Reduction to the Fock state via a degenerate four-wave mixing

A scheme to generate the Fock state via a degenerate four-wave mixing and partial measurement is proposed. A conditional state of the signal mode of a degenerate four-wave mixer will be shown to reduce to the Fock state when the outcome of the measurement on the reference mode satisfies a certain condition. The photon number of the Fock state is distributed when the measurement is repeated many times. Conditioning for the quantum state of the signal mode is carried out by the photon counting measurement on the reference mode whose input state is assumed to be the vacuum. The phase coherence of the conditional signal state is also considered. Furthermore conditioning for the signal mode by means of heterodyne and homodyne detections are briefly considered.     

Experimental realization of maximum confidence quantum state discrimination for the extraction of quantum information

We present the first experimental demonstration of the maximum confidence measurement strategy for quantum state discrimination. Applying this strategy to an arbitrary set of states assigns to each input state a measurement outcome which, when realized, gives the highest possible confidence that the state was indeed present. The theoretically optimal measurement for discriminating between three equiprobable symmetric qubit states is implemented in a polarization-based free-space interferometer. The maximum confidence in the measurement result is 2/3. This is the first explicit demonstration that an improvement in the confidence over the optimal minimum error measurement is possible for linearly dependent states.     

A scheme of quantum state discrimination over specified states via weak-value measurement

The commonly adopted projective measurements are invalid in the specified task of quantum state discrimination when the discriminated states are superposition of planar-position basis states whose complex-number probability amplitudes have the same magnitude but different phases. Therefore we propose a corresponding scheme via weak-value measurement and examine the feasibility of this scheme. Furthermore, the role of the weak-value measurement in quantum state discrimination is analyzed and compared with one in quantum state tomography in this Letter.     

Maximum confidence quantum measurements

We consider the problem of discriminating between states of a specified set with maximum confidence. For a set of linearly independent states unambiguous discrimination is possible if we allow for the possibility of an inconclusive result. For linearly dependent sets an analogous measurement is one which allows us to be as confident as possible that when a given state is identified on the basis of the measurement result, it is indeed the correct state.     

Quantum trajectories of superconducting qubits

In this review, we discuss recent experiments that investigate how the quantum sate of a superconducting qubit evolves during measurement. We provide a pedagogical overview of the measurement process, when the qubit is dispersively coupled to a microwave frequency cavity, and the qubit state is encoded in the phase of a microwave tone that probes the cavity. A continuous measurement record is used to reconstruct the individual quantum trajectories of the qubit state, and quantum state tomography is performed to verify that the state has been tracked accurately. Furthermore, we discuss ensembles of trajectories, time-symmetric evolution, two-qubit trajectories, and potential applications in measurement-based quantum error correction.     

Improving the fidelity of teleportation through noisy channels using weak measurement

We employ the technique of weak measurement in order to enable preservation of teleportation fidelity for two-qubit noisy channels. We consider one or both qubits of a maximally entangled state to undergo amplitude damping, and show that the application of weak measurement and a subsequent reverse operation could lead to a fidelity greater than 2/3 for any value of the decoherence parameter. The success probability of the protocol decreases with the strength of weak measurement, and is lower when both the qubits are affected by decoherence. Finally, our protocol is shown to work for the Werner state too.     

A single-point measurement scheme for quantum work based on the squeezing state

To investigate the role of initial quantum coherence in work-probability distribution, it is necessary to consider an incomplete or partial measurement, in which the energy cannot be fully discriminated by the detector. In this paper, we use a harmonic oscillator with a coherent or squeezing state to realize this incomplete or partial measurement, and propose a unified framework of quantum work statistics for a closed system with an arbitrary initial state. We find that work is proportional to the change of the real part of the coherent state parameter, i.e., quantum work can be estimated by the coherent state parameter. The resulting work-probability distribution includes the initial quantum coherence, and can be reduced to the result of the traditional two projective energy measurement scheme(TPM) by squeezing the state of the harmonic oscillator. Our measurement scheme reveals the fundamental connections between measurement error and coherent work. By introducing a ‘coherent work-to-noise ratio', we find the optimal measurement error, which is determined by the energy difference between the superposed energy levels. As an application, we consider a driven two-level system and investigate the effects of driving velocity on work statistics. We find that only when the driving velocity matches the transition frequency of the system can initial quantum coherence play an important role.     

Weak measurements are universal

It is well known that any projective measurement can be decomposed into a sequence of weak measurements, which cause only small changes to the state. Similar constructions for generalized measurements, however, have relied on the use of an ancilla system. We show that any generalized measurement can be decomposed into a sequence of weak measurements without the use of an ancilla, and give an explicit construction for these weak measurements. The measurement procedure has the structure of a random walk along a curve in state space, with the measurement ending when one of the end points is reached. This shows that any measurement can be generated by weak measurements, and hence that weak measurements are universal. This may have important applications to the theory of entanglement.     

Super-sensitivity measurement of tiny Doppler frequency shifts based on parametric amplification and squeezed vacuum state

The precision measurement of Doppler frequency shifts is of great significance for improving the precision of speed measurement. This paper proposes a precision measurement scheme of tiny Doppler shifts by a parametric amplification process and squeezed vacuum state. This scheme takes a parametric amplification process and squeezed vacuum state into a detection system, so that the measurement precision of tiny Doppler shifts can exceed the Cram′er–Rao bound of coherent light. Simultaneously, a simulation study is carried out on the theoretical basis, and the following results are obtained: for the signal light of Gaussian mode, when the amplification factor g = 1 and the squeezed factor r = 0.5, the measurement error of Doppler frequency shifts is 14.4% of the Cramer–Rao bound of the coherent light in our system. At the same time,when the local light mode and squeezed vacuum state mode are optimized, the measurement precision of this scheme can be further improved by ■ times, where n is the mode-order of the signal light.     

Direct measurement for general quantum states using parametric quantum circuits

In the field of quantum information,the acquisition of information for unknown quantum states is very important.When we only need to obtain specific elements of a state density matrix,the traditional quantum state tomography will become very complicated,because it requires a global quantum state reconstruction.Direct measurement of the quantum state allows us to obtain arbitrary specific matrix elements of the quantum state without state reconstruction,so direct measurement schemes have obtained...     

Entangled squeezed states:Bell state measurement and teleportation

We construct orthogonal Bell states with entangled squeezed vacuum states and show that these states can be discriminated with arbitrary precision when the amplitude of the squeezed states becomes sufficiently large. A scheme of teleporting a superposition state of the squeezed vacuum states based on the Bell state measurement is presented.     

Optimal quantum estimation of the coupling constant of Jaynes-Cummings interaction

We address the estimation of the coupling constant of the Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian for a coupled qubit-oscillator system. We evaluate the quantum Fisher Information (QFI) for the system undergone the Jaynes-Cummings evolution, considering that the probe initial state is prepared in a Fock state for the oscillator and in a generic pure state for the qubit; we obtain that the QFI is exactly equal to the number of excitations present in the probe state. We then focus on the two subsystems, namely the qubit and the oscillator alone, deriving the two QFIs of the two reduced states, and comparing them with the previous result. Next we focus on possible measurements on the system, and we find out that if population measurement on the qubit and Fock number measurement on the oscillator are performed together, the Cramer-Rao bound is saturated, that is the corresponding Fisher Information (FI) is always equal to the QFI. We compare also the performances of these energy measurements performed alone, that is when one of the two subsystem is ignored. We show that, when the qubit is prepared in either the ground or the excited state, the local measurements are still optimal. Finally we investigate the case when the harmonic oscillator is prepared in a thermal state and observe how, particularly for small values of the coupling constant, the QFI increases with the average number of thermal photons of the initial state.     

A Nonlinear Maximum Correntropy Information Filter for High-Dimensional Neural Decoding

Neural signal decoding is a critical technology in brain machine interface (BMI) to interpret movement intention from multi-neural activity collected from paralyzed patients. As a commonly-used decoding algorithm, the Kalman filter is often applied to derive the movement states from high-dimensional neural firing observation. However, its performance is limited and less effective for noisy nonlinear neural systems with high-dimensional measurements. In this paper, we propose a nonlinear maximum correntropy information filter, aiming at better state estimation in the filtering process for a noisy high-dimensional measurement system. We reconstruct the measurement model between the high-dimensional measurements and low-dimensional states using the neural network, and derive the state estimation using the correntropy criterion to cope with the non-Gaussian noise and eliminate large initial uncertainty. Moreover, analyses of convergence and robustness are given. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is evaluated by applying it on multiple segments of neural spiking data from two rats to interpret the movement states when the subjects perform a two-lever discrimination task. Our results demonstrate better and more robust state estimation performance when compared with other filters.     

Probabilistic joint remote preparation of a high-dimensional equatorial quantum state

<正>This paper proposes a scheme for probabilistic joint remote preparation of an arbitrary high-dimensional equatorial quantum state by using high-dimensional single-particle orthogonal projective measurement and appropriate unitary operation.As a special case,a scheme of joint remote preparation of a single-qutrit equatorial state is presented in detail.The scheme is also generalized to the multi-party high-dimensional case.It shows that,only if when all the senders collaborate with each other,the receiver can reconstruct the original state with a certain probability.     

双模SU(2)相干态场与一个A型三能级原子共振相互作用的光场非经典性质

采用全量子理论和数值计算方法,研究了初始处于SU(2)相干态的双模腔场与一个A型三能级原子共振相互作用的光场非经典性质,讨论了在没有对原子进行态选择测量、直接对原子进行态选择测量和应用经典微波场并对原子进行态选择测量的三种情况下,两个腔模总光子数、配分参量和耦合系数对光场非经典性质的影响.结果表明,增加两个腔模的总光子数M或对原子进行态选择测量,双模差压缩明显增强;减小配分参量和应用经典场并对原子进行态选择测量,α模光子的亚Poisson统计分布的平均程度变浅,而b模变深;两模间的反相关特征保持不变,增加M或直接对原子进行态选择测量,反相关平均程度变浅;直接对原子进行态选择测量,违背CauchySchwartz不等式.

Abstract：

Nonclassical properties of a two-mode field initially in an SU(2)coherent state resonantly interacting with a threelevel A-type atom are investigated by means of the quantum theory and numerical calculations.The dependence of the nonclassical properties on the total photon number of the two-mode,the partition parameter and the coupling constant is discussed for three cases:(1)no state-selective atomic measurement;(2)direct state-selective atomic measurement;and (3)state-selective atomic measurement after the application of a classical field.The results indicate that when the total photon number of the two-mode is increased or the state-selective measurement is performed on the atom,the difference squeezing of two-mode is distinctly enhanced;and when the partition parameter is decreased or the state-selective measurement is performed on the atom after the application of a classical field,the average intensity of the sub-Poisson statistic distribution of mode a is reduced and that of mode b is enhanced;when the total photon number of the two modes is increased or the direct state-selective measurement is performed on the atom,the anti-correlation character between the two modes is preserved,but the average intensity of the anti-correlation is reduced;and when the direct state-selective measurement is performed on the atom,the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality is violated.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of an Unknown One-Particle State by a Three-Particle General W State

Two schemes for teleporting an unknown one-particle state are proposed when a general W state is utilized as quantum channel. In the first scheme, after the sender （Alice） makes a Bell-state measurement on her particles, the recipient （Bob） performs a Von Neumann measurement and introduces an auxiliary particle, and carries out a unitary transformation on his particle and the auxiliary particle, and performs a Von Neumann measurement on the auxiliary particle to confirm whether the teleportation succeeds or not. In the second scheme, the recipient （Bob） does not need to perform the first Von Neumann measurement or introduce the auxiliary particle, which is necessary in the first scheme. It is shown that the maxima/probabilities of successful teleportation of the two schemes are identical if the recipient （Bob） performs an appropriate unitary transformation and adopts a proper particle on which he recovers the quantum information of state to be teleported.     

强光致CCD过饱和效应机理分析

分析了正常工作条件下CCD信号检测电路工作的全过程;指出了在正常工作状态下CCD对检测电路的注入是以低占空比的周期性窄脉冲方式进行的,配合有效的复位机制,使每个像素的复位电平保持为常值。根据CCD过饱和状态的产生条件和CCD信号传输沟道内的电势分布特点,提出了CCD过饱和状态的物理实质,即激光在CCD的受辐照点处提供了一个光生电流源,光生电荷将CCD的传输势阱全部填满之后使得CCD由一个电荷器件转变为一个电流器件。电流通过由CCD时钟的低电平所确定的沟道传输,使CCD对检测电路的注入以近乎连续的周期性长脉冲方式进行,导致了复位电平的改变,造成过饱和的视频图像。     

A Three-Qubit State Entanglement Concentration Protocol Assisted by Two-Qubit Systems

In this paper we present an entanglement concentration protocol for enhancement of the amount of entanglement maximally in a three qubit non-maximally entangled state. We use a Bell state for this purpose. Here the speciality is that no non-local measurement involving more than one parties is involved in the protocol. It is shown that for obtaining best probability of success a maximally entangled Bell state must be used. The probability of success in our protocol increases with an increase in the amount of entanglement in the assisting Bell state, and is zero when the entanglement vanishes.     

Observation of Non-Hermitian Quantum Correlation Criterion in Mesoscopic Optomechanical System

Although many quantum correlation criteria have been proposed successively in recent years, it is still an open question how to observe these criteria with the non–Hermitian terms in themselves. We propose an indirect scheme in this paper to observe non-Hermitian criteria and to judge whether or not quantum correlation exists in the system even though the expectation value measurement of non-Hermitian operator is invalid in quantum mechanics system. Our idea is to establish a critical state of mesoscopic oscillator under mean–field approximation, and the oscillator state will take place transition when the quantum correlation destroys the mean–field approximation. The non–Hermitian measurement will replace the position measurement in this process and it can be seen as a non–destructive detection. We give an example to explain this idea in a designed mesoscopic optomechanical system.     

Time evolution of Wigner function in laser process derived by entangled state representation

Evaluating the Wigner function of quantum states in the entangled state representation is introduced, based on which we present a new approach for deriving time evolution formula of Wigner function in laser process. Application of this formula to photon number measurement in laser process is also presented, as an example, the case when the initial state is a photon-added coherent state is discussed.