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Strong coupling of magnons in a YIG sphere to photons in a planar superconducting resonator in the quantum limit.

Abstract:
We report measurements made at millikelvin temperatures of a superconducting coplanar waveguide resonator (CPWR) coupled to a sphere of yttrium-iron garnet. Systems hybridising collective spin excitations with microwave photons have recently attracted interest for their potential quantum information applications. In this experiment the non-uniform microwave field of the CPWR allows coupling to be achieved to many different magnon modes in the sphere. Calculations of the relative coupling strength of different mode families in the sphere to the CPWR are used to successfully identify the magnon modes and their frequencies. The measurements are extended to the quantum limit by reducing the drive power until, on average, less than one photon is present in the CPWR. Investigating the time-dependent response of the system to square pulses, oscillations in the output signal at the mode splitting frequency are observed. These results demonstrate the feasibility of future experiments combining magnonic elements with planar superconducting quantum devices.
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10.1038/s41598-017-11835-4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Physics; Condensed Matter Physics
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5997-4171
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Physics; Condensed Matter Physics
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Physics; Condensed Matter Physics
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-9560-9932
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Condensed Matter Physics
Role:
Author


Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Journal:
Scientific Reports More from this journal
Volume:
7
Issue:
1
Pages:
11511
Publication date:
2017-09-01
Acceptance date:
2017-08-31
DOI:
EISSN:
2045-2322
ISSN:
2045-2322
Pmid:
28912482


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:730055
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uuid:b22acaa0-7f27-48cd-bfa4-ad096c59ac14
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Source identifiers:
730055
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2018-01-27

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