Dispersive detection of a charge qubit with a broadband high-impedance quantum-Hall plasmon resonator

Cavity quantum electrodynamics (cQED) provides strong light-matter interactions that can be used for manipulating and detecting quantum states. The interaction can be enhanced by increasing the resonator’s impedance, while approaching the quantum impedance (h/e2) remains challenging. Edge plasmons emergent as chiral bosonic modes in the quantum Hall channels provide high quantized impedance of h/νe2 that can exceed 10 kΩ for the Landau-level filling factor ν $$\le$$ 2, well beyond the impedance of free space. Here, we apply such a high-impedance plasmon mode in a quantum-Hall plasmon resonator to demonstrate dispersive detection of a nearby charge qubit formed in a double quantum dot. The phase shift in microwave transmission through the plasmon resonator follows the dispersive shift associated with the qubit state, in agreement with the cQED theory. The high impedance allows us to perform dispersive detection of qubit spectroscopy with a plasmon resonator having a broad bandwidth. Leveraging these topological edge modes, our results establish two-dimensional topological insulators as a new platform of cQED. Recent work reported plasmon-assisted tunneling in a double quantum dot coupled to a plasmon mode in a quantum Hall plasmon resonator. Here, the authors leverage this system to achieve broadband dispersive readout of a semiconductor charge qubit formed by a double quantum dot.