric sideband drive for active cavity frequency tuning.
  • Performed dark photon searches and background subtraction across multiple frequency bins.

Main Results:

  • Achieved an 8.1-fold enhancement in the signal photon rate.
  • Constrained the dark photon kinetic mixing angle to ε<7.32×10⁻¹⁶ near 6.44 GHz (26.6 μeV).
  • Demonstrated a sensitivity at the 10⁻¹⁶ level within a 100 kHz bandwidth.

Conclusions:

  • This work represents the first experimental application of cat states for dark matter searches.
  • The developed cat-assisted DM search and frequency-scanning techniques show substantial improvements over previous methods.
  • The findings hold promise for future quantum-enhanced searches for new physics, including dark matter candidates.