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Paper 1

Measurement of correlated charge noise in superconducting qubits at an underground facility.

Bratrud G, Lewis S, Anyang K, Colón Cesaní A, Dyson T, Magoon H, Sabhari D, Spahn G, Wagner G, Gualtieri R, Kurinsky NA, Linehan R, McDermott R, Sussman S, Temples DJ, Uemura S, Bathurst C, Cancelo G, Chen R, Chou A, Hernandez I, Hollister M, Hsu L, James C, Kennard K, Khatiwada R, Lukens P, Novati V, Raha N, Ray S, Ren R, Rodriguez A, Schmidt B, Stifter K, Yu J, Baxter D, Figueroa-Feliciano E, Bowring D.

Year
2025
Journal
Nat Commun
DOI
10.1038/s41467-025-63724-4
arXiv
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Paper 2

Local-photon model of the momentum of light

Gabriel Waite, Daniel Hodgson, Ben Lang, Varghese Alapatt, Almut Beige

Year
2024
Journal
arXiv preprint
DOI
arXiv:2410.03633
arXiv
2410.03633

Recently we introduced a local photon approach for modelling the quantised electromagnetic field in position space. Using this approach, we define the momentum of light in this paper as in quantum mechanics as the generator for spatial translation. Afterwards, we analyse the momentum dynamics of photonic wave packets which transition from air into a denser dielectric medium. Our analysis shines new light onto the Abraham-Minkowski controversy which highlights the intricacies involved in the characterisation of the momentum of the electromagnetic field. Although our results align with Minkowski's theory and with the definition of the canonical momentum of light in quantum electrodynamics, there are also some crucial differences.

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