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We propose to couple a trapped single electron to superconducting structures located at a variable distance from the electron. The electron is captured in a cryogenic Penning trap using electric fields and a static magnetic field in the tesla range. Measurements on the electron will allow investigating the properties of the superconductor such as vortex structure, damping and decoherence. We propose to couple a superconducting microwave resonator to the electron in order to realize a circuit QED-like experiment, as well as to couple superconducting Josephson junctions or superconducting quantum interferometers (SQUIDs) to the electron. The electron may also be coupled to a vortex which is situated in a double well potential, realized by nearby pinning centers in the superconductor, acting as a quantum mechanical two level system that can be controlled by a transport current tilting the double well potential. The electron may also be coupled to a single vortex, thus hybridizing an elementary excitation of a superconductor and an elementary particle.
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Bushev, P., Bothner, D., Nagel, J. et al. Trapped electron coupled to superconducting devices. Eur. Phys. J. D 63, 9–16 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10517-6
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