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Parametric couplings in engineered quantum systems

Anja Metelmann

SciPost Phys. Lect. Notes 66 (2023) · published 13 March 2023

Part of the 2019-07: Quantum Information Machines Collection in the Les Houches Summer School Lecture Notes Series.

Abstract

Parametric couplings in engineered quantum systems are a powerful tool to control, manipulate and enhance interactions in a variety of platforms. It allows us to bring systems of different energy scales into communication with each other. This short chapter introduces the basic principles and discusses a few examples of how one can engineer parametric amplifiers with improved characteristics over conventional setups. Clearly, the selected examples are author-biased, and other interesting proposals and implementations can be found in the literature. The focus of this chapter is on parametric effects between linearly coupled harmonic oscillators, however, parametric modulation is also applicable with nonlinear couplings and anharmonic systems.


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