An impurity-induced gap system as a quantum data bus for quantum state transfer

We introduce a tight-binding chain with a single impurity to act as a quantum data bus for perfect quantum state transfer. Our proposal is based on the weak coupling limit of the two outermost quantum dots to the data bus, which is a gapped system induced by the impurity. By connecting two quantum dots to two sites of the data bus, the system can accomplish a high-fidelity and long-distance quantum state transfer. Numerical simulations for finite system show that the numerical and analytical results of the effective coupling strength agree well with each other. Moreover, we study the robustness of this quantum communication protocol in the presence of disorder in the couplings between the nearest-neighbor quantum dots. We find that the gap of the system plays an important role in robust quantum state transfer.     

High-dimensional quantum state transfer in a noisy network environment

We propose and analyze an efficient high-dimensional quantum state transfer protocol in an XX coupling spin network with a hypercube structure or chain structure. Under free spin wave approximation, unitary evolution results in a perfect high-dimensional quantum swap operation requiring neither external manipulation nor weak coupling. Evolution time is independent of either distance between registers or dimensions of sent states, which can improve the computational efficiency. In the low temperature regime and thermodynamic limit, the decoherence caused by a noisy environment is studied with a model of an antiferromagnetic spin bath coupled to quantum channels via an Ising-type interaction. It is found that while the decoherence reduces the fidelity of state transfer, increasing intra-channel coupling can strongly suppress such an effect. These observations demonstrate the robustness of the proposed scheme.     

High-fidelity quantum state transfer through a dissipative quantum data bus

We propose and analyze a robust quantum state transfer protocol through a scalable quantum data bus that consists of a network of controlled dissipative modules. In particular, we first demonstrate the ability to achieve perfect state transfer between two distinct quantum sites which are adiabatically coupled to the data bus in non-dissipative situation. We then consider the role of dissipation in adiabatic quantum state transfer via using Born–Markov master equation in the standard Lindblad form. Numerical simulation shows that the dissipation effect on the quality of transmission can be suppressed by engineering the network couplings of data bus properly.     

Control of de-excitation to selected vibrational levels in the ground state of NaH molecule using two broadband ultrashort pulses

We show that the de-excitation to different vibrational levels of the ground state in NaH molecule can be controlled by using two delayed ultrashort pulses (4 fs Gaussian). A vibrational wave packet generated on the excited A¹Σ⁺ state by the first pulse is de-excited back to the ground state by a second pulse after a time delay. The cross-section for de-excitation of the wave packet to different vibrational levels of the ground electronic state can be controlled by controlling the delay time between the two pulses as well as by choosing a pulse duration much shorter than the vibrational period of the molecule, such that the de-excited wave packet remains localized in the Franck–Condon region of a particular vibrational level of the ground state. Hence, the de-excitation to a particular vibrational level can be enhanced by suppressing that in others. In spite of the large bandwidth of the pulse which includes nine vibrational levels of the upper state and five vibrational levels of the ground state, one can selectively de-excite the molecule to any one or two vibrational levels of the ground state by carefully choosing the delay time between the pulses and the pulse duration. We are designing the wave packet in the ground state by two short pulses and selectively distributing the population in one or two levels at various values of the delay time. In light molecules having small vibrational period, this selectivity in de-excitation to one or two vibrational levels in the ground state can be achieved only by using ultrashort (4 fs) pulses in the presence of which the localization of the wave packet in the Franck–Condon region of the vibrational levels are particularly possible. It has been shown that the de-excitation cross-section to a particular vibrational level oscillates with delay between the pulses which can be realized as a time-dependent quantum gate.     

Perfect state transfer in quantum spin networks

We propose a class of qubit networks that admit the perfect state transfer of any quantum state in a fixed period of time. Unlike many other schemes for quantum computation and communication, these networks do not require qubit couplings to be switched on and off. When restricted to N-qubit spin networks of identical qubit couplings, we show that 2log3N is the maximal perfect communication distance for hypercube geometries. Moreover, if one allows fixed but different couplings between the qubits, then perfect state transfer can be achieved over arbitrarily long distances in a linear chain.     

Using a quantum dot system to realize perfect state transfer

There are some disadvantages to Nikolopoulos et al.'s protocol [Nikolopoulos G M, Petrosyan D and Lambropoulos P 2004 Europhys. Lett. 65 297] where a quantum dot system is used to realize quantum communication. To overcome these disadvantages, we propose a protocol that uses a quantum dot array to construct a four-qubit spin chain to realize perfect quantum state transfer (PQST). First, we calculate the interaction relation for PQST in the spin chain. Second, we review the interaction between the quantum dots in the Heitler-London approach. Third, we present a detailed program for designing the proper parameters of a quantum dot array to realize PQST.     

Quantum state swap for two trapped Rydberg atoms

The quantum swap gate is one of the most useful gates for quantum computation. Two-qubit entanglement and a controlled-NOT quantum gate in a neutral Rydberg atom system have been achieved in recent experiments. It is therefore very interesting to propose a scheme here for swapping a quantum state between two trapped neutral atoms via the Rydberg blockade mechanism. The atoms interact with a sequence of laser pulses without individual addressing. The errors of the swap gate due to imprecision of pulse length, finite Rydberg interaction, and atomic spontaneous emission are discussed.     

Quantum state and process tomography via adaptive measurements

We investigate quantum state tomography(QST) for pure states and quantum process tomography(QPT) for unitary channels via adaptive measurements. For a quantum system with a d-dimensional Hilbert space, we first propose an adaptive protocol where only 2d. 1 measurement outcomes are used to accomplish the QST for all pure states. This idea is then extended to study QPT for unitary channels, where an adaptive unitary process tomography(AUPT) protocol of d2+d.1measurement outcomes is constructed for any unitary channel. We experimentally implement the AUPT protocol in a 2-qubit nuclear magnetic resonance system. We examine the performance of the AUPT protocol when applied to Hadamard gate, T gate(/8 phase gate), and controlled-NOT gate,respectively, as these gates form the universal gate set for quantum information processing purpose. As a comparison, standard QPT is also implemented for each gate. Our experimental results show that the AUPT protocol that reconstructing unitary channels via adaptive measurements significantly reduce the number of experiments required by standard QPT without considerable loss of fidelity.     

对被囚禁原子质心运动基态波包的有效分束

文章简要地介绍了原子干涉现象及原子光学的发展历史和现状．在对各种不同的原子干涉仪工作原理进行简单总结之后，文章描述了包括文章作者在内的研究小组一项最新的理论工作．这个工作提出了一个对被囚禁原子质心运动基态波包进行有效分束的物理方案．     

对被囚禁原子质心运动基态波包的有效分束

文章简要地介绍了原子干涉现象及原子光学的发展历史和现状.在对各种不同的原子干涉仪工作原理进行简单总结之后,文章描述了包括文章作者在内的研究小组一项最新的理论工作. 这个工作提出了一个对被囚禁原子质心运动基态波包进行有效分束的物理方案.     

Efficient N-particle W state concentration with different parity check gates

We present a universal way to concentrate an arbitrary N-particle less-entangled W state into a maximally entangled W state with different parity check gates.It comprises two protocols.The first protocol is based on the linear optical elements,say the partial parity check gate and the second protocol uses the quantum nondemolition measurement to construct the complete parity check gate.Both protocols can achieve the concentration task.These protocols have several advantages.First,they can obtain a maximally entangled W state only with the help of some single photons,which greatly reduces the number of entanglement resources.Second,in the first protocol,only linear optical elements are required,which is feasible with current techniques.Third,the second protocol can be repeated to perform the concentration step and obtain a higher success probability.All these advantages make it quite useful in current quantum communication and computation applications.     

Controlling Quantum State Transfer in Spin Chain with Confined Field

As a demonstration of the spectrum-parity matching condition (SPMC) for quantum state transfer, we investigate the propagation of single-magnon state in the Heisenberg chain in the confined external tangent magnetic field analytically and numerically. It shows that the initial Gaussian wave packet can be retrieved at the counterpart location near-perfectly over a longer distance if the dispersion relation of the system meets the SPMC approximately.     

驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移研究

运用量子纠缠和线性熵理论,研究了驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移。讨论了相干角、离子的相对位相、离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量、Lamb-Dicke参数对离子线性熵的影响。结果表明,在一定的条件下可以实现囚禁离子的内态到振动态的相干转移,线性熵随时间的演化呈现非周期性的振荡行为。离子线性熵的最大值随着相干角、离子与激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量的增大而减小,随着Lamb-Dicke参数的增大而增大。并且可以通过调节驻波激光场来调节离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度和失谐量,从而达到对离子线性熵的控制与操纵,理论上提供了一种调控纠缠的方式。     

驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移研究

运用量子纠缠和线性熵理论,研究了驻波激光场中囚禁离子的线性熵和量子态转移.讨论了相干角、离子的相对位相、离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量、Lamb-Dicke参数对离子线性熵的影响.结果表明,在一定的条件下可以实现囚禁离子的内态到振动态的相干转移,线性熵随时间的演化呈现非周期性的振荡行为.离子线性熵的最大值随着相干角、离子与激光场之间的耦合强度以及失谐量的增大而减小,随着Lamb-Dicke参数的增大而增大.并且可以通过调节驻波激光场来调节离子与驻波激光场之间的耦合强度和失谐量,从而达到对离子线性熵的控制与操纵,理论上提供了一种调控纠缠的方式.     

Quantum state transfer between distant atoms via selectivity photon emission and absorption progresses

We proposed a simple scheme to deterministically generate three-dimensional (3D) quantum state transfer (QST) between two spatially atoms based on the selectivity photon emission and absorption progresses. In the present scheme, two M-type five-level atoms are trapped into two cavities connected by a fiber. By quantitatively discussing the evolution of system, we show that the effects of atom's spontaneous decay and photon leakage out of fiber can be suppressed in our scheme due to the presence of virtual excited processes in atom and fiber modes. Moreover, we also show that the present scheme can be extended to realize QST between distant nodes in a coupled array of optical cavity, which is very useful for the progress of the quantum information network.     

Acceleration of adiabatic quantum state transfer in a spin chain under zero-energy-change pulse control

We present a protocol for accelerating adiabatic quantum state transfer through a spin chain by adding an effective control pulse. Using Feshbach P-Q partitioning technique, we obtain the one-component dynamical equation which guides us to set the amplitude and period of the control field. This field can be a sequence of alternatively negative and positive (zero-energy change) pulses which can be realized easily in experiment. As an example, we discuss a three particles spin chain and the numerical calculation shows that the accelerated quantum state transfer can be obtained.     

Efficient nonlocal two-step entanglement concentration protocol for three-level atoms in an arbitrary less-entangledW state using cavity input-output process

We present an efficient two-step entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) for three-level atoms trapped in one-sided optical micro-cavities in an arbitrary three-particle less-entangled W state, using the coherent state input-output process in low-Q cavity quantum electrodynamics system. In each step of the new proposed protocol, one of the three remote users prepares the auxiliary coherent optical pulses to perform cavity input-output process and then utilizes the standard homodyne measurement to discriminate the final outgoing coherent states. When both of the two steps are successful, remote parties can deterministically concentrate the less-entangled W state atoms to a standard maximally entangled W state. Compared with previous ECPs for W state, this protocol has some advantages and can be widely used in current quantum repeater and some quantum information processing tasks.     

囚禁离子非线性J-C模型量子态保真度

用全量子理论研究驻波激光场与囚禁离子相互作用系统中量子态保真度,详细讨论离子质心在驻波激光场中位置及离子初始状态对保真度的影响.结果表明:随着囚禁离子从远离驻波激光场波节处向波节处移动,量子态保真度振荡频率越来越高,振荡幅度几乎不变,且保真度到达第一个极小值所用时间越来越短,但不会出现信息完全失真;随着囚禁离子处于基态概率增加,量子态保真度振荡频率几乎不变,振荡幅度越来越小,也不会出现信息完全失真;在信息储存或传递过程中,囚禁离子量子态失真比系统和驻波场量子态失真小.     

Quantum dynamics of tight-binding networks coherently controlled by external fields

With some reviews on the investigations on the schemes for quantum state transfer based on spin systems, we discuss the quantum dynamics of magnetically-controlled networks for Bloch electrons. The networks are constructed by connecting several tight-binding chains with uniform nearest-neighbor hopping integrals. The external magnetic field and the connecting hopping integrals can be used to control the intrinsic properties of the networks. For several typical networks, rigorous results are shown for some specific values of external magnetic field and the connecting hopping integrals: a complicated network can be reduced into a virtual network, which is a direct sum of some independent chains with uniform nearest-neighbor hopping integrals. These reductions are due to the fermionic statistics and the Aharonov-Bohm effects. In application, we study the quantum dynamics of wave packet motion of Bloch electrons in such networks. For various geometrical configurations, these networks can function as some optical devices, such as beam splitters, switches and interferometers. When the Bloch electrons as Gaussian wave packets input these devices, various quantum coherence phenomena can be observed, e.g., the perfect quantum state transfer without reflection in a Y-shaped beam, the multi-mode entanglers of electron wave by star-shaped network, magnetically controlled switches, and Bloch electron interferometer with the lattice Aharonov-Bohm effects. With these quantum coherent features, the networks are expected to be used as quantum information processors for the fermion system based on the possible engineered solid state systems, such as the array of quantum dots that can be implemented experimentally.      

Effects of impurity on fidelity of quantum state transfer via spin channels

By adopting the concept of fidelity, we investigated efficiency of quantum state transfer with the XX chain as the quantum channel. Different from the previous works, we concentrated on effects of spin and magnetic impurity on fidelity of quantum state transfer. Our results revealed that the spin impurity cannot prevent one from implementing perfect transfer of an arbitrary one-qubit pure state across the spin channel, however, the presence of magnetic impurity or both spin and magnetic impurities may destroy the otherwise perfect spin channels.