Superconducting Qubit Systems as a Platform for Studying Effects of Nonstationary Electrodynamics in a Cavity

Resumo

It has been shown that superconducting qubit systems, having high tunability, can be used as a platform for the experimental study of various effects of nonstationary quantum electrodynamics in a cavity. In particular, the dynamic Lamb effect can be implemented owing to a nonadiabatic change in the effective coupling between the subsystem of qubits and a cavity. This effect is manifested in the excitation of a qubit (atom) at the change in the Lamb shift of its levels. It is remarkable that the effect of energy dissipation in such parametrically excited systems can be very nontrivial: dissipation in one of the subsystems of the hybrid system can enhance quantum effects in the other subsystem. This refers to various phenomena such as parametric qubit excitation, generation of photons from vacuum, and creation and confinement of finite entanglement of qubits.