Scheme for entanglement concentration of unknown partially entangled three-atom W states in cavity QED

We propose a practical scheme to concentrate entanglement in a pair of unknown partially entangled three-atom W states in cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED). In the scheme, Alice, Bob, and Charlie at three distant parties can obtain one maximally entangled three-atom W state with the certain success probability from two identical partially entangled three-atom W states by local operations and classical communication. We propose the detailed process of entanglement concentration and analyze the experimental feasibility of the scheme.     

Entanglement rebirth of multi-trapped ions with trap phonon modes: entanglement sudden death with recovery

We consider a multi-qubit system consisting of two trapped ions coupled in a laser field. The ions are identical three-level electronic systems which interact with one another through the phonon modes of their relative or center of mass motions, and the system is tuned so that two-phonon processes dominate the electronic transitions. The resulting evolution of the system is studied theoretically with a focus on the entanglement properties of the system. A method of quantifying the entanglement is discussed, and the time dependence of these quantifications is determined. The cases of the two ions coupled to the same phonon field and to two different isolated phonon fields are compared for Fock cavity modes. Instances of the entanglement sudden death recovery are identified in these various systems.     

Quantum computation and entangled state generation via long-range off-resonant Raman coupling

A scheme is proposed to implement two-qubit controlled quantum phase gate and SWAP gate and generate two-qubit entangled state via long-range off-resonant Raman coupling between two spatially separated superconducting quantum-interference devices (SQUIDs). In the scheme each SQUID is coupled with a single-mode cavity individually and the two distant cavities are connected by an optical fiber. The two lowest levels of each SQUID are used to represent the two logical states of a qubit while the two intermediate levels of each SQUID are used to facilitate coherent coupling of quantum states of the qubits during the virtual excitation process of photon. The scheme is robust against fiber loss, cavity decay, and the effect of spontaneous decay from the higher levels and it would be an important step toward distributed quantum computation and long-distance entanglement distribution.     

Deterministic remote preparation of an arbitrary qubit state using a partially entangled state and finite classical communication

Quantum Information Processing - We propose a deterministic remote state preparation (RSP) scheme for preparing an arbitrary (including pure and mixed) qubit, where a partially entangled state and...     

Generation of steady three- and four-dimensional entangled states via quantum-jump-based feedback

A scheme is presented for generating steady three- (four-) dimensional entangled states for two atoms trapped in a strongly dissipative single-mode (double-mode) cavity via quantum-jump-based feedback. The cavity decay is no longer undesirable, but plays an integral part in the schemes. Numerical results show that the target states could be obtained from any initial states via quantum-jump-based feedback. Moreover, our scheme is insensitive to moderate fluctuations of experimental parameters and detection inefficiencies without atomic decay since the system can always reach the target state. Nevertheless, the atomic decay still plays a negative role in the current scheme. The scheme can be generalized to realize $N$ -dimensional entanglement for two atoms.     

基于非最大纠缠GHZ态的一种量子信息集中方案

提出了一种以非最大纠缠的四粒子GHZ态作为量子信道的概率性量子信息集中方案. 方案首先将未知的克隆态与量子信道构造系统态; 其次空间分离的三方对手中的粒子进行Bell测量, 并将测量结果通过经典通信告诉信息恢复者; 最后信息重建者做适当的测量(投影测量或者POVM 测量),将信息集中回单量子态, 从而实现量子信息集中. 进而讨论了方案的安全性和效率, 并与文献[17,23]从多角度进行了比较.     

Generation of entangled coherent-squeezed states: their entanglement and nonclassical properties

In this paper, after a brief review on the coherent states and squeezed states, we introduce two classes of entangled coherent-squeezed states. Next, in order to generate the introduced entangled states, we present a theoretical scheme based on the resonant atom-field interaction. In the proposed model, a \(\varLambda \)-type three-level atom interacts with a two-mode quantized field in the presence of two strong classical fields. Then, we study the amount of entanglement of the generated entangled states using the concurrence and linear entropy. Moreover, we evaluate a few of their nonclassical properties such as photon statistics, second-order correlation function, and quadrature squeezing and establish their nonclassicality features.     

Cryptanalysis and improvement of efficient quantum dialogue using entangled states and entanglement swapping without information leakage

The novel quantum dialogue (QD) protocol by using the three-dimensional Bell states and entanglement swapping (Wang et al. in Quantum Inf Process 15(6):2593–2603, 2016) is analyzed. It is shown that there is the information leakage problem in this QD protocol. To be specific, one quarter information of the secret messages exchanged is leaked out unconsciously. Afterward, it is improved to a truly secure one without information leakage. Besides, the security of the improved QD protocol is analyzed in detail. It is shown that the improved QD protocol has some obvious features compared with the original one.     

Generation and swapping of multi-qubit entangled state in a coupled superconducting resonator array

An efficient method is proposed for the generation and swapping of multi-qubit entangled state in an array of linearly coupled superconducting resonators, each of which is coupled to N superconducting qubits. With the external driving fields to adjust the desired qubit–resonator interaction, we firstly show that the multipartite entangled state of superconducting qubits hosted in two nearest-neighbor interacting resonators can be deterministically realized. Furthermore, by utilizing the produced entangled state, we put forward a protocol for the swapping of quantum entangled state in the coupled resonator array based on measurement, i.e., the multi-particle entangled state can be achieved for the qubits in long-distance separated resonators. The numerical simulation suggests that our scheme is feasible with current circuit QED technology.     

Quantum information splitting of an arbitrary three-qubit state by using a genuinely entangled five-qubit state and a Bell-state

A new application of the genuinely entangled five-qubit state introduced by Brown et al. (J Phys A 38(5), 1119–1131, 2005) is investigated for quantum information splitting (QIS) of an arbitrary three-qubit state. We demonstrate that such a genuine five-qubit entangled state and a Bell-state can be used to realize the deterministic QIS of an arbitrary three-qubit state by performing the Bell-state measurements and single qubit measurement. The presented protocol is showed to be secure against certain eavesdropping attacks.     

Quantum state control, entanglement, and readout of the Josephson persistent-current qubit

Quantum state control including entanglement, and readout of the Josephson persistent-current qubit, flux qubit, are reviewed. First, we mention our single-shot readout of quantum superposition state of a flux qubit by a current biased dc-SQUID. Second, we mention entangled state and vacuum Rabi oscillations of a flux-qubit LC-resonator system where qubit-resonator coupled state are controlled by a combination of microwave and DC-shift pulses, resulting in a controlling and measuring sequence analogous to atomic cavity QED. Third, we report our recent progress in high fidelity readout of a flux qubit state via Josephson bifurcation amplifier (JBA).     

Optimal multipartite entanglement concentration of electron-spin states based on charge detection and projection measurements

We propose an optimal entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) for nonlocal $N$ -electron systems in a partially entangled Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) pure state, resorting to charge detection and the projection measurement on an additional electron. For each nonlocal $N$ -electron system in a partially entangled GHZ state, one party in quantum communication, say Alice first entangles it with an additional electron, and then, she projects the additional electron into an orthogonal basis for dividing the $N$ -electron systems into two groups. In the first group, the $N$ parties obtain a subset of $N$ -electron systems in a maximally entangled state directly. In the second group, they obtain some less-entangled $N$ -electron systems which are the resource for the entanglement concentration in the next round. By iterating the entanglement concentration process several times, the present ECP has the maximal success probability, the theoretical limit of an ECP as it just equals to the entanglement of the partially entangled state, far higher than others. Moreover, this ECP for an $N$ -electron GHZ-type state requires only one additional electron, not two or more, and it does not resort to a collective unitary evolution, far different from others, which may decrease the difficulty for its implementation in experiment. When it is used for an $N$ -electron W-type state, $N-1$ additional electrons are required only.     

分布式状态空间生成的设计与实现

状态空间生成的并行化是针对状态空间爆炸问题而提出的一种重要手段。提出了一种基于MapReduce的分布式状态空间生成方案,与现有的同类研究相比,它无需用户关心生成算法的并行化,具有简单易用性;与常规的MapReduce的用法相比,它增加了输入文件的自动生成和作业运行的自动循环控制。该方案已在小规模分布式环境下实现,实验结果表明：（1）基于Map-Reduce的分布式状态空间生成算法可以扩大模型的可求解规模;（2）对于状态空间规模的增长主要由托肯（token）数增加引起的一类模型,该算法具有良好的适应性和可扩展性。     

On the connection between quantum nonlocality and phase sensitivity of two-mode entangled Fock state superpositions

In two-mode interferometry, for a given total photon number N, entangled Fock state superpositions of the form \((|N-m\rangle _a|m\rangle _b+\mathrm{e}^{i (N-2m)\phi }|m\rangle _a|N-m\rangle _b)/\sqrt{2}\) have been considered for phase estimation. Indeed all such states are maximally mode-entangled and violate a Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt (CHSH) inequality. However, they differ in their optimal phase estimation capabilities as given by their quantum Fisher informations. The quantum Fisher information is the largest for the N00N state \((|N\rangle _a|0\rangle _b+\mathrm{e}^{i N\phi }|0\rangle _a|N\rangle _b)/\sqrt{2}\) and decreases for the other states with decreasing photon number difference between the two modes. We ask the question whether for any particular Clauser–Horne (CH) (or CHSH) inequality, the maximal values of the CH (or the CHSH) functional for the states of the above type follow the same trend as their quantum Fisher informations, while also violating the classical bound whenever the states are capable of sub-shot-noise phase estimation, so that the violation can be used to quantify sub-shot-noise sensitivity. We explore CH and CHSH inequalities in a homodyne setup. Our results show that the amount of violation in those nonlocality tests may not be used to quantify sub-shot-noise sensitivity of the above states.     

Entanglement dynamics of a two-qutrit system under DM interaction and the relevance of the initial state

Using concurrence as a measure of entanglement, we present analytical and numerical study of entanglement dynamics in a two-qutrit system in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction, as a function of the parameters involved. Three distinct initial states: a superposition of the ground and the first excited state, the Bell-type state and a superposition of qutrit coherent states will be considered in this investigation.     

Robustness measure of hybrid intra-particle entanglement,discord, and classical correlation with initial Werner state

Quantum information processing is largely dependent on the robustness of non-classical correlations, such as entanglement and quantum discord. However, all the realistic quantum systems are thermodynamically open and lose their coherence with time through environmental interaction. The time evolution of quantum entanglement, discord, and the respective classical correlation for a single, spin-1/2 particle under spin and energy degrees of freedom, with an initial Werner state, has been investigated in the present study. The present intra-particle system is considered to be easier to produce than its inter-particle counterpart. Experimentally, this type of system may be realized in the well-known Penning trap. The most stable correlation was identified through maximization of a system-specific global objective function. Quantum discord was found to be the most stable, followed by the classical correlation. Moreover, all the correlations were observed to attain highest robustness under initial Bell state, with minimum possible dephasing and decoherence parameters.     

Rapid and accurate generation of various concentration gradients using polydimethylsiloxane-sealed hydrogel device

We report a microfluidic device that can rapidly and accurately generate various concentration gradients in a controllable manner for the chemotaxis study of motile bacterial cells by integrating hydrogel into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microchannels. We performed numerical simulations for both the PDMS-sealed hydrogel hybrid device and a representative conventional hydrogel-based device to theoretically compare their characteristics. In addition, we experimentally demonstrated that the PDMS-sealed hydrogel device not only produces various linear and nonlinear concentration gradients without flow-induced shear stresses on motile bacterial cells but also exhibits remarkable advantages over conventional hydrogel-based devices. For example, the PDMS-sealed hydrogel device can be used for fast and accurate generation of various concentration gradients, prevents dehydration of hydrogel and evaporation of solutions, directs diffusion of chemicals such as chemoattractants, exhibits long-term durability, and is easy to handle. Because the hydrogel used is biocompatible and arbitrary concentration profiles can be easily designed and produced on a chip, we believe that not only the PDMS-sealed hydrogel fabrication method but also the versatile concentration gradient generation device can be used for various studies on interaction between chemicals and cells including bacterial chemotaxis assays.     

Live modeling in the context of state machine models and code generation

Software and Systems Modeling - Live modeling has been recognized as an important technique to edit behavioral models while being executed and helps in better understanding the impact of a design...     

The transport character of quantum state in one-dimensional coupled-cavity arrays: effect of the number of photons and entanglement degree

The transport properties of the photons injected into one-dimensional coupled-cavity arrays (CCAs) are studied. It is found that the number of photons cannot change the evolution cycle of the system and the time points at which W states and NOON state are obtained with a relatively higher probability. Transport dynamics in the CCAs exhibits that entanglement-enhanced state transmission is more effective phenomenon, and we show that for a quantum state with the maximum concurrence, it can be transmitted completely without considering the case of photon loss.     

Finite time state and disturbance estimation for robust performance of motion control systems using sliding modes

In this paper, simultaneous state and disturbance estimation of a drive system composed of motor connected to a load is proposed. Such a system is represented by a two mass model realising in a fourth-order plant. Backlash is introduced as the nonlinear disturbance in gears which is proposed to be estimated and in turn compensated. For this motion control system, a two-stage higher order sliding-mode observer is proposed for state and backlash estimation. The novelty lies in the fact that for this fourth-order system, output is considered from the motor end only, i.e. its angular displacement. The unmeasured states consisting of output derivative, load-side angular displacement and its derivative along with backlash are estimated in finite time. This disturbance due to backlash is unmatched in nature. The estimated states and disturbance are used to devise a robust sliding-mode control. This proposed scheme is validated in simulation and experimentation.