Cette thèse est consacrée au transport quantique à travers une impureté Kondo, formée dans une boîte quantique réalisée dans un nanotube de carbone. L’effet Kondo est ainsi sondé à travers deux situations : en compétition avec l’effet Josephson induit dans le nanotube par des contacts supraconducteurs et à travers son émission haute fréquence. Dans une première série d’expériences, nous avons introduit un nanotube dans un SQUID, afin de mesurer la relation entre son supercourant et la différence de phase supraconductrice à ses bornes. Nous avons mesuré cette relation lorsque les corrélations Kondo et supraconductrices sont du même ordre de grandeur et montré que l’état du système, singulet ou doublet (correspondant respectivement à une jonction 0 ou π) peut alors être contrôlé par la phase supraconductrice. Nous avons également montré que, si un deuxième niveau d’énergie participe au transport des paires de Cooper, la transition 0-π n’est plus une transition du premier ordre comme c’est le cas quand un seul niveau est impliqué. Dans la deuxième partie de la thèse, le nanotube de carbone est couplé, aux fréquences déterminées par un résonateur, à une jonction tunnel supraconductrice servant de détecteur on-chip de bruit haute fréquence. Ceci nous a permis de mesurer le bruit en émission de la boîte quantique dans le régime Kondo avec des couplages aux réservoirs plus ou moins symétriques. Nos mesures posent le problème de l’asymétrie spatiale du bruit mesuré et semblent montrer que, plus le couplage aux réservoirs est symétrique, plus la résonance Kondo est affaiblie dans une situation hors équilibre. Enfin, ce dispositif a été utilisé afin de mesurer l’émission Josephson AC d’un nanotube avec des électrodes supraconductrices, afin de voir ce que devient la compétition entre l’effet Kondo et la supraconductivité à haute fréquence. Ces mesures révèlent une diminution de l’émission Josephson alors que l’on a un maximum de supercourant. / This thesis is dedicated to quantum transport through a Kondo impurity, formed in a carbon nanotube quantum dot. We probe the Kondo effect in two situations: in competition with the Josephson effect induced in the nanotube by superconducting contacts and through its high frequency emission. In a first experiment, we have introduced a nanotube in a SQUID in order to measure its supercurrent as a function of the superconducting phase across it. We have measured this quantity in the regime where the Kondo and superconducting correlations are of the same order of magnitude and shown that the ground state of the system, singlet or doublet (corresponding respectively to 0 and π junctions), is then controlled by the superconducting phase. We have also demonstrated that, if a second energy level participates in the transport of Cooper pairs, the 0-π transition is not anymore a first order one as it is the case when only one level is involved. In the second part of the thesis, the carbon nanotube is coupled, at some frequencies determined by a resonator, to a tunnel superconducting junction which is used as an on-chip high-frequency noise detector. This enables the measurement of the emission noise of the quantum dot in the Kondo regime, with reservoirs coupled either symmetrically or not to the dot. Our measurements raise the problem of the spatial asymmetry of the measured noise and seem to show that, the more symmetric is the coupling of the reservoirs to the dot, the more the Kondo resonance is weaken in an out-of-equilibrium situation. Finally, this setup has been used in order to measure the AC Josephson emission of a nanotube contacted with superconducting electrodes, in order to extend our investigation of the competition between the Kondo effect and superconductivity at high frequency. These measurements reveal a decrease of the Josephson emission observed together with a maximum of supercurrent.

No / Vortices circulating in a ring made from a Josephson array in the insulating phase are studied. The ring contains a `dual Josephson junction' through which the vortices tunnel. External non-classical microwaves are coupled to the device. The time evolution of this two-mode fully quantum mechanical system is studied, taking into account the dissipation in the system. The effect of the quantum statistics of the photons on the quantum statistics of the vortices is discussed. Entropic calculations quantify the entanglement between the two systems. Quantum phenomena in the system are also studied through Wigner functions. After a certain time (which depends on the dissipation parameters) these quantum phenomena are destroyed due to dissipation.

Cette thèse est consacrée à l’étude de deux aspects de la physique mésoscopique que sont le bruit quantique haute fréquence et l'effet de proximité supraconducteur en se focalisant toutefois sur un système modèle: le nanotube de carbone.Ainsi la première partie de cette thèse est dédiée à la mesure de bruit quantique haute fréquence. Afin de mesurer ces fluctuations nous avons développé un système de détection "on-chip" original dans lequel la source de bruit et le détecteur, une jonction Supraconducteur/Isolant/Supraconducteur, sont couplés par un circuit résonant. Cela nous a permis dans un premier temps de mesurer le bruit à l'équilibre du résonateur. Son bruit comporte une forte asymétrie entre émission et absorption reliée aux fluctuations de point zéro. Une seconde étape a été de mesurer le bruit hors équilibre d’émission du passage tunnel de quasi-particules dans une jonction Josephson. Ce bruit comporte une forte dépendance en fréquence en accord avec les prédictions théoriques et nous a permis de valider le principe de détection. Finalement, nous avons pu mesurer le bruit associé au régime Kondo hors équilibre d'une boîte quantique à nanotube de carbone (énergie caractéristique kBTK avec TK la température Kondo). Ce bruit d’émission à kBTK~hν possède une forte singularité à la tension V=hν/e (ν étant la fréquence de mesure). Cette singularité est reliée aux résonances Kondo dans la densité d’états de la boîte associés aux niveaux de Fermi de chaque réservoir. A plus haute fréquence hν~3kBTK, la singularité disparaît, ce qui est compris par des effets de décohérence induits par la tension.Dans la seconde partie, nous avons développé une technique permettant de mesurer à la fois la relation courant/phase et la caractéristique courant/tension d'un lien faible séparant deux supraconducteurs. Nous avons ainsi caractérisé une jonction à base de nanotube de carbone au travers de laquelle une relation courant-phase modulable par une tension de grille a été observée. Cette relation courant/phase exhibe une forte anharmonicité lorsque le supercourant présente une relativement grande amplitude. / This thesis discusses two experiments of mesoscopic physics regarding the high frequency quantum noise and the superconducting proximity effect. We nevertheless focused on a single model system: the carbon nanotube. The first experiment aims to measure the high frequency quantum noise of the tube. In order to measure those fluctuations we have designed an original on-chip detection scheme in which the noise source and the detector, a Superconductor/Insulator/Superconductor junction, were coupled through a resonant circuit. This first allowed us to measure the equilibrium noise of the resonator. It exhibits a strong asymmetry between emission and absorption related to zero point fluctuations. We have then measured the out-of-equilibrium emission noise of quasiparticles tunneling of a Josephson junction. It exhibits a strong frequency dependence in agreement with theoretical predictions and allowed us to validate the detection scheme. Finally, the out-of-equilibrium emission noise associated to the Kondo effect (characteristic energy kBTK with TK the Kondo temperature) in a carbon nanotube quantum dot was measured. We find a strong singularity at voltage V=hν/e (ν is the measurement frequency) for frequency ν~kBTK/h. This singularity is related to resonances in the density of states of the dot pinned at the Fermi energy of the leads. At higher frequency hν~3kBTK the singularity vanishes and understood in terms of decoherence effects induced by the bias voltage. In the second experiment, we have developed a technique allowing to measure in the same experiment the current-phase relation and the current-voltage characteristic of a weak link separating two superconductors. We have characterized a carbon nanotube based junction through which a gate tunable current-phase relation was observed. Jointly to a high critical current amplitude, an anharmonic current-phase relation was measured.

Estudamos o amortecimento radiativo e o ruído de spins de um material magnético acoplado a um circuito ressonante. O amortecimento radiativo em ressonância magnética é um fenômeno de dissipação, na qual a magnetização preparada após um pulso de Rabi sofre um decaimento até seu estado de equilíbrio. O material magnético perde energia através do seu acoplamento com o circuito ressonante, que deve estar sintonizado na freqüência de Larmor dos spins do material. Apesar deste fenômeno ter sido estudado há vários anos, nenhuma descrição quântica completa lhe foi dada. Apresentamos um modelo hamiltoniano quântico que descreve o amortecimento radiativo. Para isto usamos o método de equações de Langevin quânticas. Mostramos que além do amortecimento radiativo do material magnético, se o circuito está em um estado inicial coerente, a magnetização adquire um movimento complicado não-trivial. Usando as mesmas equações de Langevin, estudamos a influência da amostra no ruído do circuito ressonante. Calculamos a densidade espectral da corrente no caso em que todo o sistema está em equilíbrio térmico. Pudemos verifcar a efcácia do método comparando-o com estudos anteriores. Além disso, estudamos as alterações do ruído do circuito quando uma tensão oscilante externa é aplicada. Nesta situação surgem dois outros picos laterais ao pico central do espectro de absorção da amostra magnética. Isso leva a três depressões no espectro da corrente do circuito. Este efeito deve-se à separação dupla dos estados de energia dos spins. Comentamos sobre a analogia deste fenômeno com a fluorescência ressonante observada na Óptica Quântica. / We study the radiation damping and the spin noise of a magnetic material coupled with a resonant circuit. Radiation damping in magnetic resonance is a dissipation phenomenon, where magnetization prepared after a Rabi pulse decays toward its equilibrium state. The magnetic sample loses its energy by the coupling with resonant circuit, that must be tuned in Larmor frequency of the sample spins. Even though this phenomenon had been studied many years ago, no full quantum description was done. We present a quantum Hamiltonian model, that explains the radiation damping. We use quantum Langevin equation method for this task. Beyond radiation damping, we show the magnetization acquires an unusual intrincate motion, if the circuit initial state is coherent. Using the same Langevin equation, we study the sample influence on the resonant circuit noise. We calculate the current spectral density in the case of thermal equilibrium of whole system. We can verify the method efectiveness, comparing former papers. Moreover we study modifcations in the circuit noise, if an external oscillating tension is applied. In this situation, other two peaks emerge in the central peak sidebands of the sample absorption spectrum. It leads to appear three dips in circuit current spectrum. This efect is due to the splitting of the spin energy states. We comment about the analogy between this phenomenon and the resonance fluorescence in Quantum Optics.

L'astronomie gravitationnelle a débuté en septembre 2015 avec la première détection de la fusion de deux trous noirs par LIGO. Depuis lors, plusieurs fusions de trous noirs et une fusion d'étoiles à neutrons ont été observées. Advanced Virgo a rejoint les deux observatoires LIGO dans la prise de données en août 2017, augmentant fortement les capacités de localisation du réseau. Afin d'exploiter pleinement le potentiel scientifique de ce nouveau domaine, un énorme effort expérimental est nécessaire pour améliorer la sensibilité des interféromètres. Cette thèse, développée dans ce contexte, est composée de deux parties. La première concerne Advanced Virgo : nous avons développé un budget de bruit automatique pour le bruit de fréquence du laser et nous avons effectué des mesures de caractérisation optique pour les cavités de bras kilométriques. Des pertes aller-retour aussi faibles que 80 ppm ont été mesurées. Elles sont parmi les plus basses jamais mesurées avec un faisceau de cette taille. La deuxième partie concerne la conception et le développement d'une cavité de filtrage de 300 m, un prototype pour démontrer la production de lumière squeezing dépendante de la fréquence avec les propriétés nécessaires pour une réduction du bruit quantique à large bande dans KAGRA, Advanced Virgo et Advanced LIGO. Nous avons contribué à la fois aux phases de conception et d'intégration du projet. Nous avons d'abord fait le design optique de la cavité, y compris les spécifications pour l'optique de la cavité et une estimation détaillée des sources de dégradation pour le squeezing. Nous avons donc développé un système de contrôle pour les miroirs, assemblé les suspensions et finalement aligné et mis la cavité en résonance avec la lumière laser / Gravitational wave astronomy has started in September 2015 with the first detection of a binary black-hole merger by LIGO. Since then, several black-hole mergers and a binary neutron star merger have been observed. Advanced Virgo joined the two LIGO detector in the observation run, in August 2017, highly increasing the localization capabilities of the network. In order to fully exploit the scientific potential of this new-born field, a huge experimental effort is needed to bring the instruments at their design sensitivity and to further improve them. This thesis, developed in this context, it is composed of two parts. The first is about Advanced Virgo: we have developed an automatic noise budget for the laser frequency noise and we have performed optical characterization measurements for the kilometric arm cavities. Round trip Losses as low as 80 ppm have been measured. They are among the lowest ever measured for beams of these size. The second part is about the design and development of a 300 m filter cavity, a prototype to demonstrate the frequency dependent squeezing production with properties needed for a broadband quantum noise reduction in the future upgrades of KAGRA, Advanced Virgo and Advanced LIGO. We have contributed to the design and integration phases of the project. We have first made the optical design of the cavity, including the the specifications for the main cavity optics and a detailed estimation of the squeezing degradation sources. We have then developed a local control system for the mirrors, assembled the suspensions, and finally aligned and brought the cavity in resonance with the laser light

A Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) based pixel and array architecture is reported using amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology for large area digital imaging applications. The objectives of this research are to (a) demonstrate photon quantum noise limited pixel operation of less than 30 input referred noise electrons, (b) theoretically explore the use of the proposed VCO pixel architecture for photon quantum noise limited large area imaging applications, more specifically protein crystallography using a-Si, (c) to implement and demonstrate experimentally a quantum noise limited (VCO) pixel, a small prototype of quantum noise limited (VCO) pixelated array and a quantum noise limited (VCO) pixel integrated with direct detection selenium for energies compatible with a protein crystallography application. Electronic noise (phase noise) and metastability performance of VCO pixels in low cost, widely available a-Si technology will be theoretically calculated and measured for the first time in this research. The application of a VCO pixel architecture in thin film technologies to large area imaging modalities will be examined and a small prototype a-Si array integrated with an overlying selenium X-ray converter will be demonstrated for the first time. A-Si and poly-Si transistor technologies are traditionally considered inferior in performance to crystalline silicon, the dominant semiconductor technology today. This work v aims to extend the reach of low cost, thin film transistor a-Si technology to high performance analog applications (i.e. very low input referred noise) previously considered only the domain of crystalline silicon type semiconductor. The proposed VCO pixel architecture can enable large area arrays with quantum noise limited pixels using low cost thin film transistor technologies.

A Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) based pixel and array architecture is reported using amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology for large area digital imaging applications. The objectives of this research are to (a) demonstrate photon quantum noise limited pixel operation of less than 30 input referred noise electrons, (b) theoretically explore the use of the proposed VCO pixel architecture for photon quantum noise limited large area imaging applications, more specifically protein crystallography using a-Si, (c) to implement and demonstrate experimentally a quantum noise limited (VCO) pixel, a small prototype of quantum noise limited (VCO) pixelated array and a quantum noise limited (VCO) pixel integrated with direct detection selenium for energies compatible with a protein crystallography application. Electronic noise (phase noise) and metastability performance of VCO pixels in low cost, widely available a-Si technology will be theoretically calculated and measured for the first time in this research. The application of a VCO pixel architecture in thin film technologies to large area imaging modalities will be examined and a small prototype a-Si array integrated with an overlying selenium X-ray converter will be demonstrated for the first time. A-Si and poly-Si transistor technologies are traditionally considered inferior in performance to crystalline silicon, the dominant semiconductor technology today. This work v aims to extend the reach of low cost, thin film transistor a-Si technology to high performance analog applications (i.e. very low input referred noise) previously considered only the domain of crystalline silicon type semiconductor. The proposed VCO pixel architecture can enable large area arrays with quantum noise limited pixels using low cost thin film transistor technologies.

In this thesis we study the Dicke model outside the rotating wave approximation (RWA), by employing phase space techniques and the quantum trajectory theory. We present a review of the basic models of open systems in quantum optics and present an experimental proposition justifying the model to be studied. We use the phase space approach to study, among other subjects, entanglement, squeezing and fluctuations across a quantum phase transition. Three different phase space representations are used and their strengths and weaknesses compared. The quantum trajectory theory is applied to visualise the global quantum fluctuations and to learn how different measurement schemes will affect the creation of entanglement. / The University of Auckland, Department of Physics.

In this thesis we study the Dicke model outside the rotating wave approximation (RWA), by employing phase space techniques and the quantum trajectory theory. We present a review of the basic models of open systems in quantum optics and present an experimental proposition justifying the model to be studied. We use the phase space approach to study, among other subjects, entanglement, squeezing and fluctuations across a quantum phase transition. Three different phase space representations are used and their strengths and weaknesses compared. The quantum trajectory theory is applied to visualise the global quantum fluctuations and to learn how different measurement schemes will affect the creation of entanglement. / The University of Auckland, Department of Physics.

In this thesis we study the Dicke model outside the rotating wave approximation (RWA), by employing phase space techniques and the quantum trajectory theory. We present a review of the basic models of open systems in quantum optics and present an experimental proposition justifying the model to be studied. We use the phase space approach to study, among other subjects, entanglement, squeezing and fluctuations across a quantum phase transition. Three different phase space representations are used and their strengths and weaknesses compared. The quantum trajectory theory is applied to visualise the global quantum fluctuations and to learn how different measurement schemes will affect the creation of entanglement. / The University of Auckland, Department of Physics.