铌酸锂基光量子器件与集成技术：机遇与挑战

铌酸锂材料具有宽的透光范围和高的非线性光学、电光、声光、热光系数,且化学性能稳定,是理想的光子集成芯片的衬底材料。在量子光学领域,人们已经发展出一系列铌酸锂基集成器件,能够实现光子态的高效率产生、调控、频率转换、存储和异质集成的单光子探测,有望实现全集成的频率态操控、确定性多光子态制备和单光子间相互作用,最终形成全功能集成的有源光量子芯片,推动量子物理基础研究和光量子信息应用发展。文章回顾了基于铌酸锂基量子集成的研究进展,并对其在未来光量子信息时代的机遇与挑战进行探讨。     

超导量子干涉器件

超导现象是一种宏观量子现象.磁通量子化和约瑟夫森效应是两个最能体现这种宏观量子特性的物理现象.超导量子干涉器件(superconducting quantum interference device,SQUID)是利用这两个特性而形成的超导器件.SQUID器件在磁信号灵敏探测方面具有广泛的应用.本文简要介绍低温超导和高温超导SQUID器件的相关背景和发展现状以及应用领域.     

Scopes and limits of modality in quantum mechanics

We develop an algebraic frame for the simultaneous treatment of actual and possible properties of quantum systems. We show that, in spite of the fact that the language is enriched with the addition of a modal operator to the orthomodular structure, contextuality remains a central feature of quantum systems.     

Thermal tripartite quantum correlations: quantum discord and entanglement perspectives

We investigate thermal tripartite quantum correlations for a spin star network and for a new extended version of it. In a spin star network, three peripheral spins interact with the central spin identically while in extended spin star network, three peripheral spins interact with two central spatially separated spins in the same way. We exploit the method of [C.C. Rulli, M.S. Sarandy, Phys. Rev. A 84, 042109 (2011)] to evaluate the tripartite quantum discord (TQD) and the method of [M. Li, S. Fei, Z. Wang, Rep. Math. Phys 65, 289 (2010)] called as lower bound of tripartite concurrence (LBTC) to evaluate the tripartite entanglement (TE) of the the peripheral parties in both systems. It is found that thermal TQD is much more robust than thermal TE as a function of temperature T. Also, the peripheral parties of the extended spin star network, in comparison with those of the spin star one, can exhibit higher values of TQD at T > 0. This, indeed, motivates us to realise improved quantum information and quantum computation tasks at finite temperatures.     

约瑟夫森器件中的宏观量子现象及超导量子计算

超导体中的电子结成库珀对，凝聚到可以用一个宏观波函数来描绘的能量基态，该波函数的位相是代表了成百万库珀对集体运动的宏观变量．以约瑟夫森结为基础元件的超导约瑟夫森器件，使人们能够控制并测量一个超导体的位相和库珀对数目，因此是研究宏观量子现象的理想系统．文章回顾了约瑟夫森器件中的宏观量子现象研究的发展历程，介绍了当前超导约瑟夫森器件在量子计算中的重要应用，并对它们的未来作了简要的展望．     

Generalized limits for single-parameter quantum estimation

We develop generalized bounds for quantum single-parameter estimation problems for which the coupling to the parameter is described by intrinsic multisystem interactions. For a Hamiltonian with k-system parameter-sensitive terms, the quantum limit scales as 1/Nk, where N is the number of systems. These quantum limits remain valid when the Hamiltonian is augmented by any parameter-independent interaction among the systems and when adaptive measurements via parameter-independent coupling to ancillas are allowed.     

Spintronic devices as quantum networks

We explore spintronics from a quantum information (QI) perspective. We show that QI specific methods can be an effective tool in designing new devices. Using the formalism of quantum gates acting on spin and mode degrees of freedom, we provide a solution to a reverse engineering problem, namely, how to design a device performing a given transformation between input and output. Among these, we describe an orientable Stern-Gerlach device and a new scheme to entangle two spins by transferring the entanglement from orbital to spin degrees of freedom. Finally, we propose a simple scheme to produce hyperentangled electrons, i.e., particles entangled in both the spin and mode degrees of freedom.     

Mean-field limits of the quantum Potts model

Communications in Mathematical Physics - We consider theq-component quantum Potts model on ad-dimensional cubic lattice with symmetry breaking and transverse fields. The model is solved exactly in...     

Generally covariant quantum field theory and scaling limits

The formulation of a generally covariant quantum field theory is described. It demands the elimination of global features and a characterization of the theory in terms of the allowed germs of families of states. A simple application is the computation of counting rates of accelerated idealized detectors. As a first orientation we discuss here the consequences of the assumption that the states have a short distance scaling limit. The scaling limit at a point gives a reduction of the theory to tangent space. It contains kinematical information but not the full dynamical laws. The reduced theory will, under rather general conditions, be invariant under translations and under a proper subgroup of the linear transformations in tangent space. One interesting possibility is that it is invariant under SLR(4). Then the macroscopic metric must evolve as a cooperative effect in finite size regions. The other natural possibility is that each family (coherent folium) of states defines a microscopic metric by the scaling limit and the tangent space theory reduces to a theory of free massless fields in a Minkowski space. Irrespective of the assumption of a scaling limit we show that the theory can be constructed from strictly local information.     

A monolithically integrated CMOS labchip using sensor devices

A new concept for a monolithic labchip platform to combine standard CMOS-integrated circuit technology and novel solid-state components is presented. The capability to perform laboratory analysis operations on small-scale labchip devices holds exceptional advantages compared to commonly used diagnostic instrumentation. The objective is to improve cost-efficiency, performance and functionality of chemical or biological systems on-a-chip by increasing the level of integration and miniaturization. The integration of hydrogenated amorphous silicon color sensors enables a novel combinatoric labchip-based chemical verification method in a specifically arranged microarray of capillaries and sensors. To test the labchip functionality, results about an electrophoretic separation as well as a pH-sensitive luminescent sensor complex are shown.     

Ultimate quantum limits for resolution of beam displacements

We compare two high sensitivity techniques which are used to measure very small displacements of physical objects by optical techniques: the interferometric devices, measuring longitudinal phase shifts, and the devices used to monitor transverse displacement of light beams. We detail the differences and the similarities for the quantum limits on the resolution of both systems. In both cases squeezed light can be used to resolve beyond the standard quantum limit and number correlated states allow us to reach the “Heisenberg” limit. Received 12 September 2002 Published online 21 January 2003     

超导量子计算核心器件

算力是数字经济时代新的生产力。量子计算基于量子力学的规律进行计算,人们普遍相信它可以在不久的将来在某些问题上完成经典计算机所无法完成的计算任务,实现量子优越性。作为最有可能实现通用量子计算的平台之一,以约瑟夫森结为核心元件的超导量子比特,在量子控制和量子测量方面具有稳定、可靠、便于设计和扩展等独特的优势,受到科学界甚至产业界的广泛关注,正在高速发展。文章围绕约瑟夫森结这一具有非线性和无耗散特征的超导量子器件,阐述了超导量子比特的基本原理及结构特征,重点介绍超导量子芯片设计、加工方面的前沿进展,并对未来发展方向进行简单的展望。     

Towards quantum entanglement in nanoelectromechanical devices

We study arrays of mechanical oscillators in the quantum domain and demonstrate how the motions of distant oscillators can be entangled without the need for control of individual oscillators and without a direct interaction between them. These oscillators are thought of as being members of an array of nanoelectromechanical resonators with a voltage being applicable between neighboring resonators. Sudden nonadiabatic switching of the interaction results in a squeezing of the states of the mechanical oscillators, leading to an entanglement transport in chains of mechanical oscillators. We discuss spatial dimensions, Q factors, temperatures and decoherence sources in some detail, and find a distinct robustness of the entanglement in the canonical coordinates in such a scheme. We also briefly discuss the challenging aspect of detection of the generated entanglement.     

Classical and thermodynamic limits for generalised quantum spin systems

We prove that the rescaled upper and lower symbols for arbitrary generalised quantum spin systems converge in the classical limit. For a large class of models this enables us to derive the asyptotics of quantum free energies in the classical and in the thermodynamic limit.Research supported by a European Science Exchange Fellowship of the Royal Society, London     

AFM diagnostics of graphene-based quantum Hall devices

In this paper we present the results of morphological, mechanical and electrical investigation of the properties of prepared graphene flakes and graphene-based quantum Hall devices. AFM imaging allowed us to identify the local imperfections and unintentional modifications of the graphene sheets which had caused severe deterioration of the device electrical performance. Utilizing the NanoSwing imaging method, based on the time-resolved tapping mode, we could observe non-homogeneities of the structural and mechanical properties. We also diagnosed the device under working conditions by Kelvin probe microscopy and detected its local electric field distribution.     

Molecular beam epitaxy growth of quantum devices

The inherent fragility and surface/interface-sensitivity of quantum devices demand fabrication techniques under very clean environment. Here, I briefly introduces several techniques based on molecular beam epitaxy growth on pre-patterned substrates which enable us to directly prepare in-plane nanostructures and heterostructures in ultrahigh vacuum. The molecular beam epitaxy-based fabrication techniques are especially useful in constructing the high-quality devices and circuits for solid-state quantum computing in a scalable way.     

Dissipation and quantum transport simulations in nanoscale devices

A key simulation issue is the development of a dissipation formalism for the time dependent density operator equation, that is amenable to numerical methods and incorporates the role of the environment on state renormalization and dissipation. Using standard super-operator calculus, projection operators, and separating the system of interest from the reservoir, the relevant operator equation is derived. In addition, the role of the reservoir on renormalizing the energy spectrum is discussed.     

AC transport in carbon-based devices: challenges and perspectives

Time-dependent fields are a valuable tool to control fundamental quantum phenomena in highly coherent low dimensional electron systems. Carbon nanotubes and graphene are a promising ground for these studies. Here we offer a brief overview of driven electronic transport in carbon-based materials with the main focus on carbon nanotubes. Recent results predicting control of the current and noise in nanotube based Fabry–Pérot devices are highlighted. To cite this article: L.E.F. Foa Torres, G. Cuniberti, C. R. Physique 10 (2009).