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Gate controlled valley polarizer in bilayer graphene
摘要： Sign reversal of Berry curvature across two oppositely gated regions in bilayer graphene can give rise to counter-propagating 1D channels with opposite valley indices. Considering spin and sub-lattice degeneracy, there are four quantized conduction channels in each direction. Previous experimental work on gate-controlled valley polarizer achieved good contrast only in the presence of an external magnetic field. Yet, with increasing magnetic field the ungated regions of bilayer graphene will transit into the quantum Hall regime, limiting the applications of valley-polarized electrons. Here we present improved performance of a gate-controlled valley polarizer through optimized device geometry and stacking method. Electrical measurements show up to two orders of magnitude difference in conductance between the valley-polarized state and gapped states. The valley-polarized state displays conductance of nearly 4e2/h and produces contrast in a subsequent valley analyzer configuration. These results pave the way to further experiments on valley-polarized electrons in zero magnetic field.
关键词： valley polarizer,quantized conduction channels,gate-controlled,Berry curvature,bilayer graphene
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Quantum Process Tomography of a Controlled-Phase Gate for Time-Bin Qubits
摘要： Time-bin qubits, where information is encoded in a single photon at different times, have been widely used in optical-fiber- and waveguide-based quantum communications. With the recent developments in distributed quantum computation, it is logical to ask whether time-bin encoded qubits may be useful in that context. We have recently realized a time-bin qubit controlled-phase (C-phase) gate using a 2 × 2 optical switch based on a lithium-niobate waveguide, with which we demonstrated the generation of an entangled state. However, the experiment was performed with only a pair of input states and thus the functionality of the C-phase gate was not fully verified. In this research, we use quantum process tomography to establish a process fidelity of 97.1%. Furthermore, we demonstrate the controlled-NOT gate operation with a process fidelity greater than 94%. This study confirms that typical two-qubit logic gates used in quantum computational circuits can be implemented with time-bin qubits and thus it is a significant step forward for the realization of distributed quantum computation based on time-bin qubits.
关键词： quantum computation,time-bin qubits,controlled-phase gate,controlled-NOT gate,quantum process tomography
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52