基于量子点相干光学谱的马约拉纳费米子探测（英文）

研究了半导体纳米线/超导体复合结构中的马约拉纳费米子的存在情况,提出一种用相干光学谱探测马约拉纳费米子的全光学方法.将一束较强的泵浦激光和一束较弱的探测激光同时作用于半导体量子点,由系统的哈密顿量导出半导体量子点的相干光学谱.数值模拟结果表明,相干光学谱中呈现出由半导体量子点与马约拉纳费米子耦合诱导的明确的马约拉纳费米子迹象.半导体量子点与马约拉纳费米子之间的无接触性,避免了探测中杂质信号的引入.半导体量子点与马约拉纳费米子间的耦合强度和探测吸收谱中两尖峰之间的分裂宽度呈正比,可通过测量分裂宽度获得耦合强度,为耦合强度的确定提供了直观的测量方法.     

从高质量半导体/超导体纳米线到马约拉纳零能模

作为马约拉纳费米子的“凝聚态版本”,马约拉纳零能模是当前凝聚态物理领域的研究热点.马约拉纳零能模满足非阿贝尔统计,可以构建受拓扑保护的量子比特.这种由空间上分离的马约拉纳零能模构建的拓扑量子比特不易受局域噪声的干扰,具有长的退相干时间,在容错量子计算中具有重要的应用前景.半导体/超导体纳米线是研究马约拉纳零能模和拓扑量子计算的理想实验平台.本文综述了高质量半导体纳米线外延生长、半导体/超导体异质结制备以及相应的马约拉纳零能模研究方面的进展,并对半导体/超导体纳米线在量子计算中的应用前景进行了展望.     

手征马约拉纳费米子

手征马约拉纳费米子是具有手性的无质量费米子,是其本身的反粒子,只能存在于1+1维(即1维空间+1维时间)或者9+1维.在凝聚态物理中, 1维手征马约拉纳费米子可看成1/2分数化的狄拉克费米子,并作为二维拓扑态的边缘元激发.奇数个手征马约拉纳费米子边缘态的存在也预示着体系中存在满足非阿贝尔量子统计的伊辛任意子.手征马约拉纳费米子也可进行非阿贝尔编织,理论上可用来实现容错量子计算,因此近年来在凝聚态物理研究中引起了广泛的兴趣.本文从二维拓扑态出发,介绍手征拓扑超导态和量子反常霍尔态之间的深刻联系,并由此得出量子反常霍尔平台转变与超导近邻实现手征马约拉纳费米子的方案,最后以单通道手征马约拉纳费米子为例,探讨其实现电子态的非阿贝尓量子门.     

铁磁性电极条件下T形双量子点结构中马约拉纳束缚态的解耦现象

通过将马约拉纳束缚态侧耦合到主通道中的量子点,从理论上研究了T形双量子点体系的输运性质.结果表明,调整侧耦合量子点能级和量子点-马约拉纳束缚态耦合方式,可以在线性输运区观察到马约拉纳束缚态与T形双量子点解耦的现象.引入铁磁性电极后,电导平台的出现或损坏明显依赖于体系中磁场与电极极化方向的差异,而马约拉纳束缚态的解耦现象仍然稳固.本工作有助于进一步诠释T形双量子点体系中马约拉纳束缚态的解耦现象,为深入认知以及探测马约拉纳束缚态提供理论支持.     

双量子点结构中Majorana费米子的噪声特性

Majorana费米子是其自身的反粒子, 在拓扑量子计算中有着重要的应用. 利用粒子数表象下的量子主方程方法, 研究双量子点与Majorana费米子混合结构的电子输运特性, 特别是散粒噪声. 有无Majorana费米子耦合的电流与散粒噪声存在明显差别: 有Majorana费米子耦合时稳态电流差呈反对称, 噪声谱呈现相干振荡并且低频噪声显著增强. 量子点与Majorana费米子对称弱耦合时, 零频噪声由"峰"变为"谷", 并且"边谷"展宽逐渐减小; 当对称强耦合时, 零频噪声的谷深增加, "边谷"向高频端移动. 改变系统与电极的耦合强度时, 零频噪声由谷变成峰. 因此, 稳态电流结合散粒噪声可以探测双量子点结构中Majorana费米子是否存在.     

基于超强耦合量子点-纳米机械振子系统的全光学质量传感

提出一种复合量子点-纳米机械振子系统,该系统以半导体芯片为基底,量子点嵌入倒置半导体圆锥纳米线的底端,通过光学抽运-探测技术来驱动量子点-纳米机械振子系统,研究该系统中的相干光学特性.通过探测吸收谱给出确定机械振子频率和量子点-纳米机械振子耦合强度的全光学方法.此外,基于该系统理论上提出一种在室温下的全光学质量传感方案.通过测量吸收谱中附着在机械振子上纳米颗粒的质量引起的共振频移,可间接测出额外纳米颗粒的质量.与先前的复合纳米机械振子系统相比,系统中的激子-声子耦合强度的数值可与振子频率比拟,可实现超强耦合,有利于相干光学特性的观测,在超高精度及高分辨率质量传感器件方面有着潜在应用.     

二维高温超导体中马约拉纳零能模证据的发现

正1937年,意大利物理学家埃托雷·马约拉纳(Ettore Majorana)发现描述费米子基本运动的狄拉克方程在特定系数下可以给出实数波动方程解(可改写为马约拉纳方程),以此预言了一种不带电荷且反粒子是其自身的神奇费米子——马约拉纳费米子(Majorana fermion)~([1])。此后80多年来,无数物理学家一直致力于寻找这类神秘莫测的马约拉纳费米子。在粒子物理领域,不带电的中微子被认为很可能是马约拉纳费米子,但至今仍未有定论。而在凝聚态物质中,预测也存在着符合马约     

拓扑量子材料光电探测器研究进展

物质拓扑态的发现是近年来凝聚态物理和材料科学的重大突破。由于存在不同于常规半导体的特殊拓扑量子态(如狄拉克费米子、外尔费米子、马约拉纳费米子等),拓扑量子材料通常能表现出一些新颖的物理特性(如量子反常霍尔效应、三维量子霍尔效应、零带隙的拓扑态、超高的载流子迁移率等),因而在低能耗电子器件和宽光谱光电探测器件领域具有重要的研究价值。本文综述了拓扑量子材料的特性与制备方法以及在光电探测领域的发展现状,重点讨论了拓扑绝缘体与拓扑半金属宽光谱光电探测器的器件结构与性能,同时也对拓扑量子材料在光电探测器领域的发展前景进行了展望。     

我国科学家捕获马约拉纳费米子

<正>中国科学家在实验室里成功捕捉到物理学家寻找多年的神秘粒子——马约拉纳费米子。1937年,意大利物理学家埃托雷·马约拉纳首先预言,在自然界中可能存在一类特殊的费米子,这种正反粒子同体的特殊费米子就像是两兄弟站在一起照镜子,它们的反粒子就是自己本身,这种费米子被称为"马约拉纳费米子"。但是要捕捉到该粒子却非常的困难,在近80年来众多的科学家做了大量的研究工作,却一直都未找到马约拉纳费米子存在     

探寻马约拉纳费米子

正1937年,31岁的意大利科学家马约拉纳发表了一篇理论文章,预言自然界可能存在一种与其反粒子完全相同的特殊粒子,也就是马约拉纳费米子。一年之后,这位年轻的天才物理学家在一次度假途中神秘消失。此后近80年里,尽管江湖上各种传闻,各路物理界高手四处打探,他和他所预言的"马约拉纳费米子"一直渺无音讯,神秘无踪。在现代物理学家眼里,这个莫测的马约拉纳费米子不仅是一种重要的基本粒子——与超对称理论     

Strong chaos of fast scrambling yields order: Emergence of decoupled quantum information capsules

The information loss problem in black hole evaporation is one of fundamental issues. Its resolution requires more profound understanding of information storage mechanism in quantum systems. In this Letter, we argue that when multiple unknown parameters are stored in large entangled qudits, strong chaos generated by fast scrambling in high temperature limit yields an ordered information storage structure with decoupled quantum information capsules (QICs). A rotational isometry emerges in the quantum Fisher information metric. The isometry is expected to be observed in future experiments on cold atoms in a pure entangled state. We provide a QIC speculation of black hole evaporation.     

Diagonal entropy in many-body systems: Volume effect and quantum phase transitions

We investigate the diagonal entropy(DE) of the ground state for quantum many-body systems, including the XY model and the Ising model with next nearest neighbor interactions. We focus on the DE of a subsystem of L continuous spins. We show that the DE in many-body systems, regardless of integrability, can be represented as a volume term plus a logarithmic correction and a constant offset. Quantum phase transition points can be explicitly identified by the three coefficients thereof. Besides, by combining entanglement entropy and the relative entropy of quantum coherence, as two celebrated representatives of quantumness, we simply obtain the DE, which naturally has the potential to reveal the information of quantumness. More importantly, the DE is concerning only the diagonal form of the ground state reduced density matrix, making it feasible to measure in real experiments, and therefore it has immediate applications in demonstrating quantum supremacy on state-of-the-art quantum simulators.     

Detection of Incompatible Properties in a Double-Slit Experiment

In this work we show that, within the framework of double-slit experiment, it is possible to ascertain simultaneously more incompatible properties together with the measurement of the position of the final impact-point. A wide family of solutions is concretely found and an ideal experiment realizing such a detection is designed, relatively to the detection of two incompatible properties. In the case of three incompatible properties, general conditions for the existence of solutions are singled out and a particular family of solutions is provided.     

量子信息研究进展

量子信息论是经典信息论与量子力学相结合的新兴交叉学科,本综述了最子信息领域的研究进展。即包括了为人们所熟知的量子通信与量子计算领域,也包括了刚刚兴起的但却有巨大潜力的量子对策论等领域。本以介绍量子信息论的基本理论框架为主,同时也介绍了量子信息领域的实验研究进展。     

Quantum packet switching generation using correlated photons in a microring resonator system

We propose a new system of a packet of quantum bits generation using a soliton pulse within a microring resonator. A quantum gate can be formed by using a polarization control unit incorporating into the system. The random signal and idler pairs can be formed within the photon correlation bandwidth, which can be generated, and randomly form the packet quantum bits, i.e. quantum packet switching. Each random code (logic) can be performed by combining the signal and idler of each entangled photon pair via the quantum gate. Results obtained have shown that the packet of quantum logic bits can be generated using the entangled photon pairs generated by the proposed system.     

Nanophotonic waveguidance in quantum networks - A simulation approach for quantum state transfer

A cavity-assisted Raman process can initialize the inter-conversion of stationary spin qubits and flying photon qubits in quantum channels. The qubit transmission essentially requires the implementation of special laser fields to excite atoms at the transmitting node of the quantum cavity. The flying qubit is ultimately absorbed at the receiving node of the channel to regenerate the original spin state of the nanodot. The present paper deals with the phenomena involved in such nanophotonic waveguidance by the process of rigorous simulation, and it is reported that the results obtained by implementing suitable transmission protocol reflect well the reliable transfer/entanglement of the quantum states of the nanodot qubit.     

An axiomatic measure of one-way quantum information

I introduce an algorithm to detect one-way quantum information between two interacting quantum systems, i.e. the direction and orientation of the information transfer in arbitrary quantum dynamics. I then build an information-theoretic quantifier of one-way information which satisfies a set of desirable axioms. In particular, it correctly evaluates whether correlation implies one-way quantum information, and when the latter is transferred between uncorrelated systems. In the classical scenario, the quantity measures information transfer between random variables. I also generalize the method to identify and rank concurrent sources of quantum information flow in many-body dynamics, enabling to reconstruct causal patterns in complex networks.     

Quantum computation with programmable connections between gates

A new model of quantum computation is considered, in which the connections between gates are programmed by the state of a quantum register. This new model of computation is shown to be more powerful than the usual quantum computation, e.g. in achieving the programmability of permutations of N different unitary channels with 1 use instead of N uses per channel. For this task, a new elemental resource is needed, the quantum switch, which can be programmed to switch the order of two channels with a single use of each one.     

Implementing phase-covariant cloning in circuit quantum electrodynamics

An efficient scheme is proposed to implement phase-covariant quantum cloning by using a superconducting transmon qubit coupled to a microwave cavity resonator in the strong dispersive limit of circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED). By solving the master equation numerically, we plot the Wigner function and Poisson distribution of the cavity mode after each operation in the cloning transformation sequence according to two logic circuits proposed. The visualizations of the quasi-probability distribution in phase-space for the cavity mode and the occupation probability distribution in the Fock basis enable us to penetrate the evolution process of cavity mode during the phase-covariant cloning (PCC) transformation. With the help of numerical simulation method, we find out that the present cloning machine is not the isotropic model because its output fidelity depends on the polar angle and the azimuthal angle of the initial input state on the Bloch sphere. The fidelity for the actual output clone of the present scheme is slightly smaller than one in the theoretical case. The simulation results are consistent with the theoretical ones. This further corroborates our scheme based on circuit QED can implement efficiently PCC transformation.     

法拉第镜不完善对连续变量量子密钥分发系统的影响（英文）

采用连续变量量子密钥分发的纠缠模型,在反向协商情况下,研究法拉第镜不完善对系统安全密钥速率的影响.结果表明,不完善的法拉第镜会降低系统实际的密钥速率,并且降低安全通信距离,且随着法拉第镜失偏角度的增大而增大.此外,使用大的调制方差,可以降低法拉第镜不完善对系统的影响.