Coupling a quantum dot, fermionic leads, and a microwave cavity on a chip

Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Dec 16;107(25):256804. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.256804. Epub 2011 Dec 16.

Abstract

We demonstrate a hybrid architecture consisting of a quantum dot circuit coupled to a single mode of the electromagnetic field. We use single wall carbon nanotube based circuits inserted in superconducting microwave cavities. By probing the nanotube dot using a dispersive readout in the Coulomb blockade and the Kondo regime, we determine an electron-photon coupling strength which should enable circuit QED experiments with more complex quantum dot circuits.