腔场QED与量子点系统激子纠缠态的制备及消纠缠研究

利用量子点与单模腔场共振相互作用模型提出了激子Bell类和W类纠缠态的制备方案.借助于超算符方法和态的保真度考察了所制备的激子纠缠态的消相干特性,结果表明:激子Bell类和W态的纠缠特性非常脆弱,在极短的时间里演变为消纠缠态.基于腔场与两量子点共振相互作用模型设计了一个量子交换门.     

开放简并二能级原子系统F_g=2F_e=1跃迁中的量子相干效应

文章分析了满足Fg=2Fe=1跃迁的开放简并二能级原子系统在磁场作用下的量子相干效应。该模型中,驱动场的偏振方向平行于磁场方向且与探针光偏振方向相互垂直。由于驱动场和塞曼分裂对原子的耦合作用,在不同驱动场拉比频率作用下将会分别出现电磁诱导透明(EIT)和电磁诱导吸收(EIA)效应,同时伴随相应的正常色散和反常色散。通过控制驱动场强度可以有效控制系统的量子相干效应,同时实现光速调控。     

基于无消相干子空间的量子避错码设计

针对量子系统的联合消相干模型,可以找到一些不受消相干错误影响的系统状态,这种状态被称为相干保持态,所有相干保持态构成的空间就称为无消相干子空间(decoherencefreesubspace,缩写为DFS).利用DFS的特性可以实现自动容错的量子避错码.首先提出一种DFS的定义,并且以定理的形式证明其他DFS的定义都是等价的.然后给出了DFS的存在性定理.最后利用群论的方法设计一种构造DFS的简单方法 关键词： 相干保持态 无消相干子空间 量子避错码 容错量子计算     

在任意温度的热库中量子位的消相干

本文在Markov 近似下推导了在任意温度的热库中,一个量子位(qubit)的主方程,并由此讨论了由于振幅阻尼而引起的量子位消相干(decoherence). 结论表明量子位的跃迁频率与热库的特征频率及截止频率的关系对消相干有明显的影响。     

光学-射频场双驱动原子系统中的透明与吸收特性的调控

光与物质的相互作用可以产生许多奇特的量子光学现象,电磁诱导透明和电磁诱导吸收是其中最典型的现象.本文在通常的Λ型三能级系统中引入射频场作用于激发态的精细结构能级之间,组成光学-射频双驱动场共同激发原子的相干跃迁,使系统的吸收特性出现电磁诱导透明和电磁诱导吸收两种量子相干效应.通过讨论双驱动场开启后直到系统达到稳定的量子相干过程,分析电磁诱导透明和电磁诱导吸收随时间的产生和转化,得到两种量子相干现象之间的关联性及对其进行量子调控的方法.     

热辐射场中两能级原子在大失谐情况下的消相干特性

两能级原子置于外部环境(热库)时,将两能级原子视为量子位,通过分析量子位与热辐射场在大失谐情况下相互作用过程中量子位约化密度算符非对角元的时间演化,研究量子位消相干特性.     

级联动力学退耦合与无消相干子空间实现量子计算

量子计算与量子信息过程中一个最主要的障碍量子消相干问题.克服量子消相干的策略,一般可以分为两大类方式:量子编码和动力学控制.近年来,无消相干子空间的量子编码以其能够有效的避免消相干过程得到了人们的广泛关注,在理论和实验上都取得了较大的进展.另外,利用强快脉冲实现量子系统与环境的动力学退耦合也可以有效的压缩消相干过程,动力学退耦合的噪声控制形式也得到了广泛研究.本文利用强快脉冲实现量子比特与环境的部分退耦合,然后用两个量子比特编码到无消相干子空间,从而可以克服系统与环境的一般耦合带来的消相干.另外,我们考虑了量子比特之间的相互作用,两个量子比特的耦合会导致量子信息在量子比特之间的非控制流动,使量子计算失败.我们利用对两个量子比特实行非同步的脉冲控制,使编码的量子态在比特间固有相互作用影响下保持稳定.我们给出了一维比特串结构的量子计算机模型,每个计算单元内包括三个逻辑比特,每个逻辑比特采用不同的脉冲控制保护量子比特态的稳定.通过调节控制脉冲,有顺序的"打开"不同的相互作用,可以得到普适的逻辑门组,从而实现了可扩展、容错的普适量子计算机.     

消除简并双光子过程中二能级原子的消相干性

研究了置于外部环境(热库)中的二能级原子在外加驱动场时原子的消相干问题.得到简并双光子过程中原子约化密度算符非对角元.在二能级原子的消相干被消除的情况下,讨论外加驱动场的特性. 关键词： 简并双光子过程 二能级原子 消相干性     

微波驱动下超导量子比特与磁振子的相干耦合

实验上展示了钇铁石榴石(YIG)晶体小球中磁振子与超导量子比特的驱动缀饰态之间的相干强耦合,磁振子的加入使得在超导量子比特中形成了双重缀饰态.实验中一个钇铁石榴石晶体小球与一个超导量子比特同时放置在三维谐振腔中,分别通过磁偶极相互作用和电偶极相互作用与谐振腔中的本征场(TE102模式)耦合,并通过腔模作为媒介实现两者之间的有效相干强耦合.给超导量子比特施加一个共振的微波驱动并改变驱动强度,测得耦合系统能级劈裂随驱动强度的变化,并理论上利用粒子-空穴对与玻色场耦合的模型做了计算.在大部分的驱动强度范围内实验结果都与理论计算结果符合得较好,表明驱动下的比特-磁振子耦合系统可以用来模拟粒子-空穴对称对与玻色场的耦合系统.本文使用的混合量子系统为模拟玻色子与费米子的混合系统提供了一个新途径.     

反Jaynes-Cummings模型下纠缠相干光场量子特性的研究

一个二能级原子在经典场的驱动下与单模光场相互作用,在强经典驱动和大失谐的情况下,原子与光场的相互作用可以化为有效的反Jaynes-Cummings模型.在该模型下主要研究了双模纠缠相干光场中的一束与受强经典场驱动的二能级原子相互作用,在演化过程中,对原子作选择性测量,即通过操纵参加相互作用光场的作用时间以及选择适当的光场参数,可以在较长的时间范围和较大的相干参数范围内很好地控制未参加相互作用的相干光场的量子统计特性,得到预期的非经典光场. 关键词： 量子光学 反Jaynes-Cummings模型 反聚束效应 压缩效应     

Experimental implementation of an adiabatic quantum optimization algorithm

We report the realization of a nuclear magnetic resonance computer with three quantum bits that simulates an adiabatic quantum optimization algorithm. Adiabatic quantum algorithms offer new insight into how quantum resources can be used to solve hard problems. This experiment uses a particularly well-suited three quantum bit molecule and was made possible by introducing a technique that encodes general instances of the given optimization problem into an easily applicable Hamiltonian. Our results indicate an optimal run time of the adiabatic algorithm that agrees well with the prediction of a simple decoherence model.     

Hiding classical data in multipartite quantum states

We present a general technique for hiding a classical bit in multipartite quantum states. The hidden bit, encoded in the choice of one of two possible density operators, cannot be recovered by local operations and classical communication without quantum communication. The scheme remains secure if quantum communication is allowed between certain partners, and can be designed for any choice of quantum communication patterns to be secure, but to allow near perfect recovery for all other patterns. No entanglement is needed since the hiding states can be chosen to be separable. A single ebit of prior entanglement is not sufficient to break the scheme.     

Dynamics of a qubit as a classical stochastic process with time-correlated noise: minimal measurement invasiveness

So far it has been shown that the quantum dynamics cannot be described as a classical Markov process unless the number of classical states is uncountably infinite. In this Letter, we present a stochastic model with time-correlated noise that exactly reproduces any unitary evolution of a qubit and requires just four classical states. The invasive updating of only 1 bit during a measurement accounts for the quantum violation of the Leggett-Garg inequalities. Unlike in a pilot-wave theory, the stochastic forces governing the jumps among the four states do not depend on the quantum state but only on the unitary evolution. This model is used to derive a local hidden variable model, augmented by 1 bit of classical communication, for simulating entangled Bell states.     

Observable measure of bipartite quantum correlations

We introduce a measure Q of bipartite quantum correlations for arbitrary two-qubit states, expressed as a state-independent function of the density matrix elements. The amount of quantum correlations can be quantified experimentally by measuring the expectation value of a small set of observables on up to four copies of the state, without the need for a full tomography. We extend the measure to 2×d systems, providing its explicit form in terms of observables and applying it to the relevant class of multiqubit states employed in the deterministic quantum computation with one quantum bit model. The number of required measurements to determine Q in our scheme does not increase with d. Our results provide an experimentally friendly framework to estimate quantitatively the degree of general quantum correlations in composite systems.     

Characterization of complex quantum dynamics with a scalable NMR information processor

We present experimental results on the measurement of fidelity decay under contrasting system dynamics using a nuclear magnetic resonance quantum information processor. The measurements were performed by implementing a scalable circuit in the model of deterministic quantum computation with only one quantum bit. The results show measurable differences between regular and complex behavior and for complex dynamics are faithful to the expected theoretical decay rate. Moreover, we illustrate how the experimental method can be seen as an efficient way for either extracting coarse-grained information about the dynamics of a large system or measuring the decoherence rate from engineered environments.     

Structure of reversible computation determines the self-duality of quantum theory

Predictions for measurement outcomes in physical theories are usually computed by combining two distinct notions: a state, describing the physical system, and an observable, describing the measurement which is performed. In quantum theory, however, both notions are in some sense identical: outcome probabilities are given by the overlap between two state vectors--quantum theory is self-dual. In this Letter, we show that this notion of self-duality can be understood from a dynamical point of view. We prove that self-duality follows from a computational primitive called bit symmetry: every logical bit can be mapped to any other logical bit by a reversible transformation. Specifically, we consider probabilistic theories more general than quantum theory, and prove that every bit-symmetric theory must necessarily be self-dual. We also show that bit symmetry yields stronger restrictions on the set of allowed bipartite states than the no-signalling principle alone, suggesting reversible time evolution as a possible reason for limitations of nonlocality.     

Quantum discord and the power of one qubit

We use quantum discord to characterize the correlations present in the model called deterministic quantum computation with one quantum bit (DQC1), introduced by Knill and Laflamme [Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5672 (1998)10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5672]. The model involves a collection of qubits in the completely mixed state coupled to a single control qubit that has nonzero purity. The initial state, operations, and measurements in the model all point to a natural bipartite split between the control qubit and the mixed ones. Although there is no entanglement between these two parts, we show that the quantum discord across this split is nonzero for typical instances of the DQC1 ciruit. Nonzero values of discord indicate the presence of nonclassical correlations. We propose quantum discord as figure of merit for characterizing the resources present in this computational model.     

Coherence properties and quantum state transportation in an optical conveyor belt

We have prepared and detected quantum coherences of trapped cesium atoms with long dephasing times. Controlled transport by an "optical conveyor belt" over macroscopic distances preserves the atomic coherence with slight reduction of coherence time. The limiting dephasing effects are experimentally identified, and we present an analytical model of the reversible and irreversible dephasing mechanisms. Our experimental methods are applicable at the single-atom level. Coherent quantum bit operations along with quantum state transport open the route towards a "quantum shift register" of individual neutral atoms.     

Differential-phase quantum key distribution experiment using a series of quantum entangled photon pairs

We report what we believe to be the first differential-phase quantum key distribution experiment using a series of quantum entangled photon pairs. We employed two outstanding techniques. As an entangled photon source, we used a 1.5 microm band entangled photon pair source based on spontaneous four-wave mixing in a cooled dispersion-shifted fiber. As receivers, photon pairs were actively phase modulated with LiNbO3 phase modulators followed by very stable planar light-wave circuit Mach-Zehnder interferometers, which provided two nonorthogonal measurements. As a consequence, we successfully generated sifted keys with a quantum bit error rate of 8.3% and a key generation rate of 0.3 bit/s and revealed the feasibility of this QKD scheme.