<p>We experimentally realise the theoretical proposal for in-situ tunable photonic edge states emerging from qubits coupled to a waveguide with a photonic bandgap. These edge states are directional, exhibiting theoretically zero population in the opposite direction. Our experiment implements a tunable Rice-Mele waveguide configuration, where the directionality of edge states is controlled in-situ by varying the qubit energy. The Rice-Mele waveguide is constructed using lumped resonators coupled to a standard Xmon qubit. We demonstrate the existence of these edge states both actively, via waveguide transmission, and passively, through qubit emission via an edge state. We estimate a 99.996% fidelity in the directionality, constrained by our measurement noise floor. These results hold significant promise for the development of long-range qubit couplers with effectively zero crosstalk.</p>

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Experimental realization of qubit-state-controlled directional edge states in waveguide QED

  • Prasanna Pakkiam,
  • N. Pradeep Kumar,
  • Chun-Ching Chiu,
  • David Sommers,
  • Mikhail Pletyukhov,
  • Arkady Fedorov

摘要

We experimentally realise the theoretical proposal for in-situ tunable photonic edge states emerging from qubits coupled to a waveguide with a photonic bandgap. These edge states are directional, exhibiting theoretically zero population in the opposite direction. Our experiment implements a tunable Rice-Mele waveguide configuration, where the directionality of edge states is controlled in-situ by varying the qubit energy. The Rice-Mele waveguide is constructed using lumped resonators coupled to a standard Xmon qubit. We demonstrate the existence of these edge states both actively, via waveguide transmission, and passively, through qubit emission via an edge state. We estimate a 99.996% fidelity in the directionality, constrained by our measurement noise floor. These results hold significant promise for the development of long-range qubit couplers with effectively zero crosstalk.