Microwave Quantum Networks

Microwave quantum networks are expected to play an important role for interlinking different quantum technology platforms operating in the microwave regime. We study the foundations of microwave-based quantum networks and develop the key technologies required for their realization.
Recent projects
Rudolf Gross, Stefan Filipp, Hans Huebl, Matthias Althammer, Kirill Fedorov, Florian Fesquet, Kedar Honasoge, Achim Marx, Nadezhda Kukharchyk, Stephan Geprägs, Thomas Luschmann
Nadezhda Kukharchyk, Kirill Fedorov, Rudolf Gross, Hans Huebl, Achim Marx
Recent publications
M. Renger, S. Gandorfer, W. Yam, F. Fesquet, M. Handschuh, K. E. Honasoge, F. Kronowetter, Y. Nojiri, M. Partanen, M. Pfeiffer, H. van der Vliet, A. J. Matthews, J. Govenius, R. N. Jabdaraghi, M. Prunnila, A. Marx, F. Deppe, R. Gross, K. G. Fedorov
Research Article | arXiv:2308.12398
Florian Fesquet, Fabian Kronowetter, Michael Renger, Qiming Chen, Kedar Honasoge, Oscar Gargiulo, Yuki Nojiri, Achim Marx, Frank Deppe, Rudolf Gross, Kirill G. Fedorov
Research Article | Physical Review A 108, 032607  (2023)
Preprint: arXiv:2203.05530
K. G. Fedorov, M. Renger, S. Pogorzalek, R. Di Candia, Q. Chen, Y. Nojiri, K. Inomata, Y. Nakamura, M. Partanen, A. Marx, R. Gross, F. Deppe
Research Article | Science Advances 7, eabk0891  (2021)
Preprint: arXiv:2103.04155
S. Pogorzalek, K. G. Fedorov, M. Xu, A. Parra-Rodriguez, M. Sanz, M. Fischer, E. Xie, K. Inomata, Y. Nakamura, E. Solano, A. Marx, F. Deppe, R. Gross
Research Article | Nature Communications 10, 2604  (2019)
J. Goetz, S. Pogorzalek, F. Deppe, K. G. Fedorov, P. Eder, M. Fischer, F. Wulschner, E. Xie, A. Marx, R. Gross
Research Article | Physical Review Letters 118, 103602  (2017)

Microwave quantum networks are one technological cornerstone of many quantum microwave applications. For superconducting circuit architectures and quantum microwaves, such networks must currently operate at millikelvin temperatures. Since superconducting quantum information processors come with a proper cryostat, a so-called dilution refrigerator, anyways, care has to be taken only with respect to the proper design of a connection between such cryostats. At WMI, we have set up such a point-to-point connection [link Installation video] between two dilution refrigerators as a testbed for quantum communication and cryptography protocols. Equipped with low-loss superconducting transmission line cables, our installation can be viewed as a quantum local area network (Q-LAN) cable [link installation video] . The transmission losses of few dB/km are comparable to those in standard optical fibers. Through this Q-LAN cable, we plan to run microwave quantum communication and cryptography protocols. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the expected tolerance of our Q-LAN cable to higher temperatures experimentally. In a long-term perspective, we envision a quantum local area network with high connectivity between multiple nodes.