强大的微波压力高于1特斯拉和1凯尔文
Arjen Vaartjes1, Anders Kringhøj1, Wyatt Vine1
1School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Nature communications
|May 18, 2024
概括
研究人员使用新型参数放大器实现了显著的微波挤压,降低了低于真空水平的噪声. 这一突破使量子有限的微波测量在具有挑战性的条件下,包括高磁场和高温.
科学领域:
- 量子光学和微波工程 量子光学和微波工程
- 开发先进的量子测量技术的发展.
背景情况:
- 压缩的光状态可以提高光学系统的测量精度.
- 微波频率挤压是具有挑战性的,因为设备的局限性和部件损失.
研究的目的:
- 为了证明高水平的微波挤压.
- 为了克服当前微波挤压技术的局限性.
- 为了在苛刻的环境中实现量子有限的微波测量.
主要方法:
- 使用了超低损失设置与弱非线性动力感应参数放大器.
- 直接测量的微波噪声挤压.
- 测试了放大器在高达2特斯拉的磁场中的弹性.
- 在1.8K的温度下挤压一个温暖的热环境.
主要成果:
- 实现了微波噪声在真空水平以下的7.8(2) dB压缩.
- 在高达2 T的磁场内显示出大压缩水平.
- 在1.8K的热环境中达到真空水平噪声.
结论:
- 开发的参数放大器使前所未有的微波挤压成为可能.
- 结果为在强磁场和更高温度下进行量子有限测量铺平了道路.
- 降低了用于量子微波实验的冷系统的复杂性和成本.
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