We present the theoretical basis for and experimental verification of arbitrary single-qubit state generation, using the polarization of photons generated via spontaneous parametric downconversion. Our precision measurement and state reconstruction system has the capability to distinguish over 3 million states, all of which can be reproducibly generated using our state creation apparatus. In order to complete the triumvirate of single qubit control, there must be a way to not only manipulate single qubits after creation and before measurement, but a way to characterize the manipulations \emph{themselves}. We present a general representation of arbitrary processes, and experimental techniques for generating a variety of single qubit manipulations, including unitary, decohering, and (partially) polarizing operations.
We consider the problem of remote two-qubit state creation using the two-qubit excitation pure initial state of the sender. The communication line is based on the optimized boundary controlled chain with two pairs of properly adjusted coupling constants. The creation of the two-qubit Werner state is considered as an example. We also study the effects of imperfections of the chain on the state-creation.
We study the optimization problem for remote one- and two-qubit state creation via a homogeneous spin-1/2 communication line using the local unitary transformations of the multi-qubit sender and extended receiver. We show that the maximal length of a communication line used for the needed state creation (the critical length) increases with an increase in the dimensionality of the sender and extended receiver. The model with the sender and extended receiver consisting of up to 10 nodes is used for the one-qubit state creation and we consider two particular states: the almost pure state and the …
In this work we study extrema of objective functionals for ultrafast manipulation by a qubit. Traps are extrema of the objective functionals which are optimal for manipulation by quantum systems only locally but not globally. Much effort in prior works was devoted to the analysis of traps for quantum systems controlled by long enough laser pulses and, for example, manipulation by a qubit with long control pulses was shown to be trap-free. Ultrafast femtosecond and attosecond control becomes now widely applicable that motivates the necessity for the analysis of traps on the ultrafast time scale…
In this thesis, we report the theoretical and experimental investigations towards the creation, characterization, and manipulation of quantum entanglement in a photonic system. We examine two different aspects of quantum entanglement: In the first part, we discuss the experimental method for the preparation and characterization of SPDC-based polarization-entangled photon source. We provide a review study comparing different Entanglement Measures for non-maximally entangled two-qubit pure states and extend this analysis to higher-dimensional systems. In the second part, we study the entanglemen…
We consider the optimal control problem in a two-qubit system with bounded amplitude. Two cases are studied: quantum state preparation and entanglement creation. Cost functions, fidelity and concurrence, are optimized over bang-off controls for different values of the total duration, respectively. For quantum state preparation problem, three critical time points are determined with high precision, and optimal controls are obtained for different durations. A better estimation of the quantum speed limit is obtained, so is the time-optimal control. For entanglement creation problem, two critical …
Superconducting quantum systems are promising candidates for quantum information processing due to their scalability and design flexibility. However, the existence of defects, fluctuations, and inaccuracies is unavoidable for practical superconducting quantum circuits. In this paper, a sampling-based learning control (SLC) method is used to guide the design of control fields for manipulating superconducting quantum systems. Numerical results for one-qubit systems and coupled two-qubit systems show that the "smart" fields learned using the SLC method can achieve robust manipulation of supercond…
Coherent manipulation of interacting electron qubitson solid neon
Harvard University（哈佛大学）；Argonne National Laboratory（阿贡国家实验室）；University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）；National High Magnetic Field Laboratory（国家高磁场实验室）；Florida State University（佛罗里达州立大学）；University of Notre Dame（圣母大学）
Reliable quantum information processing requires high-fidelity universal manipulation of quantum systems within the characteristic coherence times. Non-adiabatic holonomic quantum computation offers a promising approach to implement fast, universal, and robust quantum logic gates particularly useful in nano-fabricated solid-state architectures, which typically have short coherence times. Here, we propose an experimentally feasible scheme to realize high-speed universal geometric quantum gates in nano-engineered pseudo-spin charge qubits. We use a system of three coupled quantum dots containing…
High-fidelity qubit initialization is of significance for efficient error correction in fault tolerant quantum algorithms. Combining two best worlds, speed and robustness, to achieve high-fidelity state preparation and manipulation is challenging in quantum systems, where qubits are closely spaced in frequency. Motivated by the concept of shortcut to adiabaticity, we theoretically propose the shortcut pulses via inverse engineering and further optimize the pulses with respect to systematic errors in frequency detuning and Rabi frequency. Such protocol, relevant to frequency selectivity, is app…
我们找到了操纵单个量子比特的最佳通用方法，|psi（theta，phi）>，使得（theta，phi）->（theta-k，phi-l）。这种最优变换分为两类。对于0 =< k =< pi/2，最优映射是恒等式，保真度从1（k=0）单调变化到1/2（k=pi/2）。对于pi/2 =< k =< pi，最佳映射是通用非门，保真度从1/2（k=pi/2）到2/3（k=pi）单调变化。保真度2/3等于测量的保真度。因此，令人惊讶的是，对于某些k值，保真度低于2/3。
Lattice surgery for near-term experimental logical qubit entanglement creation in planar architectures
Institute for Theoretical Nanoelectronics (PGI-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich（于利希研究中心理论纳米电子学研究所）；Institute for Quantum Information, RWTH Aachen University（亚琛工业大学量子信息研究所）；Department of Physics, ETH Zurich（苏黎世联邦理工学院物理系）；ETH Zurich - PSI Quantum Computing Hub, Paul Scherrer Institute（保罗谢勒研究所苏黎世联邦理工学院-PSI量子计算中心）；Quantum Center, ETH Zurich（苏黎世联邦理工学院量子中心）
Graph states are a central resource in measurement-based quantum information processing. In the photonic qubit architecture based on Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) encoding, the generation of high-fidelity graph states composed of realistic, finite-energy approximate GKP-encoded qubits thus constitutes a key task. We consider the finite-energy approximation of GKP qubit states given by a coherent superposition of shifted finite-squeezed vacuum states, where the displacements are Gaussian distributed. We present an exact description of graph states composed of such approximate GKP qubits as a …
