Highly sensitive detection of single microwave photons with coherent quantum network of superconducting qubits for searching galactic axions

Project Information

SUPERGALAX

Grant agreement ID: 863313

DOI 10.3030/863313

Project closed

EC signature date 16 August 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 31 December 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost € 2 456 232,50

EU contribution € 2 456 232,50

Coordinated by

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy

Deliverables

Other (5)

Annual meeting year 2023

Sharing the agenda, the list of participants, presentations, minutes etc.

Seminars for industry audience

Sharing the agenda, the list of participants, presentations, minutes etc.

Annual meetings year 2020
Annual meeting year 2022
Annual meetings year 2021

Annual meeting year 2021

Documents, reports (19)

Invited contributions at zoom seminar talks year 2020

Oral contribution at zoom seminar talks year 2020

Measurement of the transmission coefficient of SQNs with 20 qubits

Measurement of frequency dependence of the transmission coefficient of SQNs with 20 qubits

Theory of SQNs interacting with microwave radiation

A quantitative theory of SQNs interacting with microwave radiation in the quantum limit

Comparison of experiment of WP5 and theory on detecting of single microwave photons by SQN detectors

Comparison of experimental data of WP5 and theoretical predictions on detecting of single microwave photons by SQN detectors

Experiment on the photon emission correlation between two mode of the PDC microwave beams for the assembling of the heralded single microwave photon source

Experimental observation of the photon emission correlation between two mode of the PDC microwave beams for the assembling of the heralded single microwave photon source

Contributions at International conferences year 2023

Oral and poster contributions at International conferences year 2023

Chip with the travelling wave Josephson parametric amplifier

Fabricated chip containing the travelling wave Josephson parametric amplifier

Experimental protocol for the proof-of-principle demonstration of a quantum-limited superconducting quantum detector
Measurement of the transmission coefficient of SQNs with 5 qubits

Measurement of frequency dependence of the transmission coefficient of SQNs with 5 qubits.

Experiment on detection of axion single photons by the novel single microwave photon detector based on SQN with 20 qubits

Experimental data on detection of axion single photons by the novel single microwave photon detector based on SQN with 20 qubits

Contributions at International conferences year 2021

Oral and poster contributions at International conferences year 2021

Theory of coherent quantum dynamics of SQNs embedded in a cavity

General theory describing coherent quantum dynamics of SQNs embedded in a cavity

Experimental evaluation of the uniformity of Al tunnel junctions

Experimental evaluation of the uniformity of Al tunnel junctions over substrate area (10 mm x 10 mm)

Contributions at International conferences year 2022

Oral and poster contributions at International conferences year 2022

Experiment on the detection of low power microwave signal by SQNs with 5 qubits

Experimental dependence of the detector response on power of the microwave signal at low power for SQNs with 5 qubits

Experiment on the sensitivity SQNs with 5, 10 and 20 qubits on mean photon number

Experimental dependence of the sensitivity parameter on the mean photon number for SQNs with 5, 10 and 20 qubits

Theoretical description of a Heisenberg-limited superconducting quantum detector

Theoretical description of a Heisenberglimited superconducting quantum detector

Experiment on two-tone spectral measurements of the SQN with 5 qubits

Experimental results of twotone spectral measurements of the SQN with 5 qubits

Theory of the collective AC Stark effect in driven SQNs

Theoretical analysis of the collective AC Stark effect in driven SQNs

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan for the ORDP

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (3)

Chip with 20 transmons and flux qubit

Chip containing SQN detectors with 20 transmons and flux qubits

Chip with 5 transmons and flux qubits

Chip containing SQN detectors with 5 transmons and flux qubits

Chip with 10 transmons and flux qubits

Chip containing SQN detectors with 10 transmons and flux qubits

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (29)

Efficient Criteria of Quantumness for a Large System of Qubits

Author(s): Shohei Watabe; Shohei Watabe; Michael Zach Serikow; Michael Zach Serikow; Shiro Kawabata; Alexandre Zagoskin; Alexandre Zagoskin
Published in: Frontiers in Physics, Issue Vol 9, 2022, ISSN 2296-424X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2021.773128

Superconducting Qubit Network as a Single Microwave Photon Detector for Galactic Axion Search

Author(s): E. Enrico; C. Bonavolontà; G. Brida; G. Coda; E. Il'ichev; L. Fasolo; M. Fistoul; A. Meda; L. Oberto; G. Oelsner; M. Rajteri; B. Ruggiero; P. Silvestrini; M. Valentino; P. Vanacore; M. Lisitskiy
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Issue Volume: 34, Issue: 3, 2024, ISSN 1051-8223
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2023.3340640

Reflection-enhanced gain in traveling-wave parametric amplifiers

Author(s): S. Kern; P. Neilinger; E. Il'ichev; A. Sultanov; M. Schmelz; S. Linzen; J. Kunert; G. Oelsner; R. Stolz; A. Danilov; S. Mahashabde; A. Jayaraman; V. Antonov; S. Kubatkin; M. Grajcar
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue vol.107, 2023, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.107.174520

Slowing down light in a qubit metamaterial

Author(s): Jan David Brehm; Richard Gebauer; Alexander Stehli; Alexander N. Poddubny; Oliver Sander; Hannes Rotzinger; Alexey V. Ustinov
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue volume 121, 2022, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0122003

Coupling Sub-nanoliter BDPA Organic Radical Spin Ensembles with YBCO Inverse Anapole Resonators

Author(s): C. Bonizzoni , M. Maksutoglu, A. Ghirri, J. van Tol, B. Rameev, M. Affronte
Published in: Applied Magnetic Resonance, Issue 54, 2023, ISSN 0937-9347
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00723-022-01505-8

Controlling the energy gap of a tunable two-level system by ac drive

Author(s): G. Oelsner, U. Hübner, E. Il'ichev
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 101/5, 2020, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.101.054511

Microwave Photon Detectors Based on Semiconducting Double Quantum Dots

Author(s): Alberto Ghirri, Samuele Cornia, Marco Affronte
Published in: Sensors, Issue 20/14, 2020, Page(s) 4010, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s20144010

Waveguide bandgap engineering with an array of superconducting qubits

Author(s): Jan David Brehm, Alexander N. Poddubny, Alexander Stehli, Tim Wolz, Hannes Rotzinger, Alexey V. Ustinov
Published in: npj Quantum Materials, Issue 6/1, 2021, ISSN 2397-4648
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41535-021-00310-z

Quantum electrodynamics of non-demolition detection of single microwave photon bysuperconducting qubit array

Author(s): P. Navez, A. G. Balanov, S. E. Savel’ev, A. M. Zagoskin
Published in: Journal Applied Physics, 2023, ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2205.14490

Bimodal Approach for Noise Figures of Merit Evaluation in Quantum-Limited Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers

Author(s): L. Fasolo; C. Barone; M. Borghesi; G. Carapella; A. P. Caricato; I. Carusotto; W. Chung; A. Cian; D. Di Gioacchino; E. Enrico; P. Falferi; M. Faverzani; E. Ferri; G. Filatrella; C. Gatti; A. Giachero; D. Giubertoni; A. Greco; C. Kutlu; A. Leo; C. Ligi; P. Livreri; G. Maccarrone; B. Margesin; G. Maruccio; A. Matlashov; C. Mauro; R. Mezzena; A. G. Monteduro; A. Nucciotti; L. Oberto; S. Pagano; V. Pi
Published in: IEEE Transanction on Applied Superconductivity, Issue 32/4, 2022, ISSN 1051-8223
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2109.14924

Single-photon detection with a Josephson junction coupled to a resonator

Author(s): Dmitry S. Golubev; Evgeni Il'ichev; Evgeni Il'ichev; Leonid Kuzmin; Leonid Kuzmin
Published in: Physical Review Applied, Issue 16, 2021, ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.16.014025

Long-range Ising spins models emerging from frustrated Josephson junctions arrays with topological constraints

Author(s): Oliver Neyenhuys; Mikhail V. Fistul; Ilya M. Eremin
Published in: PHYSICAL REVIEW B, Issue 108, 2023, Page(s) 165413, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.108.165413

Characterization of Traveling-Wave Josephson Parametric Amplifiers at T = 0.3 K

Author(s): Veronica Granata; Guerino Avallone; Carlo Barone; Matteo Borghesi; Silvia Capelli; Giovanni Carapella; Anna Paola Caricato; Iacopo Carusotto; Alessandro Cian; Daniele Di Gioacchino; Emanuele Enrico; Paolo Falferi; Luca Fasolo; Marco Faverzani; Elena Ferri; Giovanni Filatrella; Claudio Gatti; Andrea Giachero; Damiano Giubertoni; Angelo Greco; Claudio Guarcello; Danilo Labranca; Angelo Leo; Carlo Li
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Issue volume 33, 2023, Page(s) 1-7, ISSN 1051-8223
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2022.3214656

Linear Response for pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian Systems: Application to PT-Symmetric Qubits

Author(s): L. Tetling; M. V. Fistul; Ilya M. Eremin
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 106, 2022, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.106.134511

Quantum phase transitions in non-Hermitian PT -symmetric transverse-field Ising spin chains

Author(s): Grigory A. Starkov, Mikhail V. Fistul, Ilya M. Eremin
Published in: Annals of Physics, Issue 456, 2023, Page(s) 169268, ISSN 0003-4916
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2023.169268

Stepping Closer to Pulsed Single Microwave Photon Detectors for Axions Search

Author(s): Alessandro D’Elia , Alessio Rettaroli , Simone Tocci , Danilo Babusci, Carlo Barone , Matteo Beretta,Bruno Buonomo, Fabio Chiarello , Nassim Chikhi, Daniele Di Gioacchino , Giulietto Felici,Giovanni Filatrella , Mikhail Fistul , Luca Foggetta , Claudio Gatti , Evgeni Il’ichev , Carlo Ligi ,Mikhail Lisitskiy , Giovanni Maccarrone, Francesco Mattioli , Gregor Oelsner , Sergio Pagano ,Luca Piersa
Published in: IEEE Transaction on Applied Superconductivity, Issue 33/1, 2023, ISSN 1803-7232
Publisher: IEEE Conference Publications
DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2022.3218072

Coherent Quantum Network of Superconducting Qubits as a Highly Sensitive Detector of Microwave Photons for Searching of Galactic Axions

Author(s): C. Gatti; M. Affronte; A. Balanov; C. Bonizzoni; Giorgio Brida; F. Chiariello; N. Chikhi; G. Coda; A. D'Elia; D. Di Gioacchino; E. Enrico; I. Eremin; M. Ejrnaes; E. Il'ichev; L. Fasolo; M. Fistul; A. Ghirri; A. Greco; C. Ligi; G. Maccarone; A. Meda; P. Navez; G. Oelsner; M. Rajteri; A. Rettaroli; B. Ruggiero; S. Savel'ev; P. Silvestrini; S. Tocci; A. Ustinov; P. Vanacore; A. Zagoskin; M. Lisitskiy
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Issue VOL. 33, NO. 5, 2023, Page(s) 1-5, ISSN 1051-8223
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2023.3263807

Calibration-Free and High-Sensitivity Microwave Detectors Based on InAs/InP Nanowire Double Quantum Dots

Author(s): S. Cornia, V. Demontis, V. Zannier, L. Sorba, A. Ghirri, F. Rossella, M. Affronte
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, ISSN 1616-3028
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202212517

"Schrieffer-Wolff transformation for non-Hermitian systems: Application for <mml:math xmlns:mml=""http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML""><mml:mi mathvariant=""script"">PT</mml:mi></mml:math> -symmetric circuit QED"

Author(s): Grigory A. Starkov; Mikhail V. Fistul; Ilya M. Eremin
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue volume 108, 2023, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.108.235417

Formation of exceptional points in pseudo-Hermitian systems

Author(s): Grigory A. Starkov; Mikhail V. Fistul; Ilya M. Eremin
Published in: Physical Review A, Issue Volume108, Issue2, 2023, ISSN 2469-9926
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.108.022206

Machine-Learning-Assisted Manipulation and Readout of Molecular Spin Qubits

Author(s): C. Bonizzoni, M. Tincani, F. Santanni, M. Affronte
Published in: Physical Review Applied, Issue 18, 2022, ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.18.064074

Ultrastrong Magnon-Photon Coupling Achieved by Magnetic Films in Contact with Superconducting Resonators

Author(s): Alberto Ghirri; Claudio Bonizzoni; Maksut Maksutoglu; Alberto Mercurio; Omar Di Stefano; Salvatore Savasta; Marco Affronte
Published in: Physical Review Applied 20 (2023). doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.024039, Issue 20, 2023, ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.20.024039

Tunable Anderson localization of dark states

Author(s): Jan David Brehm; Paul Pöpperl; Alexander D. Mirlin; Alexander D. Mirlin; Alexander Shnirman; Alexander Stehli; Hannes Rotzinger; Alexey V. Ustinov
Published in: Physical review B, Issue 104, 2021, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Insitute of Physics
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.104.174202

Towards the Heisenberg limit in microwave photon detection by a qubit array

Author(s): P. Navez, A. G. Balanov, S. E. Savel'ev, A. M. Zagoskin
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 103/6, 2021, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.103.064503

Quantum dynamics of disordered arrays of interacting superconducting qubits: signatures of quantum collective states

Author(s): M. V. Fistul; O. Neyenhuys; A. B. Bocaz; M. Lisitskiy; I. M. Eremin
Published in: Phycal Review B, Issue 105, 2022, ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.105.104516

Search for Galactic axions with a high-Q dielectric cavity

Author(s): D. Alesini, D. Babusci, C. Braggio, G. Carugno, N. Crescini, D. D’Agostino, A. D’Elia, D. Di Gioacchino, R. Di Vora, P. Falferi, U. Gambardella, C. Gatti, G. Iannone, C. Ligi, A. Lombardi, G. Maccarrone, A. Ortolan, R. Pengo, A. Rettaroli, G. Ruoso, L. Taffarello, and S. Tocci
Published in: Physical review D, Issue 106, 2022, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.052007

Continuous percolation in a Hilbert space for a large system of qubits

Author(s): Shohei Watabe; Michael Zach Serikow; Shiro Kawabata; Alexandre Zagoskin
Published in: The European Physical Journal Special Topics, Issue Volume 232, 2023, Page(s) 3545–3552, ISSN 1951-6401
Publisher: SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-01008-y

Search for galactic axions with a traveling wave parametric amplifier

Author(s): R. Di Vora; A. Lombardi; A. Ortolan; R. Pengo; G. Ruoso; C. Braggio; G. Carugno; L. Taffarello; G. Cappelli; N. Crescini; M. Esposito; L. Planat; A. Ranadive; N. Roch; D. Alesini; D. Babusci; A. D’Elia; D. Di Gioacchino; C. Gatti; C. Ligi; G. Maccarrone; A. Rettaroli; S. Tocci; D. D’Agostino; U. Gambardella; G. Iannone; P. Falferi
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue volume 108, 2023, ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.108.062005

SQUID-based interferometric accelerometer

Author(s): Ilia Khomchenko; Patrick Navez; Henni Ouerdane
Published in: Applied Physic Letters, Issue 121/15, 2022, ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0126680

Other (2)

Interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in a hybrid magnon-photon bilayer system

Author(s): Alberto Ghirri, Claudio Bonizzoni, Maksut Maksutoglu, and Marco Affronte
Published in: 2023
Publisher: arXiv
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2312.02785

Quantum Sensing of Magnetic Fields with Molecular Spins

Author(s): Claudio Bonizzoni, Alberto Ghirri, Fabio Santanni, and Marco Affronte
Published in: 2023
Publisher: arXiv
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2311.13504