Master equation of the reduced statistical operator of an atom in a plasma

We use the nonequilibrium Liouville equation to derive the master equation for the reduced statistical operator in a heat bath represented by a many-particle environment. Focusing on the case of a weak system-bath coupling, we consider the Born-Markov approximation of the master equation and compare the result to different approaches. The master equation is elaborated for the special case of an atom as a reduced system in a plasma background. We find that the dynamical structure factor determines the effect of the plasma on the reduced system. We consider the operator equation in the atomic eigenstate and in the phase-space representation, which yields two limiting cases: quantum mechanical behavior similar to the isolated atom for the lower strongly bound levels and a semiclassical one for highly excited Rydberg levels. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 154, No. 1, pp. 31–62, January, 2008.     

Short-Time Decoherence of Solid-State Qubit at Optimal Operation Points

We investigate the short-time decoherence of a solid-state qubit under Ohmic noise at optimal operation points. The decoherence is analyzed by maximum norm of the deviation density operator. It is shown that at the temperature T = 3 mK, the loss of the fidelity due to decoherence is much smaller than the DiVincenzo low decoherence criterion, which means that the mode/may be an optimal candidate of qubit for quantum computation.     

Two-Qubit Local Fisher Information Correlation beyond Entanglement in a Nonlinear Generalized Cavity with an Intrinsic Decoherence

In this paper, we study a Hamiltonian system constituted by two coupled two-level atoms (qubits) interacting with a nonlinear generalized cavity field. The nonclassical two-qubit correlation dynamics are investigated using Bures distance entanglement and local quantum Fisher information under the influences of intrinsic decoherence and qubit–qubit interaction. The effects of the superposition of two identical generalized coherent states and the initial coherent field intensity on the generated two-qubit correlations are investigated. Entanglement of sudden death and sudden birth of the Bures distance entanglement as well as the sudden changes in local Fisher information are observed. We show that the robustness, against decoherence, of the generated two-qubit correlations can be controlled by qubit–qubit coupling and the initial coherent cavity states.     

Scattering in Terms of Bohmian Conditional Wave Functions for Scenarios with Non-Commuting Energy and Momentum Operators

Without access to the full quantum state, modeling quantum transport in mesoscopic systems requires dealing with a limited number of degrees of freedom. In this work, we analyze the possibility of modeling the perturbation induced by non-simulated degrees of freedom on the simulated ones as a transition between single-particle pure states. First, we show that Bohmian conditional wave functions (BCWFs) allow for a rigorous discussion of the dynamics of electrons inside open quantum systems in terms of single-particle time-dependent pure states, either under Markovian or non-Markovian conditions. Second, we discuss the practical application of the method for modeling light–matter interaction phenomena in a resonant tunneling device, where a single photon interacts with a single electron. Third, we emphasize the importance of interpreting such a scattering mechanism as a transition between initial and final single-particle BCWF with well-defined central energies (rather than with well-defined central momenta).     

Dynamics of a multi-mode maximum entangled coherent state over an amplitude damping channel

The dynamics of the maximum entangled coherent state traveling through an amplitude damping channel is investigated. For small values of the transmissivity rate, the traveling state is very fragile to this noise channel, which suffers from the phase flip error with high probability. The entanglement decays smoothly for larger values of the transmissivity rate and speedily for smaller values of this rate. As the number of modes increases, the traveling state over this noise channel quickly loses its entanglement. The odd and even states vanish at the same value of field intensity.     

超导量子比特中的量子跳跃方法

量子力学自建立以来很长一段时间被当作是描述系综运动的理论。但是上世纪80年代对囚禁离子和原子的研究观测到了量子跳跃现象,迫使人们发展了一些能够用于单量子系统的方法,其中之一就是量子跳跃方法。本文总结了我们近来把量子跳跃方法应用到以约瑟夫森隧道结为基础的超导量子比特的工作。我们不但实验观测到宏观量子系统中的量子跳跃,还可以利用量子跳跃现象来研究固体中普遍存在的两能级系统及其引起的超导量子比特中的退相干。     

量子纠缠消相干对确定型远程制备的影响

研究了两种典型的量子纠缠消相干现象对确定型量子态远程制备方案的影响.首先对该确定型远程制备方案进行了分析,得到该方案确定性和比特消耗情况; 然后通过分析制备过程中纠缠消相干现象对系统的影响得出: 在极化消相干过程中,该系统保真度与目标量子比特在Bloch球上的经度选择无关,仅与目标比特的纬度和消相干的大小有关;在相位消相干中,该系统的保真度不会受到消相干的影响,仅与目标量子态的纬度相关. 关键词： 远程制备 纠缠消相干 通信消耗 保真度     

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     

Criticality-based quantum metrology in the presence of decoherence

Because quantum critical systems are very sensitive to the variation of parameters around the quantum phase transition (QPT), quantum criticality has been presented as an efficient resource for metrology. In this paper, we address the issue whether the divergent feature of the inverted variance is realizable in the presence of noise when approaching the QPT. Taking the quantum Rabi model (QRM) as an example, we obtain the analytical result for the inverted variance with single-photon relaxation. We show that the inverted variance may be convergent in time due to the noise. Since the precision of the metrology is very sensitive to the noise, as a remedy, we propose squeezing the initial state to improve the precision under decoherence. In addition, we also investigate the criticality-based metrology under the influence of the two-photon relaxation. Strikingly, although the maximum inverted variance still manifests a power-law dependence on the energy gap, the exponent is positive and depends on the dimensionless coupling strength. This observation implies that the criticality may not enhance but weaken the precision in the presence of two-photon relaxation, due to the non-linearity introduced by the two-photon relaxation.     

Quantum nanoscience

In this article we discuss the physical principles behind new quantum devices and materials that require some form of nanoscale fabrication. The two systems we discuss are superconducting quantum circuits and nanomechanical resonators. Both systems involve many-body systems of a special kind in which particular collective degrees of freedom can be factored out of the microscopic dynamics and subject to quantum control. We discuss applications to precision metrology.