Bright Side of the Coulomb Blockade

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作者
Hofheinz, M. [1 ]
Portier, F. [1 ]
Baudouin, Q. [1 ]
Joyez, P. [1 ]
Vion, D. [1 ]
Bertet, P. [1 ]
Roche, P. [1 ]
Esteve, D. [1 ]
机构
[1] CEA Saclay, IRAMIS, Serv Phys Etat Condense, CNRS URA 2464, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
关键词
ULTRASMALL TUNNEL-JUNCTIONS; FLUCTUATIONS; ENVIRONMENT;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.217005
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We explore the photonic (bright) side of the dynamical Coulomb blockade (DCB) by measuring the radiation emitted by a dc voltage-biased Josephson junction embedded in a microwave resonator. In this regime Cooper pair tunneling is inelastic and associated with the transfer of an energy 2eV into the resonator modes. We have measured simultaneously the Cooper pair current and the photon emission rate at the resonance frequency of the resonator. Our results show two regimes, in which each tunneling Cooper pair emits either one or two photons into the resonator. The spectral properties of the emitted radiation are accounted for by an extension to DCB theory.
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