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Li, M., Pernice, W. H. P., Xiong, C., Baehr-Jones, T., Hochberg, M., & Tang, H. X. (2008). Harnessing optical forces in integrated photonic circuits. Nature, 456(7221), 480–484.
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Rodriguez-Morales, F., Zannoni, R., Nicholson, J., Fischetti, M., Yngvesson, K. S., & Appenzeller, J. (2006). Direct and heterodyne detection of microwaves in a metallic single wall carbon nanotube. Appl. Phys. Lett., 89(8), 083502.
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Gabay, M., & Triscone, J. - M. (2011). Superconductors: Terahertz superconducting switch. Nat. Photon., 5(8), 447–449.
Abstract: The use of terahertz pulses to 'gate' interlayer charge transport in a superconductor could lead to a variety of new and interesting applications.
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Billangeon, P. - M., & Nakamura, Y. (2011). Superconducting devices: Quantum cups and balls. Nat. Phys., 7(8), 594–595.
Abstract: A single microwave photon in a superposition of two states of different frequency is now demonstrated using a superconducting quantum interference device to mediate the coupling between two harmonics of a resonator. Such quantum circuits bring closer the possibility of controlling photon-photon interactions at the single-photon level.
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Zakka-Bajjani, E., Nguyen, F. Ã. §ois, Lee, M., Vale, L. R., Simmonds, R. W., & Aumentado, J. (2011). Quantum superposition of a single microwave photon in two different 'colour' states. Nat. Phys., 7(8), 599–603.
Abstract: Fully controlled coherent coupling of arbitrary harmonic oscillators is an important tool for processing quantum information. Coupling between quantum harmonic oscillators has previously been demonstrated in several physical systems using a two-level system as a mediating element. Direct interaction at the quantum level has only recently been realized by means of resonant coupling between trapped ions. Here we implement a tunable direct coupling between the microwave harmonics of a superconducting resonator by means of parametric frequency conversion. We accomplish this by coupling the mode currents of two harmonics through a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and modulating its flux at the difference (~7GHz) of the harmonic frequencies. We deterministically prepare a single-photon Fock state and coherently manipulate it between multiple modes, effectively controlling it in a superposition of two different 'colours'. This parametric interaction can be described as a beamsplitter-like operation that couples different frequency modes. As such, it could be used to implement linear optical quantum computing protocols on-chip.
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