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quant-ph/0611158
Shao-Ming Fei
Xiu-Hong Gao, Shao-Ming Fei, Ke Wu
Lower Bounds of Concurrence for Tripartite Quantum Systems
10 pages
Phys. Rev. A 74 (Rapid Commun.)(2006)050303
10.1103/PhysRevA.74.050303
null
quant-ph
null
We derive an analytical lower bound for the concurrence of tripartite quantum mixed states. A functional relation is established relating concurrence and the generalized partial transpositions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:21:18 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Gao", "Xiu-Hong", "" ], [ "Fei", "Shao-Ming", "" ], [ "Wu", "Ke", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611159
Lan Zhou
Lan Zhou, Jing Lu, C. P. Sun
Coherent control of photon transmission : slowing light in coupled resonator waveguide doped with $\Lambda $ Atoms
10 pages, 6 figures
Phys. Rev. A 76, 012313 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.012313
null
quant-ph
null
In this paper, we propose and study a hybrid mechanism for coherent transmission of photons in the coupled resonator optical waveguide (CROW) by incorporating the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) effect into the controllable band gap structure of the CROW. Here, the configuration setup of system consists of a CROW with homogeneous couplings and the artificial atoms with $\Lambda$-type three levels doped in each cavity. The roles of three levels are completely considered based on a mean field approach where the collection of three-level atoms collectively behave as two-mode spin waves. We show that the dynamics of low excitations of atomic ensemble can be effectively described by an coupling boson model. The exactly solutions show that the light pulses can be stopped and stored coherently by adiabatically controlling the classical field.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:32:24 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 1 Feb 2007 06:06:32 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:07:32 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:23:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v5", "created": "Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:27:21 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Zhou", "Lan", "" ], [ "Lu", "Jing", "" ], [ "Sun", "C. P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611160
Keisuke Fujii
Keisuke Fujii, Katsuji Yamamoto
Fault-tolerant Quantum Computation with Highly Verified Logical Cluster States
4pages, 7figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
We investigate a scheme of fault-tolerant quantum computation based on the cluster model. Logical qubits are encoded by a suitable code such as the Steane's 7-qubit code. Cluster states of logical qubits are prepared by post-selection through verification at high fidelity level, where the unsuccessful ones are discarded without recovery operation. Then, gate operations are implemented by transversal measurements on the prepared logical cluster states. The noise threshold is improved significantly by making the high fidelity preparation and transversal measurement. It is estimated to be about 3% by a numerical simulation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:01:33 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Fujii", "Keisuke", "" ], [ "Yamamoto", "Katsuji", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611161
R. Srikanth
Subhashish Banerjee and R. Srikanth
Geometric Phase of a qubit interacting with a squeezed-thermal bath
Accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. D; slightly abridged version of v2; 10 pages, 12 figures
Eur. Phys. J. D 46, 335 (2008)
10.1140/epjd/e2007-00291-5
null
quant-ph cond-mat.other
null
We study the geometric phase of an open two-level quantum system under the influence of a squeezed, thermal environment for both non-dissipative as well as dissipative system-environment interactions. In the non-dissipative case, squeezing is found to have a similar influence as temperature, of suppressing geometric phase, while in the dissipative case, squeezing tends to counteract the suppressive influence of temperature in certain regimes. Thus, an interesting feature that emerges from our work is the contrast in the interplay between squeezing and thermal effects in non-dissipative and dissipative interactions. This can be useful for the practical implementation of geometric quantum information processing. By interpreting the open quantum effects as noisy channels, we make the connection between geometric phase and quantum noise processes familiar from quantum information theory.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:33:47 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:58:41 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 1 Oct 2007 13:33:01 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Banerjee", "Subhashish", "" ], [ "Srikanth", "R.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611162
Henning Schomerus
Henning Schomerus, Eric Lutz
Nonexponential decoherence and momentum subdiffusion in a quantum L\'evy kicked rotator
4 pages, 1 figure
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 260401 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.260401
null
quant-ph cond-mat.mes-hall nlin.CD
null
We investigate decoherence in the quantum kicked rotator (modelling cold atoms in a pulsed optical field) subjected to noise with power-law tail waiting-time distributions of variable exponent (Levy noise). We demonstrate the existence of a regime of nonexponential decoherence where the notion of a decoherence rate is ill-defined. In this regime, dynamical localization is never fully destroyed, indicating that the dynamics of the quantum system never reaches the classical limit. We show that this leads to quantum subdiffusion of the momentum, which should be observable in an experiment.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:39:40 GMT" } ]
2007-08-01T00:00:00
[ [ "Schomerus", "Henning", "" ], [ "Lutz", "Eric", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611163
L. S. Schulman
L. S. Schulman and B. Gaveau
Ratcheting up energy by means of measurement
To appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 240405 (2006)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.240405
null
quant-ph
null
The destruction of quantum coherence can pump energy into a system. For our examples this is paradoxical since the destroyed correlations are ordinarily considered negligible. Mathematically the explanation is straightforward and physically one can identify the degrees of freedom supplying this energy. Nevertheless, the energy input can be calculated without specific reference to those degrees of freedom.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:38:55 GMT" } ]
2007-11-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Schulman", "L. S.", "" ], [ "Gaveau", "B.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611164
Stefano Longhi
Stefano Longhi
Non-exponential decay via tunneling in tight-binding lattices and the optical Zeno effect
null
S. Longhi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 110402 (2006)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.110402
null
quant-ph
null
An exactly-solvable model for the decay of a metastable state coupled to a semi-infinite tight-binding lattice, showing large deviations from exponential decay in the strong coupling regime, is presented. An optical realization of the lattice model, based on discrete diffraction in a semi-infinite array of tunneling-coupled optical waveguides, is proposed to test non-exponential decay and for the observation of an optical analog of the quantum Zeno effect.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:22:55 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Longhi", "Stefano", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611165
Nicolas Sangouard
Nicolas Sangouard, Christoph Simon, Mikael Afzelius, Nicolas Gisin
Analysis of a quantum memory for photons based on controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening
9 pages, 4 figures (Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A)
Phys. Rev. A 75, 032327 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032327
null
quant-ph
null
We present a detailed analysis of a quantum memory for photons based on controlled and reversible inhomogeneous broadening (CRIB). The explicit solution of the equations of motion is obtained in the weak excitation regime, making it possible to gain insight into the dependence of the memory efficiency on the optical depth, and on the width and shape of the atomic spectral distributions. We also study a simplified memory protocol which does not require any optical control fields.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:15:35 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:58:44 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Sangouard", "Nicolas", "" ], [ "Simon", "Christoph", "" ], [ "Afzelius", "Mikael", "" ], [ "Gisin", "Nicolas", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611166
Simone Montangero
Simone Montangero, Tommaso Calarco, Rosario Fazio
Robust optimal quantum gates for Josephson charge qubits
4 pages, 4 figures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 170501 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.170501
null
quant-ph cond-mat.supr-con
null
Quantum optimal control theory allows to design accurate quantum gates. We employ it to design high-fidelity two-bit gates for Josephson charge qubits in the presence of both leakage and noise. Our protocol considerably increases the fidelity of the gate and, more important, it is quite robust in the disruptive presence of 1/f noise. The improvement in the gate performances discussed in this work (errors of the order of 10^{-3}-10^{-4} in realistic cases) allows to cross the fault tolerance threshold.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:25:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:09:25 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Montangero", "Simone", "" ], [ "Calarco", "Tommaso", "" ], [ "Fazio", "Rosario", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611167
Stefano Pirandola
Stefano Pirandola, Stefano Mancini, Seth Lloyd, and Samuel L. Braunstein
Continuous Variable Quantum Cryptography using Two-Way Quantum Communication
12 pages, 7 figures, REVTeX
Nature Physics 4, 726 - 730 (2008)
10.1038/nphys1018
null
quant-ph cs.CR cs.IT math.IT physics.optics
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Quantum cryptography has been recently extended to continuous variable systems, e.g., the bosonic modes of the electromagnetic field. In particular, several cryptographic protocols have been proposed and experimentally implemented using bosonic modes with Gaussian statistics. Such protocols have shown the possibility of reaching very high secret-key rates, even in the presence of strong losses in the quantum communication channel. Despite this robustness to loss, their security can be affected by more general attacks where extra Gaussian noise is introduced by the eavesdropper. In this general scenario we show a "hardware solution" for enhancing the security thresholds of these protocols. This is possible by extending them to a two-way quantum communication where subsequent uses of the quantum channel are suitably combined. In the resulting two-way schemes, one of the honest parties assists the secret encoding of the other with the chance of a non-trivial superadditive enhancement of the security thresholds. Such results enable the extension of quantum cryptography to more complex quantum communications.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:00:58 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 1 Sep 2007 01:12:41 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:58:40 GMT" } ]
2008-12-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Pirandola", "Stefano", "" ], [ "Mancini", "Stefano", "" ], [ "Lloyd", "Seth", "" ], [ "Braunstein", "Samuel L.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611168
Vladimir Manko
V.N.Chernega, V.I.Man'ko
Qubit portrait of qudit states and Bell inequalities
21 pages, 2 figures, to be published in J. Russ. Laser Res
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
A linear map of qudit tomogram onto qubit tomogram (qubit portrait) is proposed as a characteristics of the qudit state. Using the qubit portrait method the Bell inequalities for two qubits and two qutrits are discussed in framework of probability representation of quantum mechanics. Semigroup of stochastic matrices is associated with tomographic probability distributions of qubit and qutrit states. Bell-like inequalities are studied using the semigroup of stochastic matrices. The qudit-qubit map of tomographic probability distributions is discussed as ansatz to provide a necessary condition for separability of quantum states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:43:58 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:56:22 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Chernega", "V. N.", "" ], [ "Man'ko", "V. I.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611169
J\"org G\"otte
J. B. Goette, S. Franke-Arnold, R. Zambrini and Stephen M. Barnett
Quantum Formulation of Fractional Orbital Angular Momentum
14 pages, 6 figure (figures are of low quality due to jpeg2ps conversion), submitted to J Mod Opt special issue for the Photon 06 conference
null
10.1080/09500340601156827
null
quant-ph
null
The quantum theory of rotation angles (S. M. Barnett and D. T. Pegg, Phys. Rev. A, 41, 3427-3425 (1990)) is generalised to non-integer values of the orbital angular momentum. This requires the introduction of an additional parameter, the orientation of a phase discontinuity associated with fractional values of the orbital angular momentum. We apply our formalism to the propagation of light modes with fractional orbital angular momentum in the paraxial and non-paraxial regime.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:11:49 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Goette", "J. B.", "" ], [ "Franke-Arnold", "S.", "" ], [ "Zambrini", "R.", "" ], [ "Barnett", "Stephen M.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611170
Hongwei Yu
Jialin Zhang, Hongwei Yu
Entanglement generation in atoms immersed in a thermal bath of external quantum scalar fields with a boundary
19 pages, 4 figures, to be published in PRA
Phys.Rev. A75 (2007) 012101
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.012101
null
quant-ph hep-th
null
We examine the entanglement creation between two mutually independent two-level atoms immersed in a thermal bath of quantum scalar fields in the presence of a perfectly reflecting plane boundary. With the help of the master equation that describes the evolution in time of the atom subsystem obtained, in the weak-coupling limit, by tracing over environment (scalar fields) degrees of freedom, we find that the presence of the boundary may play a significant role in the entanglement creation in some circumstances and the new parameter, the distance of the atoms from the boundary, besides the bath temperature and the separation between the atoms, gives us more freedom in manipulating entanglement generation. Remarkably, the final remaining entanglement in the equilibrium state is independent of the presence of the boundary.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:46:31 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Zhang", "Jialin", "" ], [ "Yu", "Hongwei", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611171
Yuma Kinoshita
Yuma Kinoshita, Ryo Namiki, Takashi Yamamoto, Masato Koashi, and Nobuyuki Imoto
Selective entanglement breaking
6 pages, 2 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032307
null
quant-ph
null
We discuss the cases where local decoherence selectively degrades one type of entanglement more than other types. A typical case is called state ordering change, in which two input states with different amounts of entanglement undergoes a local decoherence and the state with the larger entanglement results in an output state with less entanglement than the other output state. We are also interested in a special case where the state with the larger entanglement evolves to a separable state while the other output state is still entangled, which we call selective entanglement breaking. For three-level or larger systems, it is easy to find examples of the state ordering change and the selective entanglement breaking, but for two-level systems it is not trivial whether such situations exist. We present a new strategy to construct examples of two-qubit states exhibiting the selective entanglement breaking regardless of entanglement measure. We also give a more striking example of the selective entanglement breaking in which the less entangled input state has only an infinitesimal amount of entanglement.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:07:18 GMT" } ]
2013-05-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Kinoshita", "Yuma", "" ], [ "Namiki", "Ryo", "" ], [ "Yamamoto", "Takashi", "" ], [ "Koashi", "Masato", "" ], [ "Imoto", "Nobuyuki", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611172
Ye Yeo
Chunfeng Wu, Ye Yeo, L. C. Kwek, and C. H. Oh
Quantum nonlocality of four-qubit entangled states
13 pages, 1 figure
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032332
null
quant-ph
null
Quantum nonlocality of several four-qubit states is investigated by constructing a new Bell inequality. These include the Greenberger-Zeilinger-Horne (GHZ) state, W state, cluster state, and the state $|\chi>$ that has been recently proposed in [PRL, {\bf 96}, 060502 (2006)]. The Bell inequality is optimally violated by $|\chi>$ but not violated by the GHZ state. The cluster state also violates the Bell inequality though not optimally. The state $|\chi>$ can thus be discriminated from the cluster state by using the inequality. Different aspects of four-partite entanglement are also studied by considering the usefulness of a family of four-qubit mixed states as resources for two-qubit teleportation. Our results generalize those in [PRL, {\bf 72}, 797 (1994)].
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:53:26 GMT" } ]
2013-05-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Wu", "Chunfeng", "" ], [ "Yeo", "Ye", "" ], [ "Kwek", "L. C.", "" ], [ "Oh", "C. H.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611173
Erez Boukobza Dr.
E. Boukobza D. J. Tannor
Thermodynamics of bipartite systems: Application to light-matter interactions
12 pages, 1 figure. PRA (in press)
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Heat and work for quantum systems governed by dissipative master equations with a time-dependent driving field were introduced in the pioneering work of Alicki [J. Phys. A 12, L103 (1979)]. Alicki's work was in the Schroedinger picture; here we extend these definitions to the Heisenberg and interaction pictures. We show that in order to avoid consistency problems, the full time derivatives in the definitions for heat flux and power (work flux) should be replaced by partial time derivatives. We also present an alternative approach to the partitioning of the energy flux which differs from that of Alicki in that the instantaneous interaction energy with the external field is not included directly. We then proceed to generalize Alicki's definition of power by replacing the original system and its external driving field with a larger, bipartite system, governed by a time-independent Hamiltonian. Using the definition of heat flux and the generalized definition of power, we derive the first law of thermodynamics in differential form, both for the full bipartite system and the partially traced subsystems. Although the second law (Clausius formulation) is satisfied for the full bipartite system, we find that in general there is no rigorous formulation of the second law for the partially traced subsystem unless certain additional requirements are met. Once these requirements are satisfied, however, both the Carnot and the Clausius formulations of the second law are satisfied. We illustrate this thermodynamic analysis on both the simple Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM) and an extended dissipative Jaynes-Cummings model (ED-JCM), which is a model for a quantum amplifier.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:29:05 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Tannor", "E. Boukobza D. J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611174
Th. Busch
K. Deasy, Th. Busch, Y. Niu, S. Gong, S. Jin and S. Nic Chormaic
Controlled Creation of Spatial Superposition States for Single Atoms
5 pages, 4 figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
We present a method for the controlled and robust generation of spatial superposition states of single atoms in micro-traps. Using a counter-intuitive positioning sequence for the individual potentials and appropriately chosen trapping frequencies, we show that it is possible to selectively create two different orthogonal superposition states, which can in turn be used for quantum information purposes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:41:46 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Deasy", "K.", "" ], [ "Busch", "Th.", "" ], [ "Niu", "Y.", "" ], [ "Gong", "S.", "" ], [ "Jin", "S.", "" ], [ "Chormaic", "S. Nic", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611175
Erez Boukobza Dr.
E. Boukobza D. J. Tannor
Thermodynamic analysis of quantum light amplification
19 pages, 6 figures. PRA (in press)
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Thermodynamics of a three-level maser was studied in the pioneering work of Scovil and Schulz-DuBois [Phys. Rev. Lett. 2, 262 (1959)]. In this work we consider the same three-level model, but treat both the matter and light quantum mechanically. Specifically, we analyze an extended (three-level) dissipative Jaynes-Cummings model (ED-JCM) within the framework of a quantum heat engine, using novel formulas for heat flux and power in bipartite systems introduced in our previous work [E. Boukobza and D. J. Tannor, PRA (in press)]. Amplification of the selected cavity mode occurs even in this simple model, as seen by a positive steady state power. However, initial field coherence is lost, as seen by the decaying off-diagonal field density matrix elements, and by the Husimi-Kano Q function. We show that after an initial transient time the field's entropy rises linearly during the operation of the engine, which we attribute to the dissipative nature of the evolution and not to matter-field entanglement. We show that the second law of thermodynamics is satisfied in two formulations (Clausius, Carnot) and that the efficiency of the ED-JCM heat engine agrees with that defined intuitively by Scovil and Schulz-DuBois. Finally, we compare the steady state heat flux and power of the fully quantum model with the semiclassical counterpart of the ED-JCM, and derive the engine efficiency formula of Scovil and Schulz-DuBois analytically from fundamental thermodynamic fluxes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:38:58 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Tannor", "E. Boukobza D. J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611176
Milos V. Lokajicek
Milos V. Lokajicek
Schroedinger and Hamilton-Jacobi equations
7 pages
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Time-dependent Schroedinger equation represents the basis of any quantum-theoretical approach. The question concerning its proper content in comparison to the classical physics has not been, however, fully answered until now. It will be shown that there is one-to-one physical correspondence between basic solutions (represented always by one Hamiltonian eigenfunction only) and classical ones, as the non-zero quantum potential has not any physical sense, representing only the "numerical" difference between Hamilton principal function and the phase of corresponding wave function in the case of non-inertial motion. Possible interpretation of superposition solutions will be then discussed in the light of this fact. And also different interpretation alternatives of the quantum-mechanical model will be newly analyzed and new attitude to them will be reasoned.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:22:42 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Lokajicek", "Milos V.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611177
Guo-Qiang Zhu
Guo-Qiang Zhu and Xiaoguang Wang
Quantum Dynamics of Bound Entangled States
5 pages, 3 figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
By using the partial transpose and realignment method,we study the time evolution of the bound entanglement under the bilinear-biquadratic Hamiltonian. For the initial Horodecki's bound entangled state, it keeps bound entangled for some time, while for the initial bound entangled states constructed from the unextendable product basis, they become free once the time evolution begins. The time evolution provides a new way to construct bound entangled states, and also gives a method to free bound entanglement.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:29:51 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Zhu", "Guo-Qiang", "" ], [ "Wang", "Xiaoguang", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611178
Bo Wang
Bo Wang, Yanxu Han, Jintao Xiao, Xudong Yang, Chunhong Zhang, Hai Wang, Min Xiao, and Kunchi Peng
Preparation and Determination of Spin-Polarized States in Multi-Zeeman-sublevel Atoms
17pages, 4figures, Submit to Physical Review Letters
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.051801
null
quant-ph
null
We demonstrate a simple technique to prepare and determine the desired internal quantum states in multi-Zeeman-sublevel atoms. By choosing appropriate coupling and pumping laser beams, atoms can be easily prepared in a desired Zeeman sublevel with high purity or in any chosen ground-state population distributions. The population distributions or state purities of such prepared atomic states can be determined by using a weak, circularly-polarized probe beam due to differences in transition strengths among different Zeeman sublevels. Preparing well-defined internal quantum states in multi-Zeeman-sublevel atoms (or spin-polarized quantum-state engineering) will be very important in demonstrating many interesting effects in quantum information processing with multi-level atomic systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:52:21 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Wang", "Bo", "" ], [ "Han", "Yanxu", "" ], [ "Xiao", "Jintao", "" ], [ "Yang", "Xudong", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Chunhong", "" ], [ "Wang", "Hai", "" ], [ "Xiao", "Min", "" ], [ "Peng", "Kunchi", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611179
Andrea Aiello
A. Aiello, G. Puentes, and J. P. Woerdman
Linear optics and quantum maps
13 pages, 8 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.032323
null
quant-ph
null
We present a theoretical analysis of the connection between classical polarization optics and quantum mechanics of two-level systems. First, we review the matrix formalism of classical polarization optics from a quantum information perspective. In this manner the passage from the Stokes-Jones-Mueller description of classical optical processes to the representation of one- and two-qubit quantum operations, becomes straightforward. Second, as a practical application of our classical-\emph{vs}-quantum formalism, we show how two-qubit maximally entangled mixed states (MEMS), can be generated by using polarization and spatial modes of photons generated via spontaneous parametric down conversion.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:58:39 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Aiello", "A.", "" ], [ "Puentes", "G.", "" ], [ "Woerdman", "J. P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611180
Rubens Ramos Viana
Rubens Viana Ramos
The Relation between Disentangled States and Algorithmic Information Theory
3 pages
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
In this short communication it is proposed the general form of a n-qubit disentangled state as a irreducible sentence, in the sense explained by the algorithmic information theory, whose length increases in a non-polynomial way when the number of qubits increases.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:17:03 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Ramos", "Rubens Viana", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611181
Alexander I. Lvovsky
Frank Vewinger, Juergen Appel, Eden Figueroa, A. I. Lvovsky
Adiabatic frequency conversion of quantum optical information in atomic vapor
null
Optics Letters 32, 2771 (2007)
10.1364/OL.32.002771
null
quant-ph
null
We experimentally demonstrate a quantum communication protocol that enables frequency conversion and routing of quantum optical information in an adiabatic and thus robust way. The protocol is based on electromagnetically-induced transparency in systems with multiple excited levels: transfer and/or distribution of optical states between different signal modes is implemented by adiabatically changing the control fields. The proof-of-principle experiment is performed using the hyperfine levels of the rubidium D1 line.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:00:27 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 26 May 2007 05:57:56 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Vewinger", "Frank", "" ], [ "Appel", "Juergen", "" ], [ "Figueroa", "Eden", "" ], [ "Lvovsky", "A. I.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611182
Yoshiyuki Tsuda
Yoshiyuki Tsuda
Bhattacharyya inequality for quantum state estimation
22 pages, no figure
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 793-810 (2007)
10.1088/1751-8113/40/4/015
null
quant-ph
null
Using higher-order derivative with respect to the parameter, we will give lower bounds for variance of unbiased estimators in quantum estimation problems. This is a quantum version of the Bhattacharyya inequality in the classical statistical estimation. Because of non-commutativity of operator multiplication, we obtain three different types of lower bounds; Type S, Type R and Type L. If the parameter is a real number, the Type S bound is useful. If the parameter is complex, the Type R and L bounds are useful. As an application, we will consider estimation of polynomials of the complex amplitude of the quantum Gaussian state. For the case where the amplitude lies in the real axis, a uniformly optimum estimator for the square of the amplitude will be derived using the Type S bound. It will be shown that there is no unbiased estimator uniformly optimum as a polynomial of annihilation and/or creation operators for the cube of the amplitude. For the case where the amplitude does not necessarily lie in the real axis, uniformly optimum estimators for holomorphic, antiholomorphic and real-valued polynomials of the amplitude will be derived. Those estimators for the holomorphic and real-valued cases attains the Type R bound, and those for the antiholomorphic and real-valued cases attains the Type L bound. This article clarifies what is the best method to measure energy of laser.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:12:01 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Tsuda", "Yoshiyuki", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611183
Ramazan Sever
Sameer M. Ikhdair and Ramazan Sever
Exact Polynomial Eigensolutions of the Schrodinger Equation for the Pseudoharmonic Potential
10 pages
Int. J. of Molecular Structure(THEOCHEM) 806, 155(2007
null
null
quant-ph
null
The polynomial solution of the Schrodinger equation for the Pseudoharmonic potential is found for any arbitrary angular momentum $l$. The exact bound-state energy eigenvalues and the corresponding eigen functions are analytically calculated. The energy states for several diatomic molecular systems are calculated numerically for various principal and angular quantum numbers. By a proper transformation, this problem is also solved very simply by using the known eigensolutions of anharmonic oscillator potential.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:41:28 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:26:18 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Ikhdair", "Sameer M.", "" ], [ "Sever", "Ramazan", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611184
Jie Yang
Jie Yang, Hao Yuan and Zhan-jun Zhang
Comments on 'Teleportation of two quNit entanglement: Exploiting local resources'and 'Reply to Yang et al.'s comment'
5 pages, 1 table, no figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
This paper includes two comments. The first one is a comment on 'Teleportation of two quNit entanglement: Exploiting local resources'. Two different efficient methods are presented to modify some details of N. Ba An's protocol, so that teleportation of two quNit entanglement can be successfully achieved in terms of the revised N. Ba An's protocol. The second one is a comment on 'Reply to Yang et al.'s comment'.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:35:24 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:20:54 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Yang", "Jie", "" ], [ "Yuan", "Hao", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Zhan-jun", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611185
Jacques Vigue
Marion Jacquey (LCAR), Alain Miffre (LCAR, LASIM), Matthias B\"uchner (LCAR), G\'erard Tr\'enec (LCAR), Jacques Vigu\'e (LCAR)
Test of the isotopic and velocity selectivity of a lithium atom interferometer by magnetic dephasing
null
null
10.1209/0295-5075/77/20007
null
quant-ph
null
A magnetic field gradient applied to an atom interferometer induces a $M$-dependent phase shift which results in a series of decays and revivals of the fringe visibility. Using our lithium atom interferometer based on Bragg laser diffraction, we have measured the fringe visibility as a function of the applied gradient. We have thus tested the isotopic selectivity of the interferometer, the velocity selective character of Bragg diffraction for different diffraction orders as well as the effect of optical pumping of the incoming atoms. All these observations are qualitatively understood but a quantitative analysis requires a complete model of the interferometer.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:20:15 GMT" } ]
2016-08-16T00:00:00
[ [ "Jacquey", "Marion", "", "LCAR" ], [ "Miffre", "Alain", "", "LCAR, LASIM" ], [ "Büchner", "Matthias", "", "LCAR" ], [ "Trénec", "Gérard", "", "LCAR" ], [ "Vigué", "Jacques", "", "LCAR" ] ]
quant-ph/0611186
Mark Tame
M. S. Tame, R. Prevedel, M. Paternostro, P. B\"ohi, M. S. Kim and A. Zeilinger
Experimental Realization of Deutsch's Algorithm in a One-way Quantum Computer
4 pages, 4 figures, RevTeX 4
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 140501 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.140501
null
quant-ph
null
We report the first experimental demonstration of an all-optical one-way implementation of Deutsch's quantum algorithm on a four-qubit cluster state. All the possible configurations of a balanced or constant function acting on a two-qubit register are realized within the measurement-based model for quantum computation. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with the theoretical model, therefore demonstrating the successful performance of the algorithm.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:57:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:10:36 GMT" } ]
2013-12-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Tame", "M. S.", "" ], [ "Prevedel", "R.", "" ], [ "Paternostro", "M.", "" ], [ "Böhi", "P.", "" ], [ "Kim", "M. S.", "" ], [ "Zeilinger", "A.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611187
Christopher Gordon Timpson
Christopher G Timpson
Philosophical Aspects of Quantum Information Theory
LaTeX; 55pp; 3 figs. Forthcoming in Rickles (ed.) The Ashgate Companion to the New Philosophy of Physics
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Quantum information theory represents a rich subject of discussion for those interested in the philosphical and foundational issues surrounding quantum mechanics for a simple reason: one can cast its central concerns in terms of a long-familiar question: How does the quantum world differ from the classical one? Moreover, deployment of the concepts of information and computation in novel contexts hints at new (or better) means of understanding quantum mechanics, and perhaps even invites re-assessment of traditional material conceptions of the basic nature of the physical world. In this paper I review some of these philosophical aspects of quantum information theory, begining with an elementary survey of the theory, seeking to highlight some of the principles and heuristics involved. We move on to a discussion of the nature and definition of quantum information and deploy the findings in discussing the puzzles surrounding teleportation. The final two sections discuss, respectively, what one might learn from the development of quantum computation (both about the nature of quantum systems and about the nature of computation) and consider the impact of quantum information theory on the traditional foundational questions of quantum mechanics (treating of the views of Zeilinger, Bub and Fuchs, amongst others).
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:08:06 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Timpson", "Christopher G", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611188
Felipe Fanchini
F. F. Fanchini, J. E. M. Hornos, R. d. J. Napolitano
Continuously decoupling single-qubit operations from a perturbing thermal bath of scalar bosons
4 pages, 1 figure
Phys. Rev. A 75, 022329 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.022329
null
quant-ph
null
We investigate the use of continuously-applied external fields to maximize the fidelity of quantum logic operations performed on a decohering qubit. Assuming a known error operator and an environment represented by a scalar boson field at a finite temperature, we show how decoherence during logical operations can be efficiently reduced by applying a superposition of two external vector fields: one rotating orthogonally to the direction of the other, which remains static. The required field directions, frequency of rotation and amplitudes to decouple noise dynamically are determined by the coupling constants and the desired logical operation. We illustrate these findings numerically for a Hadamard quantum gate and an environment with ohmic spectral density.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:14:07 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:19:37 GMT" } ]
2010-05-31T00:00:00
[ [ "Fanchini", "F. F.", "" ], [ "Hornos", "J. E. M.", "" ], [ "Napolitano", "R. d. J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611189
Matthew Grace
Matthew Grace, Constantin Brif, Herschel Rabitz, Ian Walmsley, Robert Kosut, Daniel A. Lidar
Optimal Control of High-Fidelity Quantum Gates in the Presence of Decoherence
This paper has been withdrawn as it has been superseded by postings arXiv:quant-ph/0702147 and arXiv:0712.2935
null
null
null
quant-ph
http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
This paper has been withdrawn as it has been superseded by postings arXiv:quant-ph/0702147 and arXiv:0712.2935
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:22:08 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:56:11 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:09:59 GMT" } ]
2009-11-28T00:00:00
[ [ "Grace", "Matthew", "" ], [ "Brif", "Constantin", "" ], [ "Rabitz", "Herschel", "" ], [ "Walmsley", "Ian", "" ], [ "Kosut", "Robert", "" ], [ "Lidar", "Daniel A.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611190
Ho-Tsang Ng
H. T. Ng, K. Burnett and J. A. Dunningham
Precision measurement with an optical Josephson junction
6 pages, 1 figure
Phys. Rev. A 75, 063607 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.063607
null
quant-ph
null
We study a new type of Josephson device, the so-called "optical Josephson junction" as proposed in Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 95}, 170402 (2005). Two condensates are optically coupled through a waveguide by a pair of Bragg beams. This optical Josephson junction is analogous to the usual Josephson junction of two condensates weakly coupled via tunneling. We discuss the use of this optical Josephson junction, for making precision measurements.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:03:21 GMT" } ]
2011-08-02T00:00:00
[ [ "Ng", "H. T.", "" ], [ "Burnett", "K.", "" ], [ "Dunningham", "J. A.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611191
Valentin Sokolov V.
Valentin V. Sokolov, Giuliano Benenti, and Giulio Casati
Dynamical chaos versus quantum interference
15 pages, 1 fugure
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
We discuss the dephasing induced by the internal classical chaotic motion in the absence of any external environment. To this end a new extension of fidelity for mixed states is introduced, which we name {\it allegiance}. Such quantity directly accounts for quantum interference and is measurable in a Ramsey interferometry experiment. We show that in the semiclassical limit the decay of the allegiance is exactly expressed, due to the dephasing, in terms of an appropriate classical correlation function. Our results are derived analytically for the case of a nonlinear driven oscillator and then numerically confirmed for the kicked rotor model.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:37:56 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Sokolov", "Valentin V.", "" ], [ "Benenti", "Giuliano", "" ], [ "Casati", "Giulio", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611192
Mauro Paternostro
M. Paternostro, M. S. Tame, G. M. Palma, M. S. Kim
Entanglement generation and protection by detuning modulation
9 pages, 8 figures, RevTeX4
Phys. Rev. A 74, 052317 (2006)
10.1103/PhysRevA.74.052317
null
quant-ph
null
We introduce a protocol for steady-state entanglement generation and protection based on detuning modulation in the dissipative interaction between a two-qubit system and a bosonic mode. The protocol is a global-addressing scheme which only requires control over the system as a whole. We describe a postselection procedure to project the register state onto a subspace of maximally entangled states. We also outline how our proposal can be implemented in a circuit-quantum electrodynamics setup.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:33:36 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Paternostro", "M.", "" ], [ "Tame", "M. S.", "" ], [ "Palma", "G. M.", "" ], [ "Kim", "M. S.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611193
Halina Grushevskaya
H. V. Grushevskaya
Relativistic invariant projectors on a complex spinor space and a rule of polarizations summation in a complex bispinor space
11pages, talk given at the 5th International Conference "Boyai-Gauss-Lobachevsky: Methods of Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Physics", Minsk, Belarus,October 10-13, 2006
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Relativistic invariant projectors of states in a complex bispinor space on a complex spinor space are constructed. An expression for sections of bundle with connection on group SU(4) in an explicit form has been obtained. Within the framework of the proposed geometrical approach the rule of summation over polarizations of states in a complex bispinor space has been derived. It has been shown that states in a complex bispinor space always describe a pair of Dirac's particles.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:57:08 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Grushevskaya", "H. V.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611194
David Zueco
D. Zueco and Ivan Calvo
Bopp operators and phase-space spin dynamics: Application to rotational quantum brownian motion
Some typos corrected. Published version
J.Phys.A40:4635-4648,2007
10.1088/1751-8113/40/17/015
null
quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mech hep-th
null
As already known for nonrelativistic spinless particles, Bopp operators give an elegant and simple way to compute the dynamics of quasiprobability distributions in the phase space formulation of Quantum Mechanics. In this work, we present a generalization of Bopp operators for spins and apply our results to the case of open spin systems. This approach allows to take the classical limit in a transparent way, recovering the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:16:01 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:58:18 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Zueco", "D.", "" ], [ "Calvo", "Ivan", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611195
An Min Wang
Jian Tang and An Min Wang
A case concerning the improved transition probability
8 pages, 3 figures. This is an example of our serial studies: quant-ph/0611216, quant-ph/0611217, and quant-ph/0601051
null
null
null
quant-ph physics.atom-ph
null
As is well known, the existed perturbation theory can be applied to calculations of energy, state and transition probability in many quantum systems. However, there are different paths and methods to improve its calculation precision and efficiency in our view. According to an improved scheme of perturbation theory proposed by [An Min Wang, quant-ph/0611217], we reconsider the transition probability and perturbed energy for a Hydrogen atom in a constant magnetic field. We find the results obtained by using Wang's scheme are indeed more satisfying in the calculation precision and efficiency. Therefore, Wang's scheme can be thought of as a powerful tool in the perturbation calculation of quantum systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:55:26 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:57:56 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Tang", "Jian", "" ], [ "Wang", "An Min", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611196
Wang Zhiwei
Zhi-Wei Wang, Yun-Feng Huang, Xi-Feng Ren, Yong-Sheng Zhang, and Guang-Can Guo
Experimental entanglement verification and quantification via uncertainty relations
5 pages, 3 figures and 2 tables
Europhysics Letters, 78, 40002 (2007)
10.1209/0295-5075/78/40002
null
quant-ph
null
We report on experimental studies on entanglement quantification and verification based on uncertainty relations for systems consisting of two qubits. The new proposed measure is shown to be invariant under local unitary transformations, by which entanglement quantification is implemented for two-qubit pure states. The nonlocal uncertainty relations for two-qubit pure states are also used for entanglement verification which serves as a basic proposition and promise to be a good choice for verification of multipartite entanglement.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:54:26 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:42:15 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:26:58 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Wed, 9 May 2007 13:03:18 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Wang", "Zhi-Wei", "" ], [ "Huang", "Yun-Feng", "" ], [ "Ren", "Xi-Feng", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Yong-Sheng", "" ], [ "Guo", "Guang-Can", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611197
Hwasung Lee
Hwasung Lee, Y. J. Lee
Determinable Solutions for One-dimensional Quantum Potentials: Scattering, Quasi-bound and Bound State Problems
9 pages, 7 figures, Currected typos and clarified the discussion of double square well
null
10.1088/1751-8113/40/13/017
null
quant-ph
null
We derive analytic expressions of the recursive solutions to the Schr\"{o}dinger's equation by means of a cutoff potential technique for one-dimensional piecewise constant potentials. These solutions provide a method for accurately determining the transmission probabilities as well as the wave function in both classically accessible region and inaccessible region for any barrier potentials. It is also shown that the energy eigenvalues and the wave functions of bound states can be obtained for potential-well structures by exploiting this method. Calculational results of illustrative examples are shown in order to verify this method for treating barrier and potential-well problems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:27:15 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 6 Jan 2007 18:00:34 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Lee", "Hwasung", "" ], [ "Lee", "Y. J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611198
Yury Sherkunov
Yury Sherkunov
Casimir interaction between gas media of excited atoms
Bio-dielectrics: Theories, Mechanisms, and Applications. 10-12 April 2006, University of Leicester, UK To be published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
J.Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40 (2007) 86-94
10.1088/0022-3727/40/1/S13
null
quant-ph
null
The retarded dispersion interaction (Casimir interaction) between two dilute dielectric media at high temperatures is considered. The excited atoms are taken into account. It is shown that the perturbation technique can not be applied to this problem due to the divergence of integrals. A non-perturbative approach based on kinetic Green functions is implemented. We consider interaction between two atoms (one of them is excited0 embedded in an absorbing dielectric medium. We take into account possible absorption of photons in the medium, which solves the problem of divergence. The force between two plane dilute dielectric media is calculated at pair interaction approximation. We show that the result of quantum electrodynamics differs from the Lifshitz formula for dilute gas media at high temperatures (if the number of excited atoms is significant). According to quantum electrodynamics, the interaction may be either attractive or repulsive depending on the temperature and the density numbers of the media.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:41:31 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Sherkunov", "Yury", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611199
Aikaterini Mandilara
A. Mandilara, V. M. Akulin, M. Kolar, G. Kurizki
Control of multiatom entanglement in a cavity
11 pages, 1 figure. Finalized version
Phys. Rev. A 75, 022327 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.022327
null
quant-ph
null
We propose a general formalism for analytical description of multiatomic ensembles interacting with a single mode quantized cavity field under the assumption that most atoms remain un-excited on average. By combining the obtained formalism with the nilpotent technique for the description of multipartite entanglement we are able to overview in a unified fashion different probabilistic control scenarios of entanglement among atoms or examine atomic ensembles. We then apply the proposed control schemes to the creation of multiatom states useful for quantum information.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:45:21 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:38:26 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Mandilara", "A.", "" ], [ "Akulin", "V. M.", "" ], [ "Kolar", "M.", "" ], [ "Kurizki", "G.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611200
Fernando M. Cucchietti
W.H. Zurek, F.M. Cucchietti, and J.P. Paz
Gaussian Decoherence and Gaussian Echo from Spin Environments
Improved text and figures, to appear in the special issue of Acta Physica Polonica B celebrating the 100th anniversary of Smoluchowski's equation and his paper explaining Brownian motion (in http://th-www.if.uj.edu.pl/acta/vol38/pdf/v38p1685.pdf)
Acta Physica Polonica B, 38, No. 5 (2007), 1685
null
LA-UR 06-7697
quant-ph cond-mat.other
null
We examine an exactly solvable model of decoherence -- a spin-system interacting with a collection of environment spins. We show that in this simple model (introduced some time ago to illustrate environment--induced superselection) generic assumptions about the coupling strengths lead to a universal (Gaussian) suppression of coherence between pointer states. We explore the regime of validity of this result and discuss its relation to spectral features of the environment. We also consider its relevance to the experiments on the so-called Loschmidt echo (which measures, in effect, the fidelity between the initial and time-reversed or "echo" signal). In particular, we show that for partial reversals (e.g., when of only a part of the total Hamiltonian changes sign) fidelity will exhibit a Gaussian dependence on the time of reversal. In such cases echo may become independent of the details of the reversal procedure or the specifics of the coupling to the environment. This puzzling behavior was observed in several NMR experiments. Natural candidates for such two environments (one of which is easily reversed, while the other is ``irreversible'') are suggested for the experiment involving ferrocene.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:57:27 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 1 Feb 2007 17:39:15 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:54:15 GMT" } ]
2007-05-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Zurek", "W. H.", "" ], [ "Cucchietti", "F. M.", "" ], [ "Paz", "J. P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611201
Tam\'as V\'ertesi
T. V\'ertesi
Power of unentangled measurements on two antiparallel spins
Latex file, 18 pages, 1 figure; published version
Phys. Rev. A 75, 032343 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032343
null
quant-ph
null
We consider a pair of antiparallel spins polarized in a random direction to encode quantum information. We wish to extract as much information as possible on the polarization direction attainable by an unentangled measurement, i.e., by a measurement, whose outcomes are associated with product states. We develop analytically the upper bound 0.7935 bits to the Shannon mutual information obtainable by an unentangled measurement, which is definitely less than the value 0.8664 bits attained by an entangled measurement. This proves our main result, that not every ensemble of product states can be optimally distinguished by an unentangled measurement, if the measure of distinguishability is defined in the sense of Shannon. We also present results from numerical calculations and discuss briefly the case of parallel spins.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:01:55 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:18:27 GMT" } ]
2013-05-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Vértesi", "T.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611202
James P. Crutchfield
James P. Crutchfield and Karoline Wiesner
Intrinsic Quantum Computation
5 pages, 1 figure, 1 table; updated with corrections; http://cse.ucdavis.edu/~cmg/compmech/pubs/iqc.htm
null
10.1016/j.physleta.2007.07.052
Santa Fe Institute Working Paper 06-11-045
quant-ph
null
We introduce ways to measure information storage in quantum systems, using a recently introduced computation-theoretic model that accounts for measurement effects. The first, the quantum excess entropy, quantifies the shared information between a quantum process's past and its future. The second, the quantum transient information, determines the difficulty with which an observer comes to know the internal state of a quantum process through measurements. We contrast these with von Neumann entropy and quantum entropy rate and provide a closed-form expression for the latter for the class of deterministic quantum processes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:16:44 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:48:47 GMT" } ]
2010-04-05T00:00:00
[ [ "Crutchfield", "James P.", "" ], [ "Wiesner", "Karoline", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611203
James P. Crutchfield
Karoline Wiesner and James P. Crutchfield
Language Diversity of Measured Quantum Processes
9 pages, 4 tables; http://cse.ucdavis.edu/~cmg/compmech/pubs/ldmqp.htm
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
The behavior of a quantum system depends on how it is measured. How much of what is observed comes from the structure of the quantum system itself and how much from the observer's choice of measurement? We explore these questions by analyzing the \emph{language diversity} of quantum finite-state generators. One result is a new way to distinguish quantum devices from their classical (stochastic) counterparts. While the diversity of languages generated by these two computational classes is the same in the case of periodic processes, quantum systems generally generate a wider range of languages than classical systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:54:20 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Wiesner", "Karoline", "" ], [ "Crutchfield", "James P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611204
Gabriel Hetet
G. H\'etet, O. Gl\"ockl, K. A. Pilypas, C.C. Harb, B.C. Buchler, H.-A. Bachor, P.K. Lam
Squeezed light for bandwidth limited atom optics experiments at the Rubidium D1 line
8 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for Journal of Physics B
null
10.1088/0953-4075/40/1/020
null
quant-ph
null
We report on the generation of more than 5 dB of vacuum squeezed light at the Rubidium D1 line (795 nm) using periodically poled KTiOPO$_{4}$ (PPKTP) in an optical parametric oscillator. We demonstrate squeezing at low sideband frequencies, making this source of non-classical light compatible with bandwidth limited atom optics experiments. When PPKTP is operated as a parametric amplifier, we show a noise reduction of 4 dB stably locked within the 150 kHz-500 kHz frequency range. This matches the bandwidth of Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) in Rubidium hot vapour cells under the condition of large information delay.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:57:13 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Hétet", "G.", "" ], [ "Glöckl", "O.", "" ], [ "Pilypas", "K. A.", "" ], [ "Harb", "C. C.", "" ], [ "Buchler", "B. C.", "" ], [ "Bachor", "H. -A.", "" ], [ "Lam", "P. K.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611205
Rui Guo
Rui Guo and Hong Guo
Momentum entanglement and disentanglement between atom and photon
6 pages, 10 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.012112
null
quant-ph
null
With the quantum interference between two transition pathways, we demonstrate a novel scheme to coherently control the momentum entanglement between a single atom and a single photon. The unavoidable disentanglement is also studied from the first principle, which indicates that the stably entangled atom--photon system with superhigh degree of entanglement may be realized with this scheme under certain conditions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:08:39 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:28:34 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Guo", "Rui", "" ], [ "Guo", "Hong", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611206
Qin Guo
Hong-yi Fan, Qin Guo
Husimi operator and Husimi function for describing electron's probability distribution in uniform magnetic field derived by virtue of the entangled state representation
15pages
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
For the first time we introduce the Husimi operator Delta_h(gamma,varepsilon;kappa) for studying Husimi distribution in phase space(gamma,varepsilon) for electron's states in uniform magnetic field, where kappa is the Gaussian spatial width parameter. Using the Wigner operator in the entangled state |lambda> representation [Hong-Yi Fan, Phys. Lett. A 301 (2002)153; A 126 (1987) 145) we find that Delta_h(gamma,varepsilon;kappa) is just a pure squeezed coherent state density operator |gamma,varepsilon>_kappa kappa<gamma,varepsilon|, which brings convenience for studying and calculating the Husimi distribution. We in many ways demonstrate that the Husimi distributions are Gaussian-broadened version of the Wigner distributions. Throughout our calculation we have fully employed the technique of integration within an ordered product of operators.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:37:18 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Fan", "Hong-yi", "" ], [ "Guo", "Qin", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611207
Ba An Nguyen
Nguyen Ba An
Reply to Yang et al.'s comment
1 page, No figures, RevTex
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
This is to reply to a recent comment by Yang, Yuan and Zhang on ``Teleportation of two-quNit entanglement: Exploiting local resorces''.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:19:05 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "An", "Nguyen Ba", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611208
Heinz-Peter Breuer
Heinz-Peter Breuer
Non-Markovian generalization of the Lindblad theory of open quantum systems
10 pages, 1 figure, replaced by published version
Phys. Rev. A 75, 022103 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.022103
null
quant-ph
null
A systematic approach to the non-Markovian quantum dynamics of open systems is given by the projection operator techniques of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. Combining these methods with concepts from quantum information theory and from the theory of positive maps, we derive a class of correlated projection superoperators that take into account in an efficient way statistical correlations between the open system and its environment. The result is used to develop a generalization of the Lindblad theory to the regime of highly non-Markovian quantum processes in structured environments.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:04:26 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:38:10 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Breuer", "Heinz-Peter", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611209
Iordanis Kerenidis
Dmytro Gavinsky, Julia Kempe, Iordanis Kerenidis, Ran Raz, Ronald de Wolf
Exponential separations for one-way quantum communication complexity, with applications to cryptography
16 pages, improved version, supersedes quant-ph/0607173 and quant-ph/0607174 although some proofs are different
Proc. 39th STOC, p. 516-525 (2007)
null
null
quant-ph
null
We give an exponential separation between one-way quantum and classical communication protocols for a partial Boolean function (a variant of the Boolean Hidden Matching Problem of Bar-Yossef et al.) Earlier such an exponential separation was known only for a relational problem. The communication problem corresponds to a \emph{strong extractor} that fails against a small amount of \emph{quantum} information about its random source. Our proof uses the Fourier coefficients inequality of Kahn, Kalai, and Linial. We also give a number of applications of this separation. In particular, we show that there are privacy amplification schemes that are secure against classical adversaries but not against quantum adversaries; and we give the first example of a key-expansion scheme in the model of bounded-storage cryptography that is secure against classical memory-bounded adversaries but not against quantum ones.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:35:42 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:09:26 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:45:18 GMT" } ]
2022-03-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Gavinsky", "Dmytro", "" ], [ "Kempe", "Julia", "" ], [ "Kerenidis", "Iordanis", "" ], [ "Raz", "Ran", "" ], [ "de Wolf", "Ronald", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611210
Alexander L\'opez
Alexander L\'opez, Otto Rend\'on, V\'ictor M. Villalba, Ernesto Medina
Two electron entanglement in quasi-one dimensional system: Role of resonances
4 pages, 3 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.033401
null
quant-ph
null
We analyze the role of resonances in two-fermion entanglement production for a quasi one-dimensional two channel scattering problem. We solve exactly for the problem of a two-fermion antisymmetric product state scattering off a double delta well potential. It is shown that the two-particle concurrence of the post-selected state has an oscillatory behavior where the concurrence vanishes at the values of momenta for virtual bound states in the double well. These concurrence zeros are interpreted in terms of the uncertainty in the knowledge of the state of the one particle subspace reduced one particle density matrix. Our results suggest manipulation of fermion entanglement production through the resonance structure of quantum dots.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:43:53 GMT" } ]
2016-08-16T00:00:00
[ [ "López", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Rendón", "Otto", "" ], [ "Villalba", "Víctor M.", "" ], [ "Medina", "Ernesto", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611211
Philip Pearle
Philip Pearle
How Stands Collapse I
20 pages, to be published in Journal of Physics A: Math-Gen
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
In this volume in honor of GianCarlo Ghirardi, I discuss my involvement with ideas of dynamical collapse of the state vector. 10 problems are introduced, 9 of which were seen following my initial work. 4 of these problems had a resolution in GianCarlo Ghirardi, Alberto Rimini and Tullio Weber's Spontaneous Localization (SL) model (which added 1 more problem). This stimulated a (somewhat different) resolution of these 5 problems in the Continuous Spontaneous Localization (CSL) model, in which I combined my initial work with SL. In an upcoming volume in honor of Abner Shimony I shall discuss the status of the 5 remaining post-CSL problems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:52:36 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Pearle", "Philip", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611212
Philip Pearle
Philip Pearle
How Stands Collapse II
37 pages
null
10.1088/1751-8113/40/12/S18
null
quant-ph
null
I review ten problems associated with the dynamical wave function collapse program, which were described in the first of these two papers. Five of these, the \textit{interaction, preferred basis, trigger, symmetry} and \textit{superluminal} problems, were discussed as resolved there. In this volume in honor of Abner Shimony, I discuss the five remaining problems, \textit{tails, conservation law, experimental, relativity, legitimization}. Particular emphasis is given to the tails problem, first raised by Abner. The discussion of legitimization contains a new argument, that the energy density of the fluctuating field which causes collapse should exert a gravitational force. This force can be repulsive, since this energy density can be negative. Speculative illustrations of cosmological implications are offered.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:01:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 30 May 2007 18:48:47 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:30:38 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Pearle", "Philip", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611213
Alina Dubrovska
Alina Dubrovska Vasilieva, Taisia Mischenko-Slatenkova
Quantum Query Algorithms for Certain Problems and Generalization of Algorithm Designing Techniques
23 pages, 7 figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Quantum algorithms can be analyzed in a query model to compute Boolean functions where input is given in a black box, but the aim is to compute function value for arbitrary input using as few queries as possible. In this paper we concentrate on quantum query algorithm designing tasks. The main aim of research was to find new efficient algorithms and develop general algorithm designing techniques. We present several exact quantum query algorithms for certain problems that are better than classical counterparts. Next we introduce algorithm transformation methods that allow significant enlarging of sets of exactly computable functions. Finally, we propose algorithm constructing methods applicable for algorithms with specific properties that allow constructing algorithms for more complex functions preserving acceptable error probability and number of queries.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:47:59 GMT" } ]
2012-03-24T00:00:00
[ [ "Vasilieva", "Alina Dubrovska", "" ], [ "Mischenko-Slatenkova", "Taisia", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611214
Bei Zeng
Bei Zeng, Hyeyoun Chung, Andrew W. Cross, Isaac L. Chuang
Local unitary versus local Clifford equivalence of stabilizer and graph states
Revised version according to referee's comments. To appear in Physical Review A
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032325
null
quant-ph
null
The equivalence of stabilizer states under local transformations is of fundamental interest in understanding properties and uses of entanglement. Two stabilizer states are equivalent under the usual stochastic local operations and classical communication criterion if and only if they are equivalent under local unitary (LU) operations. More surprisingly, under certain conditions, two LU equivalent stabilizer states are also equivalent under local Clifford (LC) operations, as was shown by Van den Nest et al. [Phys. Rev. \textbf{A71}, 062323]. Here, we broaden the class of stabilizer states for which LU equivalence implies LC equivalence ($LU\Leftrightarrow LC$) to include all stabilizer states represented by graphs with neither cycles of length 3 nor 4. To compare our result with Van den Nest et al.'s, we show that any stabilizer state of distance $\delta=2$ is beyond their criterion. We then further prove that $LU\Leftrightarrow LC$ holds for a more general class of stabilizer states of $\delta=2$. We also explicitly construct graphs representing $\delta>2$ stabilizer states which are beyond their criterion: we identify all 58 graphs with up to 11 vertices and construct graphs with $2^m-1$ ($m\geq 4$) vertices using quantum error correcting codes which have non-Clifford transversal gates.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:31:14 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:54:27 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Zeng", "Bei", "" ], [ "Chung", "Hyeyoun", "" ], [ "Cross", "Andrew W.", "" ], [ "Chuang", "Isaac L.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611215
Rong Wu
Rong Wu, Alexander Pechen, Constantin Brif and Herschel Rabitz
Controllability of open quantum systems with Kraus-map dynamics
16 pages
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 5681 (2007)
10.1088/1751-8113/40/21/015
null
quant-ph math-ph math.MP
null
This paper presents a constructive proof of complete kinematic state controllability of finite-dimensional open quantum systems whose dynamics are represented by Kraus maps. For any pair of states (pure or mixed) on the Hilbert space of the system, we explicitly show how to construct a Kraus map that transforms one state into another. Moreover, we prove by construction the existence of a Kraus map that transforms all initial states into a predefined target state (such a process may be used, for example, in quantum information dilution). Thus, in sharp contrast to unitary control, Kraus-map dynamics allows for the design of controls which are robust to variations in the initial state of the system. The general formalism is illustrated with examples of state-to-state Kraus transformations in a two-level system. In particular, we construct a family of non-unitary Kraus maps, which transform one pure state into another. The problem of dynamic state controllability of open quantum systems (i.e., controllability of state-to-state transformations, given a set of available dynamical resources such as coherent controls, incoherent interactions with the environment, and measurements) is also discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:44:41 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sun, 27 May 2007 23:22:12 GMT" } ]
2008-01-22T00:00:00
[ [ "Wu", "Rong", "" ], [ "Pechen", "Alexander", "" ], [ "Brif", "Constantin", "" ], [ "Rabitz", "Herschel", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611216
An Min Wang
An Min Wang
Quantum mechanics in general quantum systems (I): Exact solution
21 pages, no figure. The first paper in our serial studies. Its earlier version is quant-ph/0602055
null
null
null
quant-ph math-ph math.MP
null
Starting from our idea of combining the Feynman path integral spirit and the Dyson series kernel, we find an explicit and general form of time evolution operator that is a $c$-number function and a power series of perturbation including all order approximations in the unperturbed Hamiltonian representation. Based on it, we obtain an exact solution of the Schr\"{o}dinger equation in general quantum systems independent of time. Comparison of our exact solution with the existed perturbation theory makes some features and significance of our exact solution clear. The conclusions expressly indicate that our exact solution is obviously consistent with the usual time-independent perturbation theory at any order approximation, it explicitly calculates out the expanding coefficients of the unperturbed state in the non-perturbation method, and it fully solves the recurrence equation of the expansion coefficients of final state in the unperturbed Hamiltonian representation from a view of time-dependent perturbation theory. At the same time, the exact solution of the von Neumann equation is also given. Our results can be thought of as theoretical developments of quantum dynamics, and are helpful for understanding the dynamical behavior and related subjects of general quantum systems in both theory and application. Our exact solution, together with its sequence studies on perturbation theory [An Min Wang, quant-ph/0611217] and open system dynamics [An Min Wang, quant-ph/0601051] can be used to establish the foundation of theoretical formulism of quantum mechanics in general quantum systems. Further applications of our exact solution to quantum theory can be expected.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:58:24 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:32:39 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Wang", "An Min", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611217
An Min Wang
An Min Wang
Quantum mechanics in general quantum systems (II): Perturbation theory
51 pages, no figure. The second paper in our serial studies. Its earlier version is quant-ph/0602055
null
null
null
quant-ph math-ph math.MP physics.atom-ph
null
We propose an improved scheme of perturbation theory based on our exact solution [An Min Wang, quant-ph/0611216] in general quantum systems independent of time. Our elementary start-point is to introduce the perturbing parameter as late as possible. Our main skills are Hamiltonian redivision so as to overcome a flaw of the usual perturbation theory, and the perturbing Hamiltonian matrix product decomposition in order to separate the contraction and anti-contraction terms. Our calculational technology is the limit process for eliminating apparent divergences. Our central idea is ``dynamical rearrangement and summation" for the sake of the partial contributions from the high order even all order approximations absorbed in our perturbed solution. Consequently, we obtain the improved forms of the zeroth, first, second and third order perturbed solutions absorbing the partial contributions from the high order even all order approximations of perturbation. Then we deduce the improved transition probability. In special, we propose the revised Fermi's golden rule. Moreover, we apply our scheme to obtain the improved forms of perturbed energy and perturbed state. In addition, we study an easy understanding example of two-state system to illustrate our scheme and show its advantages. All of this implies the physical reasons and evidences why our improved scheme of perturbation theory are actually calculable, operationally efficient, conclusively more accurate. Our improved scheme is the further development and interesting application of our exact solution, and it has been successfully used to study on open system dynamics [An Min Wang, quant-ph/0601051].
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:58:46 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:47:15 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Wang", "An Min", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611218
Georgios Roumpos
Georgios Roumpos, Cyrus P. Master and Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Quantum simulation of spin ordering with nuclear spins in a solid state lattice
11 pages, 3 figues; Published version
Phys. Rev. B 75, 094415 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevB.75.094415
null
quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mech
null
An experiment demonstrating the quantum simulation of a spin-lattice Hamiltonian is proposed. Dipolar interactions between nuclear spins in a solid state lattice can be modulated by rapid radio-frequency pulses. In this way, the effective Hamiltonian of the system can be brought to the form of an antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model with long range interactions. Using a semiconducting material with strong optical properties such as InP, cooling of nuclear spins could be achieved by means of optical pumping. An additional cooling stage is provided by adiabatic demagnetization in the rotating frame (ADRF) down to a nuclear spin temperature at which we expect a phase transition from a paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic phase. This phase transition could be observed by probing the magnetic susceptibility of the spin-lattice. Our calculations suggest that employing current optical pumping technology, observation of this phase transition is within experimental reach.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:03:13 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:42:59 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Roumpos", "Georgios", "" ], [ "Master", "Cyrus P.", "" ], [ "Yamamoto", "Yoshihisa", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611219
Steven J. van Enk
S.J. van Enk, N. Lutkenhaus, and H.J. Kimble
On experimental procedures for entanglement verification
15 pages
Phys. Rev. A 75, 052318 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.052318
null
quant-ph cond-mat.other
null
We give an overview of different types of entanglement that can be generated in experiments, as well as of various protocols that can be used to verify or quantify entanglement. We propose several criteria that, we argue, should be applied to experimental entanglement verification procedures. Explicit examples demonstrate that not following these criteria will tend to result in overestimating the amount of entanglement generated in an experiment or in infering entanglement when there is none. We distinguish protocols meant to refute or eliminate hidden-variable models from those meant to verify entanglement.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:28:01 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:13:25 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "van Enk", "S. J.", "" ], [ "Lutkenhaus", "N.", "" ], [ "Kimble", "H. J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611220
Fedor Herbut
Fedor Herbut
Complete "Born's rule" from "environment-assisted invariance" in terms of pure-state twin unitaries
25 pages, Latex2e and Revtex4
Journal of Physics A: Math. and Theor. 40, 5949 (2007)
10.1088/1751-8113/40/22/013
null
quant-ph
null
Zurek's derivation of the Born rule from envariance (environment-assisted invariance) is tightened up, somewhat generalized, and extended to encompass all possibilities. By this, besides Zurek's most important work, also the works of 5 other commentators of the derivation are taken into account, and selected excerpts commented upon. All this is done after a detailed theory of twin unitaries, which are the other face of envariance.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:00:53 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Herbut", "Fedor", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611221
Carl Maes
C. Maes, J. Asboth, H. Ritsch
Self ordering and superradiant backscattering of a gaseous beam in a ring cavity with counter propagating pump
18 pages 11 figures
null
10.1364/OE.15.006019
null
quant-ph
null
We study the threshold conditions of spatial self organization combined with collective coherent optical backscattering of a thermal gaseous beam moving in a high Q ring cavity with counter propagating pump. We restrict ourselves to the limit of large detuning between the particles optical resonances and the light field, where spontaneous emission is negligible and the particles can be treated as polarizable point masses. Using a linear stability analysis in the accelerated rest frame of the particles we derive an analytic bounds for the selforganization as a function of particle number,average velocity, temperature and resonator parameters. We check our results by a numerical iteration procedure as well as by direct simulations of the N-particle dynamics. Due to momentum conservation the backscattered intensity determines the average force on the cloud, which gives the conditions for stopping and cooling a fast molecular beam.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:26:45 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Maes", "C.", "" ], [ "Asboth", "J.", "" ], [ "Ritsch", "H.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611222
Adrian Budini
Adrian A. Budini
Lindblad rate equations
12 pages, 2 figures
Phys. Rev. A 74, 053815 (2006)
10.1103/PhysRevA.74.053815
null
quant-ph
null
In this paper we derive an extra class of non-Markovian master equations where the system state is written as a sum of auxiliary matrixes whose evolution involve Lindblad contributions with local coupling between all of them, resembling the structure of a classical rate equation. The system dynamics may develops strong non-local effects such as the dependence of the stationary properties with the system initialization. These equations are derived from alternative microscopic interactions, such as complex environments described in a generalized Born-Markov approximation and tripartite system-environment interactions, where extra unobserved degrees of freedom mediates the entanglement between the system and a Markovian reservoir. Conditions that guarantees the completely positive condition of the solution map are found. Quantum stochastic processes that recover the system dynamics in average are formulated. We exemplify our results by analyzing the dynamical action of non-trivial structured dephasing and depolarizing reservoirs over a single qubit.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:53:40 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Budini", "Adrian A.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611223
Fabrizio Buscemi
Fabrizio Buscemi, Paolo Bordone and Andrea Bertoni
Linear entropy as an entanglement measure in two-fermion systems
16 pages. Added references in section 1 Corrected typos
Phys. Rev. A 75, 032301 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032301
null
quant-ph
null
We describe an efficient theoretical criterion, suitable for indistinguishable particles to quantify the quantum correlations of any pure two-fermion state, based on the Slater rank concept. It represents the natural generalization of the linear entropy used to treat quantum entanglement in systems of non-identical particles. Such a criterion is here applied to an electron-electron scattering in a two-dimensional system in order to perform a quantitative evaluation of the entanglement dynamics for various spin configurations and to compare the linear entropy with alternative approaches. Our numerical results show the dependence of the entanglement evolution upon the initial state of the system and its spin components. The differences with previous analyses accomplished by using the von Neumann entropy are discussed. The evaluation of the entanglement dynamics in terms of the linear entropy results to be much less demanding from the computational point of view, not requiring the diagonalization of the density matrix.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:47:48 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:51:08 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Buscemi", "Fabrizio", "" ], [ "Bordone", "Paolo", "" ], [ "Bertoni", "Andrea", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611224
Jian-Ming Cai
Jian-Ming Cai, Zheng-Wei Zhou, Shun Zhang and Guang-Can Guo
Compatibility conditions from multipartite entanglement measures
5 pages
Phys. Rev. A 75, 052324 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.052324
null
quant-ph
null
We consider an arbitrary d_{1}\otimes d_{2}\otimes ... \otimes d_{N} composite quantum system and find necessary conditions for general m-party subsystem states to be the reduced states of a common N-party state. These conditions will lead to various monogamy inequalities for bipartite quantum entanglement and partial disorder in multipartite states. Our results are tightly connected with the measures of multipartite entanglement.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:09:05 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:02:49 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:24:59 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:50:02 GMT" }, { "version": "v5", "created": "Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:01:56 GMT" }, { "version": "v6", "created": "Mon, 4 Jun 2007 12:33:49 GMT" } ]
2007-06-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Cai", "Jian-Ming", "" ], [ "Zhou", "Zheng-Wei", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Shun", "" ], [ "Guo", "Guang-Can", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611225
Gong Zhe-Xuan
Wen-Xing Yang and Zhe-Xuan Gong, et al
Simple scheme for implementing the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm in thermal cavity
7 pages, 4 figures
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 (2007) 155-161
10.1088/1751-8113/40/1/009
null
quant-ph
null
We present a simple scheme to implement the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm based on two-atom interaction in a thermal cavity. The photon-number-dependent parts in the evolution operator are canceled with the strong resonant classical field added. As a result, our scheme is immune to thermal field, and does not require the cavity to remain in the vacuum state throughout the procedure. Besides, large detuning between the atoms and the cavity is not necessary neither, leading to potential speed up of quantum operation. Finally, we show by numerical simulation that the proposed scheme is equal to demonstrate the Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm with high fidelity.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:26:12 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 6 Dec 2006 16:55:27 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Yang", "Wen-Xing", "" ], [ "Gong", "Zhe-Xuan", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611226
Marko Znidaric
Marko Znidaric
Entanglement of random vectors
8 pages
J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, F105-F111 (2007)
10.1088/1751-8113/40/3/F04
null
quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mech nlin.CD
null
We analytically calculate the average value of i-th largest Schmidt coefficient for random pure quantum states. Schmidt coefficients, i.e., eigenvalues of the reduced density matrix, are expressed in the limit of large Hilbert space size and for arbitrary bipartite splitting as an implicit function of index i.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:26:00 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Znidaric", "Marko", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611227
Claudio Garola
Claudio Garola
Physical propositions and quantum languages
15 pages, no figure, standard LateX
International Journal of Theoretical Physics (2008), 47: 90-103
10.1007/s10773-007-9372-8
null
quant-ph
null
The word \textit{proposition} is used in physics with different meanings, which must be distinguished to avoid interpretational problems. We construct two languages $\mathcal{L}^{\ast}(x)$ and $\mathcal{L}(x)$ with classical set-theoretical semantics which allow us to illustrate those meanings and to show that the non-Boolean lattice of propositions of quantum logic (QL) can be obtained by selecting a subset of \textit{p-testable} propositions within the Boolean lattice of all propositions associated with sentences of $\mathcal{L}(x)$. Yet, the aforesaid semantics is incompatible with the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics (QM) because of known no-go theorems. But if one accepts our criticism of these theorems and the ensuing SR (semantic realism) interpretation of QM, the incompatibility disappears, and the classical and quantum notions of truth can coexist, since they refer to different metalinguistic concepts (\textit{truth} and \textit{verifiability according to QM}, respectively). Moreover one can construct a quantum language $\mathcal{L}_{TQ}(x)$ whose Lindenbaum-Tarski algebra is isomorphic to QL, the sentences of which state (testable) properties of individual samples of physical systems, while standard QL does not bear this interpretation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:58:43 GMT" } ]
2014-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Garola", "Claudio", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611228
Oxana Mishina Sergeevna
O.S. Mishina, D.V. Kupriyanov, J.H. Muller, E.S. Polzik
Spectral theory of quantum memory and entanglement via Raman scattering of light by an atomic ensemble
15 pages, 7 figures; added references; accepted to PRA
Phys. Rev. A 75, 042326 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.042326
null
quant-ph
null
We discuss theoretically quantum interface between light and a spin polarized ensemble of atoms with the spin >= 1 based on an off-resonant Raman scattering. We present the spectral theory of the light-atoms interaction and show how particular spectral modes of quantum light couple to spatial modes of the extended atomic ensemble. We show how this interaction can be used for quantum memory storage and retrieval and for deterministic entanglement protocols. The proposed protocols are attractive due to their simplicity since they involve just a single pass of light through atoms without the need for elaborate pulse shaping or quantum feedback. As a practically relevant example we consider the interaction of a light pulse with hyperfine components of D1 line of 87Rb. The quality of the proposed protocols is verified via analytical and numerical analysis.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:14:44 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:47:35 GMT" } ]
2010-06-29T00:00:00
[ [ "Mishina", "O. S.", "" ], [ "Kupriyanov", "D. V.", "" ], [ "Muller", "J. H.", "" ], [ "Polzik", "E. S.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611229
Julio de Vicente
Julio I. de Vicente
Lower bounds on concurrence and separability conditions
5 pages, 1 figure; minor changes, references added; final version: minor correction in proof of lemma 1, scope of theorem 2 clarified, to appear in PRA; mistake in proof of lemma 1 of published version corrected, results unchanged
Phys. Rev. A 75, 052320 (2007); 77, 039903(E) (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.052320
null
quant-ph
null
We obtain analytical lower bounds on the concurrence of bipartite quantum systems in arbitrary dimensions related to the violation of separability conditions based on local uncertainty relations and on the Bloch representation of density matrices. We also illustrate how these results complement and improve those recently derived [K. Chen, S. Albeverio, and S.-M. Fei, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 040504 (2005)] by considering the Peres-Horodecki and the computable cross norm or realignment criteria.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:42:45 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:34:20 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:55:33 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:32:12 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "de Vicente", "Julio I.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611230
N. L. Harshman
N.L. Harshman and S. Wickramsekara
Tensor Product Structures, Entanglement, and Particle Scattering
7 pages, no figures; v.2 typo in references corrected, submitted to OSID as part of SMP38
Open Syst.Info.Dyn.14:341-351,2007
10.1007/s11080-007-9057-z
null
quant-ph
null
Particle systems admit a variety of tensor product structures (TPSs) depending on the complete system of commuting observables chosen for the analysis. Different notions of entanglement are associated with these different TPSs. Global symmetry transformations and dynamical transformations factor into products of local unitary operators with respect to certain TPSs and not with respect to others. Symmetry-invariant and dynamical-invariant TPSs and corresponding measures of entanglement are defined for particle scattering systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:22:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:27:48 GMT" } ]
2011-05-12T00:00:00
[ [ "Harshman", "N. L.", "" ], [ "Wickramsekara", "S.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611231
Tobias J. Osborne
Tobias J. Osborne
Approximate locality for quantum systems on graphs
5 pages, 2 figures, corrected typo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 140503 (2008)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.140503
null
quant-ph
null
In this Letter we make progress on a longstanding open problem of Aaronson and Ambainis [Theory of Computing 1, 47 (2005)]: we show that if A is the adjacency matrix of a sufficiently sparse low-dimensional graph then the unitary operator e^{itA} can be approximated by a unitary operator U(t) whose sparsity pattern is exactly that of a low-dimensional graph which gets more dense as |t| increases. Secondly, we show that if U is a sparse unitary operator with a gap \Delta in its spectrum, then there exists an approximate logarithm H of U which is also sparse. The sparsity pattern of H gets more dense as 1/\Delta increases. These two results can be interpreted as a way to convert between local continuous-time and local discrete-time processes. As an example we show that the discrete-time coined quantum walk can be realised as an approximately local continuous-time quantum walk. Finally, we use our construction to provide a definition for a fractional quantum fourier transform.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:28:56 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:15:57 GMT" } ]
2008-10-06T00:00:00
[ [ "Osborne", "Tobias J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611232
Jeremie Fulconis
Jeremie Fulconis, Olivier Alibart, Jeremy L. O'Brien, William J. Wadsworth, John G. Rarity
Photonic crystal fibre source of photon pairs for quantum information processing
4 pages, 3 figures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 120501 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.120501
null
quant-ph
null
We demonstrate two key components for optical quantum information processing: a bright source of heralded single photons; and a bright source of entangled photon pairs. A pair of pump photons produces a correlated pair of photons at widely spaced wavelengths (583 nm and 900 nm), via a $\chi^{(3)}$ four-wave mixing process. We demonstrate a non-classical interference between heralded photons from independent sources with a visibility of 95%, and an entangled photon pair source, with a fidelity of 89% with a Bell state.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:34:48 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Fulconis", "Jeremie", "" ], [ "Alibart", "Olivier", "" ], [ "O'Brien", "Jeremy L.", "" ], [ "Wadsworth", "William J.", "" ], [ "Rarity", "John G.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611233
Matthew Saul Leifer
M. S. Leifer
Conditional Density Operators and the Subjectivity of Quantum Operations
10 Pages, Work presented at "Foundations of Probability and Physics-4", Vaxjo University, June 4-9 2006
G. Adenier, C. A. Fuchs and A. Yu. Khrennikov (eds.), Foundations of Probability and Physics - 4, AIP Conference Proceedings vol. 889, (AIP 2007), pp. 172-186
10.1063/1.2713456
null
quant-ph
null
Assuming that quantum states, including pure states, represent subjective degrees of belief rather than objective properties of systems, the question of what other elements of the quantum formalism must also be taken as subjective is addressed. In particular, we ask this of the dynamical aspects of the formalism, such as Hamiltonians and unitary operators. Whilst some operations, such as the update maps corresponding to a complete projective measurement, must be subjective, the situation is not so clear in other cases. Here, it is argued that all trace preserving completely positive maps, including unitary operators, should be regarded as subjective, in the same sense as a classical conditional probability distribution. The argument is based on a reworking of the Choi-Jamiolkowski isomorphism in terms of "conditional" density operators and trace preserving completely positive maps, which mimics the relationship between conditional probabilities and stochastic maps in classical probability.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:15:30 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Leifer", "M. S.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611234
Gus Gutoski
Gus Gutoski and John Watrous
Toward a general theory of quantum games
23 pages, 12pt font, single-column compilation of STOC 2007 final version
Proceedings of STOC 2007, pages 565-574
10.1145/1250790.1250873
null
quant-ph cs.CC cs.GT
null
We study properties of quantum strategies, which are complete specifications of a given party's actions in any multiple-round interaction involving the exchange of quantum information with one or more other parties. In particular, we focus on a representation of quantum strategies that generalizes the Choi-Jamio{\l}kowski representation of quantum operations. This new representation associates with each strategy a positive semidefinite operator acting only on the tensor product of its input and output spaces. Various facts about such representations are established, and two applications are discussed: the first is a new and conceptually simple proof of Kitaev's lower bound for strong coin-flipping, and the second is a proof of the exact characterization QRG = EXP of the class of problems having quantum refereed games.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:05:24 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:43:20 GMT" } ]
2013-10-16T00:00:00
[ [ "Gutoski", "Gus", "" ], [ "Watrous", "John", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611235
Taehyun Kim
Taehyun Kim, Ingo Stork genannt Wersborg, Franco N. C. Wong, and Jeffrey H. Shapiro
Complete physical simulation of the entangling-probe attack on the BB84 protocol
4 pages, 5 figures
Phys. Rev. A 75, 042327 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.042327
null
quant-ph
null
We have used deterministic single-photon two qubit (SPTQ) quantum logic to implement the most powerful individual-photon attack against the Bennett-Brassard 1984 (BB84) quantum key distribution protocol. Our measurement results, including physical source and gate errors, are in good agreement with theoretical predictions for the Renyi information obtained by Eve as a function of the errors she imparts to Alice and Bob's sifted key bits. The current experiment is a physical simulation of a true attack, because Eve has access to Bob's physical receiver module. This experiment illustrates the utility of an efficient deterministic quantum logic for performing realistic physical simulations of quantum information processing functions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:40:32 GMT" } ]
2024-03-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Kim", "Taehyun", "" ], [ "Wersborg", "Ingo Stork genannt", "" ], [ "Wong", "Franco N. C.", "" ], [ "Shapiro", "Jeffrey H.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611236
Jacques Vigue
Marion Jacquey (LCAR), Matthias B\"uchner (LCAR), G\'erard Tr\'enec (LCAR), Jacques Vigu\'e (LCAR)
First measurements of the index of refraction of gases for lithium atomic waves
null
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.240405
null
quant-ph
null
We report here the first measurements of the index of refraction of gases for lithium waves. Using an atom interferometer, we have measured the real and imaginary part of the index of refraction $n$ for argon, krypton and xenon, as a function of the gas density for several velocities of the lithium beam. The linear dependence of $(n-1)$ with the gas density is well verified. The total collision cross-section deduced from the imaginary part is in very good agreement with traditional measurements of this quantity. Finally, as predicted by theory, the real and imaginary parts of $(n-1)$ and their ratio $\rho$ exhibit glory oscillations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:57:16 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 15 May 2007 14:43:19 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Jacquey", "Marion", "", "LCAR" ], [ "Büchner", "Matthias", "", "LCAR" ], [ "Trénec", "Gérard", "", "LCAR" ], [ "Vigué", "Jacques", "", "LCAR" ] ]
quant-ph/0611237
Dominic Horsman
Dominic Horsman and Vlatko Vedral
Entanglement without nonlocality
9 pages. Expanded introduction and sections on physical entanglement and locality
Phys. Rev. A 76, 062319 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.062319
null
quant-ph
null
We consider the characterization of entanglement from the perspective of a Heisenberg formalism. We derive an original two-party generalized separability criteria, and from this describe a novel physical understanding of entanglement. We find that entanglement may be considered as fundamentally a local effect, and therefore as a separable computational resource from nonlocality. We show how entanglement differs from correlation physically, and explore the implications of this new conception of entanglement for the notion of classicality. We find that this understanding of entanglement extends naturally to multipartite cases.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:01:47 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:07:27 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:36:43 GMT" } ]
2023-04-21T00:00:00
[ [ "Horsman", "Dominic", "" ], [ "Vedral", "Vlatko", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611238
Christian Brouder
Christian Brouder (IMPMC)
Analytical solutions for two-level systems with damping
4 pages
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 40, 31 (2007) 9455
10.1088/1751-8113/40/31/020
null
quant-ph
null
A method is proposed to transform any analytic solution of the Bloch equation into an analytic solution of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. This allows for the analytical description of the dynamics of a two level system with damping. This method shows that damping turns the linear Schr\"{o}dinger equation of a two-level system into a nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation. As applications, it is shown that damping has a relatively mild influence on self-induced transparency but destroys dynamical localization.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:08:29 GMT" } ]
2010-07-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Brouder", "Christian", "", "IMPMC" ] ]
quant-ph/0611239
Anupam Das
Dharmesh Jain, A. Das, Sayan Kar
Path integrals and wavepacket evolution for damped mechanical systems
15 pages, 6 figures
AJP 75 (2007) 259
10.1119/1.2423040
null
quant-ph
null
Damped mechanical systems with various forms of damping are quantized using the path integral formalism. In particular, we obtain the path integral kernel for the linearly damped harmonic oscillator and a particle in a uniform gravitational field with linearly or quadratically damped motion. In each case, we study the evolution of Gaussian wavepackets and discuss the characteristic features that help us distinguish between different types of damping. For quadratic damping, we show that the action and equation of motion of such a system has a connection with the zero dimensional version of a currently popular scalar field theory. Furthermore we demonstrate that the equation of motion (for quadratic damping) can be identified as a geodesic equation in a fictitious two-dimensional space.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:48:40 GMT" } ]
2012-09-20T00:00:00
[ [ "Jain", "Dharmesh", "" ], [ "Das", "A.", "" ], [ "Kar", "Sayan", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611240
Sebastian Hofferberth
S. Hofferberth, B. Fischer, T. Schumm, J. Schmiedmayer, and I. Lesanovsky
Ultracold atoms in radio-frequency-dressed potentials beyond the rotating wave approximation
6 pages, 4 figures
Phys. Rev. A 76, 013401 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.013401
null
quant-ph
null
We study dressed Bose-Einstein condensates in an atom chip radio-frequency trap. We show that in this system sufficiently strong dressing can be achieved to cause the widely used rotating wave approximation (RWA) to break down. We present a full calculation of the atom - field coupling which shows that the non-RWA contributions quantitatively alter the shape of the emerging dressed adiabatic potentials. The non-RWA contributions furthermore lead to additional allowed transitions between dressed levels. We use RF spectroscopy of Bose-Einstein condensates trapped in the dressed state potentials to directly observe the transition from the RWA to the beyond-RWA regime.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:14:24 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 1 Aug 2007 08:56:09 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Hofferberth", "S.", "" ], [ "Fischer", "B.", "" ], [ "Schumm", "T.", "" ], [ "Schmiedmayer", "J.", "" ], [ "Lesanovsky", "I.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611241
Nadav Yoran
Nadav Yoran and Anthony J. Short
Efficient classical simulation of the approximate quantum Fourier transform
5 pages, 3 figures
Phys. Rev. A 76, 042321 (2007).
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.042321
null
quant-ph
null
We present a method for classically simulating quantum circuits based on the tensor contraction model of Markov and Shi (quant-ph/0511069). Using this method we are able to classically simulate the approximate quantum Fourier transform in polynomial time. Moreover, our approach allows us to formulate a condition for the composability of simulable quantum circuits. We use this condition to show that any circuit composed of a constant number of approximate quantum Fourier transform circuits and log-depth circuits with limited interaction range can also be efficiently simulated.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:38:37 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Yoran", "Nadav", "" ], [ "Short", "Anthony J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611242
Davide Rossini
Davide Rossini, Tommaso Calarco, Vittorio Giovannetti, Simone Montangero, Rosario Fazio
Decoherence induced by interacting quantum spin baths
18 pages, 20 figures
Phys. Rev. A 75, 032333 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032333
null
quant-ph cond-mat.other
null
We study decoherence induced on a two-level system coupled to a one-dimensional quantum spin chain. We consider the cases where the dynamics of the chain is determined by the Ising, XY, or Heisenberg exchange Hamiltonian. This model of quantum baths can be of fundamental importance for the understanding of decoherence in open quantum systems, since it can be experimentally engineered by using atoms in optical lattices. As an example, here we show how to implement a pure dephasing model for a qubit system coupled to an interacting spin bath. We provide results that go beyond the case of a central spin coupled uniformly to all the spins of the bath, in particular showing what happens when the bath enters different phases, or becomes critical; we also study the dependence of the coherence loss on the number of bath spins to which the system is coupled and we describe a coupling-independent regime in which decoherence exhibits universal features, irrespective of the system-environment coupling strength. Finally, we establish a relation between decoherence and entanglement inside the bath. For the Ising and the XY models we are able to give an exact expression for the decay of coherences, while for the Heisenberg bath we resort to the numerical time-dependent Density Matrix Renormalization Group.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:36:36 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Rossini", "Davide", "" ], [ "Calarco", "Tommaso", "" ], [ "Giovannetti", "Vittorio", "" ], [ "Montangero", "Simone", "" ], [ "Fazio", "Rosario", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611243
Michael Bordag
M.Bordag
Generalized Lifshitz formula for a cylindrical plasma sheet in front of a plane beyond proximity force approximation
35 pages, 8 figures
Phys.Rev.D75:065003,2007
10.1103/PhysRevD.75.065003
null
quant-ph hep-th
null
We calculate the first correction beyond proximity force approximation for a cylindrical graphene sheet in interaction with a flat graphene sheet or a dielectric half space.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:05:39 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:56:38 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bordag", "M.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611244
Alexander I. Lvovsky
Jaroslav Rehacek, Zdenek Hradil, E. Knill, A. I. Lvovsky
Diluted maximum-likelihood algorithm for quantum tomography
v2: Convergence proof added
Physical Review A 75, 042108 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.042108
null
quant-ph
null
We propose a refined iterative likelihood-maximization algorithm for reconstructing a quantum state from a set of tomographic measurements. The algorithm is characterized by a very high convergence rate and features a simple adaptive procedure that ensures likelihood increase in every iteration and convergence to the maximum-likelihood state. We apply the algorithm to homodyne tomography of optical states and quantum tomography of entangled spin states of trapped ions and investigate its convergence properties.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:36:04 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:48:03 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Rehacek", "Jaroslav", "" ], [ "Hradil", "Zdenek", "" ], [ "Knill", "E.", "" ], [ "Lvovsky", "A. I.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611245
Frank Tipler
Frank J. Tipler
What About Quantum Theory? Bayes and the Born Interpretation
null
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
I show that probabilities in quantum mechanics are a measure of belief in the presence of human ignorance, just like all other probabilities. The Born interpretation of the square of modulus of the wave function arises from the interaction of a quantum system with an observer, and probabilities will not arise unless the observer is unable to access all the information available in the system's wave function. Quantum mechanics generally does not permit all the information to be obtained, even in principle, just as in relativity information from outside the past light cone cannot be obtained. But probabilities do not imply indeterminism. Instead, quantum mechanics is more deterministic than classical mechanics.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:35:34 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Tipler", "Frank J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611246
Etienne Brion
E. Brion, L. H. Pedersen, K. Molmer, S. Chutia, M. Saffman
Universal Quantum Computation in a Neutral Atom Decoherence Free Subspace
7 pages, 8 figures
Phys. Rev. A 75, 032328 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032328
null
quant-ph
null
In this paper, we propose a way to achieve protected universal computation in a neutral atom quantum computer subject to collective dephasing. Our proposal relies on the existence of a Decoherence Free Subspace (DFS), resulting from symmetry properties of the errors. After briefly describing the physical system and the error model considered, we show how to encode information into the DFS and build a complete set of safe universal gates. Finally, we provide numerical simulations for the fidelity of the different gates in the presence of time-dependent phase errors and discuss their performance and practical feasibility.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:54:44 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Brion", "E.", "" ], [ "Pedersen", "L. H.", "" ], [ "Molmer", "K.", "" ], [ "Chutia", "S.", "" ], [ "Saffman", "M.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611247
Guo-Ping Guo
Guo-Ping Guo, Hui Zhang, Tao Tu, and Guang-Can Guo
One-step preparation of cluster states in quantum dot molecules
5 pages, 3 figures
Phys. Rev. A 75, 050301(R) 2007
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.050301
null
quant-ph
null
Cluster states, a special type of highly entangled states, are a universal resource for measurement-based quantum computation. Here, we propose an efficient one-step generation scheme for cluster states in semiconductor quantum dot molecules, where qubits are encoded on singlet and triplet state of two coupled quantum dots. By applying a collective electrical field or simultaneously adjusting interdot bias voltages of all double-dot molecule, we get a switchable Ising-like interaction between any two adjacent quantum molecule qubits. The initialization, the single qubit measurement, and the experimental parameters are discussed, which shows the large cluster state preparation and one-way quantum computation implementable in semiconductor quantum dots with the present techniques.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:32:20 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:44:27 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:52:41 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Guo", "Guo-Ping", "" ], [ "Zhang", "Hui", "" ], [ "Tu", "Tao", "" ], [ "Guo", "Guang-Can", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611248
Arul Lakshminarayan
J. Karthik, Auditya Sharma, and Arul Lakshminarayan
Entanglement, avoided crossings and quantum chaos in an Ising model with a tilted magnetic field
Corrections in two figure captions and one new reference. To appear in Phys. Rev. A
Phys. Rev. A 75, 022304 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.022304
null
quant-ph cond-mat.other nlin.CD
null
We study a one-dimensional Ising model with a magnetic field and show that tilting the field induces a transition to quantum chaos. We explore the stationary states of this Hamiltonian to show the intimate connection between entanglement and avoided crossings. In general entanglement gets exchanged between the states undergoing an avoided crossing with an overall enhancement of multipartite entanglement at the closest point of approach, simultaneously accompanied by diminishing two-body entanglement as measured by concurrence. We find that both for stationary as well as nonstationary states, nonintegrability leads to a destruction of two-body correlations and distributes entanglement more globally.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:11:56 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:01:30 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Karthik", "J.", "" ], [ "Sharma", "Auditya", "" ], [ "Lakshminarayan", "Arul", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611249
Konstanze J\"ahne
K. Jahne, B. Yurke, U. Gavish
High fidelity transfer of an arbitrary quantum state between harmonic oscillators
4 pages, 1 figure
Phys. Rev. A 75, 010301(R) (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.010301
null
quant-ph cond-mat.other
null
It is shown that by switching a specific time-dependent interaction between a harmonic oscillator and a transmission line (a waveguide, an optical fiber, etc.) the quantum state of the oscillator can be transferred into that of another oscillator coupled to the distant other end of the line, with a fidelity that is independent of the initial state of both oscillators. For a transfer time $T$, the fidelity approaches 1 exponentially in $\gamma T$ where $\gamma$ is a characteristic damping rate. Hence, a good fidelity is achieved even for a transfer time of a few damping times. Some implementations are discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:27:44 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Jahne", "K.", "" ], [ "Yurke", "B.", "" ], [ "Gavish", "U.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611250
Miroljub Dugic m
M. Dugic, J. Jeknic-Dugic
What is "system": the information-theoretic arguments
13 pages, no figures
Int J Theor Phys (2008) 47: 805-813
10.1007/s10773-007-9504-1
null
quant-ph
null
The problem of "what is 'system'?" is in the very foundations of modern quantum mechanics. Here, we point out the interest in this topic in the information-theoretic context. E.g., we point out the possibility to manipulate a pair of mutually non-interacting, non-entangled systems to employ entanglement of the newly defined '(sub)systems' consisting the one and the same composite system. Given the different divisions of a composite system into "subsystems", the Hamiltonian of the system may perform in general non-equivalent quantum computations. Redefinition of "subsystems" of a composite system may be regarded as a method for avoiding decoherence in the quantum hardware. In principle, all the notions refer to a composite system as simple as the hydrogen atom.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:23:23 GMT" } ]
2012-02-21T00:00:00
[ [ "Dugic", "M.", "" ], [ "Jeknic-Dugic", "J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611251
Ahmad Ajdarzadeh Oskouei
Hassan Kaatuzian, AliAkbar Wahedy Zarch
A Nano-Quantum Photonic Model for Justification of Dispersion in Single Crystal Film of NPP
15 pages must be reduced to 8 pages
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
In this paper, we present a nano-quantum photonic model for justification of normal dispersion in a thin crystal film of NPP. In this method, we assume a laser beam consists of a flow of energetic particles. By precise analyzing of photon interaction with pi-electron system of benzene ring in NPP crystal, we will attain refractive index (RI) in any wavelength and compare the results with experimental data.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:42:59 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:06:20 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Kaatuzian", "Hassan", "" ], [ "Zarch", "AliAkbar Wahedy", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611252
Peter Stelmachovic
Peter Stelmachovic, Marian Rosko
Local control of remote entanglement
null
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
We address the problem of the generation of entanglement. We focus on the control of entanglement shared by two non-interacting parties $A$ and $C$ via interaction with a third party $B$. We show that, for certain physical models, it is possible to have an asymptotically complete control of the entanglement shared by $A$ and $C$ by changing parameters of the Hamiltonian local at site $B$. We present an example where different models (propositions) of physical situation, that lead to different descriptions of the system $B$, result into different amount entanglement produced. In the end we discuss limits of the procedure.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:40:41 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Stelmachovic", "Peter", "" ], [ "Rosko", "Marian", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611253
Peter Stelmachovic
Peter Stelmachovic and Vladimir Buzek
Bounds on action of local quantum channels
null
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38 (2005) p. 6051- 6064
null
null
quant-ph
null
We derive an upper bound on the action of a direct product of two quantum maps (channels) acting on multi-partite quantum states. We assume that the individual channels $\Lambda_j$ affect single-particle states so, that for an arbitrary input $\rho_j$, the distance $D_j (\Lambda_j [ \rho_j ], \rho_j)$ between the input $\rho_j$ and the output $\Lambda_j [ \rho_j ]$ of the channel is less than $\epsilon$. Given this assumption we show that for an arbitrary {\em separable} two-partite state $\rho_{12}$ the distance between the input $\rho_{12}$ and the output $\Lambda_1\otimes\Lambda_2[\rho_{12} ]$ fulfills the bound $D_{12} (\Lambda_1 \otimes \Lambda_2 [ \rho_{12} ], \rho_{12}) \leq \sqrt{2+ 2 \sqrt{(1-1/d_1)(1-1/d_2)}} \epsilon$ where $d_1$ and $d_2$ are dimensions of first and second quantum system respectively. On the contrary, entangled states are transformed in such a way, that the bound on the action of the local channels is $D_{12} (\Lambda_1 \otimes \Lambda_2 [ \rho_{12} ], \rho_{12}) \leq 2 \sqrt{2 - 1/d} \: \epsilon$, where $d$ is the dimension of the smaller of the two quantum systems passing through the channels. Our results show that the fundamental distinction between the set of separable and the set of entangled states results into two different bounds which in turn can be exploited for a discrimination between the two sets of states. We generalize our results to multi-partite channels.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:54:32 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Stelmachovic", "Peter", "" ], [ "Buzek", "Vladimir", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611254
Paulo Valente
L. S. Cruz, D. Felinto, J. G. Aguirre G\'omez, M. Martinelli, P. Valente, A. Lezama, and P. Nussenzveig
Laser-noise-induced correlations and anti-correlations in Electromagnetically Induced Transparency
Accepted for publication in EPJ D
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10.1140/epjd/e2006-00254-4
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quant-ph
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High degrees of intensity correlation between two independent lasers were observed after propagation through a rubidium vapor cell in which they generate Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT). As the optical field intensities are increased, the correlation changes sign (becoming anti-correlation). The experiment was performed in a room temperature rubidium cell, using two diode lasers tuned to the $^{85}$Rb $D_2$ line ($\lambda = 780$nm). The cross-correlation spectral function for the pump and probe fields is numerically obtained by modeling the temporal dynamics of both field phases as diffusing processes. We explored the dependence of the atomic response on the atom-field Rabi frequencies, optical detuning and Doppler width. The results show that resonant phase-noise to amplitude-noise conversion is at the origin of the observed signal and the change in sign for the correlation coefficient can be explained as a consequence of the competition between EIT and Raman resonance processes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:29:57 GMT" } ]
2016-08-14T00:00:00
[ [ "Cruz", "L. S.", "" ], [ "Felinto", "D.", "" ], [ "Gómez", "J. G. Aguirre", "" ], [ "Martinelli", "M.", "" ], [ "Valente", "P.", "" ], [ "Lezama", "A.", "" ], [ "Nussenzveig", "P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611255
Sara Rombetto
Yu.N.Ovchinnikov, S.Rombetto, B.Ruggiero, V.Corato, P.Silvestrini
Resonance phenomena in Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling: the small viscosity limit
10 figures
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quant-ph
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We present a new theoretical approach to describe the quantum behavior of a macroscopic system interacting with an external irradiation field, close to the resonant condition. Here we consider the extremely underdamped regime for a system described by a double well potential. The theory includes both: transitions from one well to the other and relaxation processes. We simulate resonant phenomena in a rf-SQUID, whose parameters lie in the range typically used in the experiments. The dependence of the transition probability W on the external drive of the system $\phi_x$ shows three resonance peaks. One peak is connected with the resonant tunneling and the two others with the resonant pumping. The relative position of the two peaks correlated to the resonant pumping depends on the pumping frequency $\nu$ and on the system parameters. The preliminary measurements on our devices show a low dissipation level and assure that they are good candidates in order to realize new experiments on the resonant phenomena in the presence of an external microwave irradiation of proper frequency.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:36:08 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Ovchinnikov", "Yu. N.", "" ], [ "Rombetto", "S.", "" ], [ "Ruggiero", "B.", "" ], [ "Corato", "V.", "" ], [ "Silvestrini", "P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611256
Mohamad Ali Jafarizadeh
M. A. Jafarizadeh, G. Najarbashi, H. Habibian
Manipulating Multi-qudit Entanglement Witnesses by Using Linear Programming
29 pages, 4 figures
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10.1103/PhysRevA.75.052326
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quant-ph
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A new class of entanglement witnesses (EWs) called reduction type entanglement witnesses is introduced, which can detect some multi-qudit entangeled states including PPT ones with Hilbert space of dimension $d_{_{1}}\otimes d_{_{2}}\otimes...\otimes d_{_{n}}$. The novelty of this work comes from the fact that the feasible regions turn out to be convex polygons, hence the manipulation of these EWs reduces to linear programming which can be solved \emph{exactly} by using simplex method. The decomposability and non-decomposability of these EWs are studied and it is shown that it has a close connection with eigenvalues and optimality of EWs. Also using the Jamio\l kowski isomorphism, the corresponding possible positive maps, including the generalized reduction maps of Ref. \cite{Hall1}, are obtained.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 25 Nov 2006 17:57:26 GMT" } ]
2009-11-13T00:00:00
[ [ "Jafarizadeh", "M. A.", "" ], [ "Najarbashi", "G.", "" ], [ "Habibian", "H.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/0611257
Gert-Ludwig Ingold
Stefan Schenk, Gert-Ludwig Ingold
Relation between phase space coverage and entanglement for spin-1/2 systems
6 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX format
Phys. Rev. A 75, 022328 (2007)
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.022328
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quant-ph
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For systems of two and three spins 1/2 it is known that the second moment of the Husimi function can be related to entanglement properties of the corresponding states. Here, we generalize this relation to an arbitrary number of spins in a pure state. It is shown that the second moment of the Husimi function can be expressed in terms of the lengths of the concurrence vectors for all possible partitions of the N-spin system in two subsystems. This relation implies that the phase space distribution of an entangled state is less localized than that of a non-entangled state. As an example, the second moment of the Husimi function is analyzed for an Ising chain subject to a magnetic field perpendicular to the chain axis.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:32:54 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Schenk", "Stefan", "" ], [ "Ingold", "Gert-Ludwig", "" ] ]