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Toolbox for nonreciprocal dispersive models in circuit QED

Lautaro Labarca·Othmane Benhayoune-Khadraoui·Alexandre Blais·Adrian Parra-Rodriguez
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We provide a systematic method for constructing effective dispersive Lindblad master equations to describe weakly anharmonic superconducting circuits coupled by a generic dissipationless nonreciprocal linear system, with effective coupling parameters and decay rates written in terms of the immittance parameters characterizing the coupler. This article extends the foundational work of Solgun et al. (2019) for linear reciprocal couplers described by an impedance response. Notably, we expand the existing toolbox to incorporate nonreciprocal elements, account for direct stray coupling between immittance ports, circumvent potential singularities, and include collective dissipative effects that arise from interactions with external common environments. We illustrate the use of our results with a circuit of weakly anharmonic Josephson junctions coupled to a multiport nonreciprocal environment and a dissipative port. The results obtained here can be used for the design of complex superconducting quantum processors with nontrivial routing of quantum information, as well as analog quantum simulators of condensed matter systems.

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Lautaro Labarca, Othmane Benhayoune-Khadraoui, Alexandre Blais, Adrian Parra-Rodriguez. 2024-09-19. Toolbox for nonreciprocal dispersive models in circuit QED. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.22.034038

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