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Trapped electron coupled to superconducting devices

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We propose to couple a trapped single electron to superconducting structures located at a variable distance from the electron. The electron is captured in a cryogenic Penning trap using electric fields and a static magnetic field in the tesla range. Measurements on the electron will allow investigating the properties of the superconductor such as vortex structure, damping and decoherence. We propose to couple a superconducting microwave resonator to the electron in order to realize a circuit QED-like experiment, as well as to couple superconducting Josephson junctions or superconducting quantum interferometers (SQUIDs) to the electron. The electron may also be coupled to a vortex which is situated in a double well potential, realized by nearby pinning centers in the superconductor, acting as a quantum mechanical two level system that can be controlled by a transport current tilting the double well potential. The electron may also be coupled to a single vortex, thus hybridizing an elementary excitation of a superconductor and an elementary particle.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    P. Bushev

  2. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Collective Quantum Phenomena, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 14, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    D. Bothner, J. Nagel, M. Kemmler, K. B. Konovalenko, D. Koelle & R. Kleiner

  3. Institut für Mikro- und Nanoelektronische Systeme, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Hertzstrasse 16, 76187, Karlsruhe, Germany

    A. Lörincz, K. Ilin & M. Siegel

  4. Institut für Physik, QUANTUM, Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128, Mainz, Germany

    F. Schmidt-Kaler

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Bushev, P., Bothner, D., Nagel, J. et al. Trapped electron coupled to superconducting devices. Eur. Phys. J. D 63, 9–16 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10517-6

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