title: Quantum dynamics of a resonator driven by a superconducting single-electron transistor: a solid-state analogue of the micromaser.
abstract: We investigate the behavior of a quantum resonator coupled to a superconducting single-electron transistor (SSET) tuned to the Josephson quasiparticle resonance and show that the dynamics is similar in many ways to that found in a micromaser. Coupling to the SSET can drive the resonator into nonclassical states of self-sustained oscillation via either continuous or discontinuous transitions. Increasing the coupling further leads to a sequence of transitions and regions of multistability.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Imbers
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Armour