Spectroscopic signatures of localization with interacting photons in superconducting qubits
Spectroscopic signatures of localization with interacting photons in superconducting qubits
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DOI:
10.1126/science.aao1401
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发表时间:
2017-12-01
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56.9
通讯作者:
Martinis, J.
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作者:
Roushan, P.;Neill, C.;Martinis, J.
Quantized eigenenergies and their associated wave functions provide extensive information for predicting the physics of quantum many-body systems. Using a chain of nine superconducting qubits, we implement a technique for resolving the energy levels of interacting photons. We benchmark this method by capturing the main features of the intricate energy spectrum predicted for two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic field-the Hofstadter butterfly. We introduce disorder to study the statistics of the energy levels of the system as it undergoes the transition from a thermalized to a localized phase. Our work introduces a many-body spectroscopy technique to study quantum phases of matter.