3粒子体系的纠缠演化

量子纠缠是量子信息处理的重要资源,量子纠缠的产生、分发和演化的研究对量子信息处理任务具有重要的意义.所有量子纠缠的演化指的是量子纠缠度的动力学过程. 在研究量子纠缠演化已有的工作中,大多基于定性的讨论或者近似的(短时)结果.为能更清楚的了解量子纠缠演化对于量子信息处理任务的影响,我们研究了3粒子体系的纠缠在量子噪声信道中的演化过程.我们发现(1)在特定的噪声信道中,可分态能够产生纠缠,并给出了纠缠演化的解析形式.(2)对GHZ态,其纠缠不随时间改变等等.这些发现对于我们研究量子纠缠在量子噪声信道中的演化提供必要的条件.     

Nonreciprocal Single Photon Frequency Conversion via Chiral Coupling between a V-Type System and a Pair of Waveguides

The single photon frequency conversion is investigated theoretically in the system composed of a V-type system chiral coupling to a pair of waveguides. The single photon scattering amplitudes are obtained using the real-space Hamiltonian. The calculated results show that the probability of single photon frequency down-or up-conversion can reach a unit by choosing appropriate parameters in the non-dissipative system with perfect chiral coupling.We present a nonreciprocal single photon beam splitter whose frequency of the output photon is different from that of the input photon. The influences of dissipations and non-perfect chiral coupling on the single frequency conversion are also shown. Our results may be useful in designing quantum devices at the single-photon level.     

Polarization Conversion of Single Photon via Scattering by a Λ System in a Semi-Infinite Waveguide

We theoretically investigate single-photon polarization conversion via scattering by an atom with Λ configuration coupled to a semi-infinite waveguide and discuss the two cases in which the Λ system is non-degenerated and degenerated. By applying the hard-wall boundary condition of the semi-infinite waveguide, it is found that singlephoton polarization conversion can be realized with unit probability for both cases under the ideal condition.Together with the polarization conversion, the frequency conversion of a single photon can also be realized with unit probability in the ideal case if the Λ system is not degenerated.