Universal quantum fluctuations of a cavity mode driven by a Josephson junction

Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Dec 13;111(24):247001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.247001. Epub 2013 Dec 9.

Abstract

We analyze the quantum dynamics of a superconducting cavity coupled to a voltage-biased Josephson junction. The cavity is strongly excited at resonances where the voltage energy lost by a Cooper pair traversing the circuit is a multiple of the cavity photon energy. We find that the resonances are accompanied by substantial squeezing of the quantum fluctuations of the cavity over a broad range of parameters and are able to identify regimes where the fluctuations in the system take on universal values.