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Roope J. Kokkoniemi, Tuomas Ollikainen, Sakari Saarenpaa, Janne Kokkala, Ceren Dag, Mikko Mottonen, Russell Lake
Abstract
We introduce a magnetic-flux-tunable phase shifter for propagating microwave photons, based on three equidistant superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) on a transmission line. We experimentally implement the phase shifter and demonstrate that it produces a broad range of phase shifts and full transmission within the experimental uncertainty. Together with previously demonstrated beam splitters, this phase shifter can be utilized to implement arbitrary single- qubit gates for qubits based on propagating microwave photons. These results complement previous demonstrations of on-demand single-photon sources and detectors, and hence assist in the pursuit of an all-microwave quantum computer based on propagating photons.
Kokkoniemi, R.
, Ollikainen, T.
, Saarenpaa, S.
, Kokkala, J.
, Dag, C.
, Mottonen, M.
and Lake, R.
(2017),
Flux-tunable phase shifter for microwaves, Nature - Scientific Reports, [online], https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15190-2
(Accessed October 14, 2025)