Truncated Coherent States and Photon-Addition

A class of states of the electromagnetic field involving superpositions of all the excited states above a specified low energy eigenstate of the electromagnetic field is introduced. These states and the photon-added coherent states are shown to be the limiting cases of a generalized photon-added coherent state. This new class of states is nonclassical, non-Gaussian and has equal uncertainties in the field quadratures. For suitable choices of parameters, these uncertainties are very close to those of the coherent states. Nevertheless, these states exhibit sub-Poissonian photon number distribution, which is a nonclassical feature. Under suitable approximations, these states become the generalized Bernoulli states of the field. Nonclassicality of these states is quantified using their entanglement potential.     

Coherent and squeezed states on physical basis

A definition of coherent states is proposed as the minimum uncertainty states with equal variance in two hermitian non-commuting generators of the Lie algebra of the hamiltonian. That approach classifies the coherent states into distinct classes. The coherent states of a harmonic oscillator, according to the proposed approach, are shown to fall in two classes. One is the familiar class of Glauber states whereas the other is a new class. The coherent states of spin constitute only one class. The squeezed states are similarly defined on the physical basis as the states that give better precision than the coherent states in a process of measurement of a force coupled to the given system. The condition of squeezing based on that criterion is derived for a system of spins.     

Interface states on semiconductor/insulator surfaces

It is well known that impurities and defects in semiconductors are associated with energy levels in the forbidden gap. Similar states occur at the surface of a semiconductor where the crystal lattice and the symmetry are strongly disturbed. These states are called surface states. Owing to the two-dimensional nature of the surface, their density is measured per unit area, in contrast to bulk states, which are measured per unit volume. A third type of states, similar to surface states, occurs at the interface between two adjacent materials. These states are called interface states. Very often they are also simply called surface states.     

Entanglement and Decoherence in Two-Dimensional Coherent State Superpositions

A detailed investigation of entanglement in the generalized two-dimensional nonorthogonal states, which are expressed in the framework of superposed coherent states, is presented. In addition to quantifying entanglement of the generalized two-dimensional coherent states superposition, necessary and sufficient conditions for maximality of entanglement of these states are found. We show that a large class of maximally entangled coherent states can be constructed, and hence, some new maximally entangled coherent states are explicitly manipulated. The investigation is extended to the mixed system states and entanglement properties of such mixed states are investigated. It is shown that in some cases maximally entangled mixed states can be detected. Furthermore, the effect of decoherence, due to both cavity losses and noisy channel process, on such entangled states are studied and its features are discussed.     

Symmetry induced compression of discrete phase space

A compressed representation is described of the state space of discrete systems with some kind of symmetry of its states. An initial state space is represented as a network of states. Two states are linked if some single process leads from one state to another. The network can be compressed by a grouping of states into classes. States in the same class are represented by nodes of equal degree. Further, subclasses are defined: states belong to the same subclass if their neighbouring states belong to the same subclasses. The goal is that the equilibrium probability distribution of states in the initial network can be found from the probability of subclasses in the compressed network. The approach is applied to three exemplary systems: two pieces of a triangular lattice (25 and 36 nodes) with Ising spins at the lattice nodes, and a roundabout with three access roads and three exit roads. The compression is from 3630 ground states to 12 subclasses, from 263 640 ground states to 409 subclasses, and from 729 states to 55 subclasses, respectively.     

Blind Quantum Signature with Controlled Four-Particle Cluster States

A novel blind quantum signature scheme based on cluster states is introduced. Cluster states are a type of multi-qubit entangled states and it is more immune to decoherence than other entangled states. The controlled four-particle cluster states are created by acting controlled-Z gate on particles of four-particle cluster states. The presented scheme utilizes the above entangled states and simplifies the measurement basis to generate and verify the signature. Security analysis demonstrates that the scheme is unconditional secure. It can be employed to E-commerce systems in quantum scenario.     

基于量子模距离的量子态聚类识别

针对量子系统的状态识别，定义了一种量子模距离作为量子态之间的相似性度量，提出了一种基于量子模距离的聚类算法，它既适用于对量子叠加态的识别，也适合对量子纠缠态的识别。在算法中，根据待识别的样本量子态求取聚类中心，分别计算各量子态到聚类中心的量子模距离，根据量子模距离对量子态进行聚类识别。算例说明了这种聚类识别方法的合理性和有效性。     

一维无公度系统Aubry模型的Anderson转变

数值计算结果表明,一维无公度系统Aubry模型存在扩展态、中间态和局域态。由扩展态向局域态的转变,要经过处于势强度v=2t附近的一段过渡区。这个新的结果不同于用对偶性理论证明给出的结论,即当势强度V<2t时都是扩展态,而当V>2t时都是局域态,在V=2t存在Anderson转变。 关键词：     

Quasi diabatic CASSCF state functions

A new method to determine quasi diabatic (QD) CASSCF states is presented. The adiabatic states are subjected to a unitary transformation resulting from diagonalization of a state-selection operator. The latter is constructed from the overlap of the adiabatic states with a suitable set of reference states. The multi-state (MS) CASPT2 method is used to account for the dynamical correlation effects in an approach where the QD-CASSCF wave functions are used as reference states. The procedure is applied to avoided crossings in excited states of BeH, LiO and ozone. The advantages of the proposed formulation are discussed.     

Surface photovoltage in semiconductors under sub-band-gap illumination: continuous distribution of surface states

Surface photovoltage spectra in semiconductors are analyzed when the sub-band-gap illumination induces the electron transitions from surface states to the conduction band under the assumption that distribution of surface states is continuous. From analysis performed it follows that the fictitious densities of surface states can be induced due to the wavelength dependence of the photoionization capture cross-section of surface states for electrons and by the electron recombination capture cross-section of surface states which depends on the energy position of surface states in the energy gap. The high illumination intensity (laser illumination), which makes completely empty the surface states, can eliminate the fictious surface states when the density of surface states is not very large, the temperature of measurements is low, and the surface potential barrier is high. Received: 24 June 1998 / Accepted: 29 March 1999 / Published online: 14 June 1999     

Quasi-Bound States of Two Magnons in the Spin-1/2XXZ Chain

We study two-magnon Bethe states in the spin-1/2 XXZ chain. The string hypothesis assumes that complex rapidities of the bound states take special forms. It is known, however, that there exist “non-string states,” which substantially disagrees with the string hypothesis. In order to clarify their nature, we study the large-N behavior of solutions of the Bethe-Ansatz equations to obtain explicit forms of typical Bethe states, where N is the length of the chain, and apply the scaling analysis (the multifractal analysis) to the Bethe states. It turns out that the non-string states contain “quasi-bound” states, which in some sense continuously interpolate between extended states and localized states. The “quasi-bound” states can be distinguished from known three types of states, i.e., extended, localized, and critical states. Our results indicate that there might be a need to reconsider the standard classification scheme of wavefunctions.     

Extension of the Local Approach to excited states of molecules

The Local Approach for the calculation of electronic correlation energies in molecules is generalized to excited states. Within the Local Approach correlated states are obtained by applying a local projection operator on the Hartree-Fock ground state or simple reference states, which are used as zeroth order approximations for the excited states, respectively. In the case of excited states one has in addition to require the correlated states to be orthogonal on the states lower in energy. This is done by using Schmidt's orthogonalization. The method is applied to a simple model of the H₆-ring for which an exact solution is available. The results obtained are of comparable quality as for the ground state.     

Coupling-induced bipartite pointer states in arrays of electron billiards: quantum Darwinism in action?

We discuss a quantum system coupled to the environment, composed of an open array of billiards (dots) in series. Beside pointer states occurring in individual dots, we observe sets of robust states which arise only in the array. We define these new states as bipartite pointer states, since they cannot be described in terms of simple linear combinations of robust single-dot states. The classical existence of bipartite pointer states is confirmed by comparing the quantum-mechanical and classical results. The ability of the robust states to create "offspring" indicates that quantum Darwinism is in action.     

多夸克态研究简述

介绍了多夸克态的研究现状. 主要介绍了四夸克态、五夸克态和双重子态的理论研究. 并列举了实验上观察到的可能是多夸克态的粒子或共振态.     

Intrinsic states in atomic shell theory

The use of intrinsic states to resolve multiplicity difficulties in nuclear shell theory has been extended to the atomic case. If Slater determinantal product states are cast in the role of intrinsic states, it is often possible to produce final states that approximate to the physical states better than those determined by the group-theoretical procedures of Racah. The standard multiplicity separations for electrons of various azimuthal quantum numbersl can also be reproduced in many cases by a judicious choice of an intrinsic state. The usefulness of the method is limited principally by the fact that orthogonal intrinsic states do not necessarily yield orthogonal final states.     

Undetermined states: how to find them and their applications

We investigate the undetermined sets consisting of two-level, multi-partite pure quantum states, whose reduced density matrices give absolutely no information of their original states. Two approached of finding these quantum states are proposed. One is to establish the relation between codewords of the stabilizer quantum error correction codes (SQECCs) and the undetermined states. The other is to study the local complementation rules of the graph states. As an application, the undetermined states can be exploited in the quantum secret sharing scheme. The security is guaranteed by their undetermineness.     

Detection of Tripartite Genuine Entanglement by Two Bipartite Entangled States

There are practical motivations to construct genuine tripartite entangled states based on the collective use of two bipartite entangled states. Here, the case that the states are two‐qubit Werner states is considered. The intervals of parameters of two‐qubit Werner states are revealed such that the tripartite state is genuinely entangled. Furthermore, we also investigate the lower bound of genuine multipartite entanglement concurrence for tripartite qudit states. Several examples are given to show the effectiveness of the lower bound.     

Pairwise Quantum Correlations for Superpositions of Dicke States

Pairwise correlation is really an important property for multi-qubit states. For the two-qubit X states extracted from Dicke states and their superposition states, we obtain a compact expression of the quantum discord by numerical check. We then apply the expression to discuss the quantum correlation of the reduced two-qubit states of Dicke states and their superpositions, and the results are compared with those obtained by entanglement of formation, which is a quantum entanglement measure.     

增光子二模纠缠相干态的纠缠特性及其通过腔量子电动力学的制备

分析了增光子二模纠缠相干态的纠缠特性,得到共生纠缠度的解析表示式.结果表明:增光子二模纠缠相干态的共生纠缠度与叠加态的相位有非常灵敏的关系.提出了一种制备增光子相干态和增光子二模纠缠相干态的方法,其制备过程为首先把增光子相干态转化为相干态与真空态一种特殊的叠加态(叠加系数与相干态振幅有关),再通过位于高Q腔内的原子与经典激光场的相互作用,从而实现增光子相干态的制备.通过一个飞行原子先后与两个光腔中光场相互作用可以实现增光子二模纠缠相干态的制备.     

Mixtures of maximally entangled pure states

We study the conditions when mixtures of maximally entangled pure states remain entangled. We found that the resulting mixed state remains entangled when the number of entangled pure states to be mixed is less than or equal to the dimension of the pure states. For the latter case of mixing a number of pure states equal to their dimension, we found that the mixed state is entangled provided that the entangled pure states to be mixed are not equally weighted. We also found that one can restrict the set of pure states that one can mix from in order to ensure that the resulting mixed state is genuinely entangled. Also, we demonstrate how these results could be applied as a way to detect entanglement in mixtures of the entangled pure states with noise.