Demonstrates a circuit-QED quantum bus that coherently transfers states between two superconducting qubits on opposite sides of a chip using virtual photons in a shared transmission-line cavity.

Key Results

  • First coherent cavity-bus coupling of spatially separated superconducting qubits.
  • Virtual-photon exchange avoids populating the lossy cavity during the mediated interaction.
  • The same cavity supports multiplexed qubit control and measurement.