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Bipartite Bell inequalities with three ternary-outcome measurements—from theory to experiments
摘要： We explore quantum nonlocality in one of the simplest bipartite scenarios. Several new facet-defining Bell inequalities for the {[3,3,3],[3,3,3]} scenario are obtained with their quantum violations analyzed in details. Surprisingly, all these inequalities involving only genuine ternary-outcome measurements can be violated maximally by some two-qubit entangled states, such as the maximally entangled two-qubit state. This gives further evidence that in analyzing the quantum violation of Bell inequalities, or in the application of the latter to device-independent quantum information processing tasks, the commonly held wisdom of equating the local Hilbert space dimension of the optimal state with the number of measurement outcomes is not necessarily justifiable. In addition, when restricted to the minimal qubit subspace, it can be shown that one of these Bell inequalities requires non-projective measurements to attain maximal quantum violation, thereby giving the first example of a facet-defining Bell inequality where a genuine positive-operator-valued measure is relevant. We experimentally demonstrate the quantum violation of this and two other Bell inequalities for this scenario using energy–time entangled photon pairs. Using the obtained measurement statistics, we demonstrate how characterization of the underlying resource in the spirit of device-independence, but supplemented with auxiliary assumptions, can be achieved. In particular, we discuss how one may get around the fact that, due to finite-size effects, raw measurement statistics typically violate the non-signaling condition.
关键词： quantum nonlocality,device-independent quantum information,POVM,Bell inequalities
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Unconventional Rydberg pumping and applications in quantum information processing
摘要： We propose a mechanism of unconventional Rydberg pumping (URP) via simultaneously driving each Rydberg atom by two classical fields with different strengths of Rabi frequencies. This mechanism differs from the general Rydberg blockade or Rydberg antiblockade since it is closely related to the ground states of atoms, i.e., two atoms in the same ground state are stable while two atoms in different ground states are resonantly excited. Furthermore, we find the URP can be employed to simplify some special quantum information processing tasks, such as implementation of a three-qubit controlled-PHASE gate with only a single Rabi oscillation, preparation of two- and three-dimensional steady-state entanglement with two identical atoms, and realization of the autonomous quantum error correction in a Rydberg-atom-cavity system. The feasibility of the above applications is discussed explicitly by the state-of-the-art technology.
关键词： quantum error correction,Rydberg blockade,Unconventional Rydberg pumping,quantum information processing,Rydberg antiblockade,entanglement
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Microscopic Control and Detection of Ultracold Strontium in Optical-Tweezer Arrays
摘要： Optical tweezers provide a versatile platform for the manipulation and detection of single atoms. Here, we use optical tweezers to demonstrate a set of tools for the microscopic control of atomic strontium, which has two valence electrons. Compared to the single-valence-electron atoms typically used with tweezers, strontium has a more complex internal state structure with a variety of transition wavelengths and linewidths. We report single-atom loading into an array of subwavelength scale optical tweezers and light-shift-free control of a narrow-linewidth optical transition. We use this transition to perform three-dimensional ground-state cooling and to enable high-fidelity nondestructive imaging of single atoms on subwavelength spatial scales. These capabilities, combined with the rich internal structure of strontium, open new possibilities including tweezer-based metrology, new quantum computing architectures, and new paths to low-entropy many-body physics.
关键词： Quantum Information,Atomic and Molecular Physics,Quantum Physics
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Alkaline-Earth Atoms in Optical Tweezers
摘要： We demonstrate single-shot imaging and narrow-line cooling of individual alkaline-earth atoms in optical tweezers; specifically, strontium trapped in 515.2-nm light. Our approach enables high-fidelity detection of single atoms by imaging photons from the broad singlet transition while cooling on the narrow intercombination line, and we extend this technique to highly uniform two-dimensional tweezer arrays with 121 sites. Cooling during imaging is based on a previously unobserved narrow-line Sisyphus mechanism, which we predict to be applicable in a wide variety of experimental situations. Further, we demonstrate optically resolved sideband cooling of a single atom to near the motional ground state of a tweezer, which is tuned to a magic-trapping configuration achieved by elliptical polarization. Finally, we present calculations, in agreement with our experimental results, that predict a linear-polarization and polarization-independent magic crossing at 520(2) nm and 500.65(50) nm, respectively. Our results pave the way for a wide range of novel experimental avenues based on individually controlled alkaline-earth atoms in tweezers—from fundamental experiments in atomic physics to quantum computing, simulation, and metrology.
关键词： Quantum Information,Atomic and Molecular Physics,Quantum Physics
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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High-Efficiency Measurement of an Artificial Atom Embedded in a Parametric Amplifier
摘要： A crucial limit to measurement efficiencies of superconducting circuits comes from losses involved when coupling to an external quantum amplifier. Here, we realize a device circumventing this problem by directly embedding an artificial atom, comprised of a transmon qubit, within a flux-pumped Josephson parametric amplifier. This configuration is able to enhance dispersive measurement without exposing the qubit to appreciable excess backaction. Near-optimal backaction is obtained by engineering the circuit to permit high-power operation that reduces information loss to unmonitored channels associated with the amplification and squeezing of quantum noise. By mitigating the effects of off-chip losses downstream, the on-chip gain of this device produces end-to-end measurement efficiencies of up to 80%. Our theoretical model accurately describes the observed interplay of gain and measurement backaction and delineates the parameter space for future improvement. The device is compatible with standard fabrication and measurement techniques and, thus, provides a route for definitive investigations of fundamental quantum effects and quantum control protocols.
关键词： Quantum Information,Condensed Matter Physics,Quantum Physics
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Engineering bilinear mode coupling in circuit QED: Theory and experiment
摘要： Photonic states of high-Q superconducting microwave cavities controlled by superconducting transmon ancillas provide a platform for encoding and manipulating quantum information. A key challenge in scaling up the platform towards practical quantum computation is the requirement to communicate on demand the quantum information stored in the cavities. It has been recently demonstrated that a tunable bilinear interaction between two cavity modes can be realized by coupling the modes to a bichromatically driven superconducting transmon ancilla, which allows swapping and interfering the multiphoton states stored in the cavity modes [Gao et al., Phys. Rev. X 8, 021073 (2018)]. Here we explore both theoretically and experimentally the regime of relatively strong drives on the ancilla needed to achieve fast SWAP gates but which can also lead to undesired nonperturbative effects that lower the SWAP fidelity. We develop a theoretical formalism based on linear response theory that allows one to calculate the rate of ancilla-induced interaction, decay, and frequency shift of the cavity modes in terms of a susceptibility matrix. We go beyond the usual perturbative treatment of the drives by using Floquet theory, and find that the interference of the two drives can strongly alter the system dynamics even in the regime where the standard rotating wave approximation applies. The drive-induced ac Stark shift on the ancilla depends nontrivially on the drive and ancilla parameters which in turn modify the strength of the engineered interaction. We identify two major sources of infidelity due to ancilla decoherence. (i) Ancilla dissipation and dephasing lead to incoherent hopping among Floquet states which occurs even when the ancilla is at zero temperature; this hopping results in a sudden change of the SWAP rate, thereby decohering the SWAP operation. (ii) The cavity modes inherit finite decay from the relatively lossy ancilla through the inverse Purcell effect; the effect becomes particularly strong when the ac Stark shift pushes certain ancilla transition frequencies to the vicinity of the cavity mode frequencies. The theoretical predictions agree quantitatively with the experimental results, paving the way for using the developed theory for optimizing future experiments and architecture designs.
关键词： decoherence,transmon ancilla,superconducting cavities,ac Stark shift,quantum information,circuit QED,inverse Purcell effect,bilinear mode coupling,SWAP gates,Floquet theory
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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Universal detection of entanglement in two-qubit states using only two copies
摘要： We revisit the problem of detection of entanglement of an unknown two-qubit state using minimal resources. Using weak values and just two copies of an arbitrary two-qubit state, we present a protocol where a postselection measurement in the computational basis provides enough information to identify if the state is entangled or not. Our protocol enables complete state identification with a single-setting postselection measurement on two copies of the state. It follows that by restricting to pure states, the global interaction required for determining the weak values can be realized by local operations. We further show that our protocol is robust against errors arising from inappropriate global interactions applied during weak value determination.
关键词： weak values,quantum information,two-qubit states,entanglement detection
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Optimized entanglement for quantum parameter estimation from noisy qubits
摘要： For parameter estimation from an N-component composite quantum system, it is known that a separable preparation leads to a mean-squared estimation error scaling as 1/N while an entangled preparation can in some conditions afford a smaller error with 1/N^2 scaling. This quantum superefficiency is however very fragile to noise or decoherence, and typically disappears with any small amount of random noise asymptotically at large N. To complement this asymptotic characterization, here we characterize how the estimation efficiency evolves as a function of the size N of the entangled system and its degree of entanglement. We address a generic situation of qubit phase estimation, also meaningful for frequency estimation. Decoherence is represented by the broad class of noises commuting with the phase rotation, which includes depolarizing, phase-flip and thermal quantum noises. In these general conditions, explicit expressions are derived for the quantum Fisher information quantifying the ultimate achievable efficiency for estimation. We confront at any size N the efficiency of the optimal separable preparation to that of an entangled preparation with arbitrary degree of entanglement. We exhibit the 1/N^2 superefficiency with no noise, and prove its asymptotic disappearance at large N for any nonvanishing noise configuration. For maximizing the estimation efficiency, we characterize the existence of an optimum Nopt of the size of the entangled system along with an optimal degree of entanglement. For nonunital noises, maximum efficiency is usually obtained at partial entanglement. Grouping the N qubits into independent blocks formed of Nopt entangled qubits restores at large N a nonvanishing efficiency that can improve over that of N independent qubits optimally prepared. Also, one inactive qubit included in the entangled probe sometimes stands as the most efficient setting for estimation. The results further attest with new characterizations the subtlety of entanglement for quantum information in the presence of noise, showing that when entanglement is beneficial, maximum efficiency is not necessarily obtained by maximum entanglement but instead by a controlled degree and finite optimal amount of it.
关键词： entanglement,quantum noise,Quantum estimation,quantum information
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Effect of Electron-Nuclear Hyperfine Interactions on Multiple Quantum Coherences in Photogenerated Covalent Radical (Qubit) Pairs
摘要： Ultrafast photo-driven electron transfer reactions starting from an excited singlet state in an organic donor-acceptor molecule can generate a spin-correlated radical pair (RP) with an initially entangled spin state that may prove useful as a two-qubit pair in quantum information protocols. Here we investigate the effects of modulating electron-nuclear hyperfine coupling by rapidly transferring an electron between two equivalent sites comprising the reduced acceptor of the RP. A covalent electron donor-acceptor molecule including a tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) donor, a 4-aminonaphthalene-1,8-imide (ANI) chromophoric primary acceptor, and a m-xylene bridged cyclophane having two equivalent pyromellitimides (PI2), TTF-ANI-PI2, as a secondary acceptor was synthesized along with the analogous molecule having one pyromellitimide (PI) acceptor, TTF-ANI-PI. Photoexcitation of ANI within each molecule results in sub-nanosecond formation of TTF+?-ANI-PI-? and TTF+?-ANI-PI2 -?. The effect of reducing electron-nuclear hyperfine interactions in TTF+?-ANI-PI2 -? relative to TTF+?-ANI-PI-? on decoherence of multiple-quantum coherences has been measured by pulse-EPR spectroscopy. This contribution is especially relevant in the absence of modulation of exchange or dipolar interactions, as with the RP at a fixed distance in the molecules in this work. The theoretical prediction of the contribution from an ensemble of hyperfine interactions to decoherence in these RPs is shown to be less than the full width at half maximum of the quantum beat frequencies measured experimentally. Pulse bandwidth and off-resonant excitation by square microwave pulses are proposed as larger contributors to decoherence in these molecules than the hyperfine interactions, and specific pulse shapes relevant to arbitrary waveform generation are introduced.
关键词： pulse-EPR spectroscopy,photogenerated covalent radical pairs,electron-nuclear hyperfine interactions,multiple quantum coherences,quantum information protocols
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Direct characterization of linear and quadratically nonlinear optical systems
摘要： A central task in quantum-information processing is to characterize quantum processes. In the realm of optical quantum-information processing, this amounts to characterizing the transformations of the mode creation and annihilation operators. This transformation is unitary for linear optical systems, whereas these yield the well-known Bogoliubov transformations for systems with Hamiltonians that are quadratic in the mode operators. In this paper, we propose a shot-noise limited scheme for characterizing both these kinds of evolutions by employing a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer. In order to characterize a N -mode device, we require O(N 2) measurements. Although it suffices to use coherent states for the characterization of linear optical systems, we additionally require single photons to characterize quadratically nonlinear optical systems.
关键词： Bogoliubov transformations,Mach-Zehnder interferometer,optical systems,quantum-information processing,coherent states,single photons
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21