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I am a physicist working at the Neel Institute in Grenoble. I am a member of the QuantECA team.
The experiments I am developing aim at illustrating the quantum properties of nanostructured devices. I am focusing on superconducting quantum circuits where degrees of freedom such as the charge or the phase behave quantum mechanically.
These circuits are cooled down very low temperatures (few tenth of milliKelvin above absolute zero) using dedicated cryogenic technics such as dilution refrigerators. Moreover we are probing our devices using high frequency electronics (In the GigaHertz or microwave range). Thus we enter the quantum regime of electrical signals where the frequency is large compared to the working temperature. We can then speak about microwave photons and describe this electromagnetic radiation as light quantas.
By combining these circuits -the matter- and microwave photons -the light-, we can probe the light-matter interaction at a very fundamental level and with excellent control. These experiments can be viewed as the electrical dual of the ones usually performed in Atomic and Molecular Optics (AMO).
News
March 2023
Our observation of Dual Shapiro steps published in Nature Physics. Congrats Nicolo and Sam for these great results!
November 2022
We have a new doctor! Congratulations Arpit!
Octobre 2022
Guilliam's paper in Nature Nanotechnology: welcome to the graphene JPA.
June 2021
Sebastien's PhD manuscript and oral presentation were greatly appreciated by the committee. Congrats Dr. Leger!
December 2020
My ERC project SuperProtected is accepted for funding.
June 2020
Congratulations to Luca for his PhD defense! If you want to learn everything about TWPA, have a look at his thesis.
April 2020
Both Rémy's and Luca's papers were published in PRX!
November 2019
Seb's paper in Nature Communications! Check the publications section.
October 2019
Thibault Charpentier starts his PhD. He aims at understanding the physics of the Superconductor Insulator Transition combining a unique material (Indium Oxyde) and the cQED toolbox. Welcome Thibault!
August 2019
We receive our new dilution fridge. It features a very large experimental space at base temperature to allow experiments involving many qubits and quantum limited amplifiers. Have a look at the photo gallery
March 2019
Welcome to Arpit Ranadive, who just joined the team as a Phd candidate. Arpit will developp the next generation TWPA.
January 2019
We now have a new PhD graduate: congrats Remy for this very nice defense!
October 2018
Nicolas Gheeraert explained us all about "Quantum non-linearities of a
qubit ultra-strongly coupled to a waveguide", his PhD work. Great defense Nicolas!
September 2018
Check our new paper explaining saturation
effects in Josephson Parametric Amplifiers.
July 2018
Our paper presenting a detailed analysis of the Kerr non-linearity in a Josephson junctions chain is now available in the Publications section.
June 2018
Javier defended his Phd thesis. Congratulations doctor Puertas Martinez!
February 2018
Check the Publications section. Two new preprints are available.
September 2017
Welcome to Sebastien Leger! He will aim at observing many-body physics effects in superconducting circuits during his PhD.
October 2016
Luca Planat starts his PhD on Josephson Parametric Amplifiers (JPA), welcome Luca!
September 2016
Nicolas Gheeraert is awarded a Raman-Charpak Fellowship to join QuMac, the lab of Vijay, for an internship. Congratulations Nicolas!
September 2016
Pictures of the new lab are available, check the Photo Gallery section.
September 2016
Our review paper on quantum trajectories has just been published.
April 2016
Our paper on "Unexpectedly allowed transitions" in transmon qubits is now out. Have a look at the Publications section.
September 2015
Welcome to Remy Dassonneville who starts his PhD!
June 2015
Wanna know what is a quantum trajectory? Have a look at our new paper on the Arxiv.
April 2015
We are happy to welcome our new Phd student: Javier Puertas Martinez.
March 2015
Check our new paper about a Superconducting Quantum Node for Entanglement and Storage of Microwave Radiation!
January 2015
Our recent work on A V-shape superconducting artificial atom based on two inductively coupled transmons is now on the Arxiv.
March 2014
Our paper on measurement induced entanglement between remote superconducting quantum bits has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters and featured as a Viewpoint in Physics!
October 2013
After my post-doc in the quantum nanoelectronics lab at UC Berkeley, I am joining the Neel Institue!