量子引力场中纳米颗粒的量子理论

首次给出纳米颗粒哈密顿量的明确表示。根据纳米颗粒的量子自旋特性,得到纳米颗粒质量随时间变化的规律。根据纳米颗粒哈密顿量的守恒条件,得到纳米颗粒的量子平动动量、纳米颗粒的量子转动动量、纳米颗粒所受的量子引力及纳米颗粒与纳米颗粒引力中心的量子距离随时间变化的规律。证明纳米颗粒的量子平动动量、纳米颗粒与纳米颗粒引力中心的量子距离、纳米颗粒的量子能量均与颗粒所处的量子状态有关。对于不同量子状态的纳米颗粒,上述物理量的取值不同。本文中创新一组满足对易关系互为共轭的复量子数算符,建立纳米颗粒的量子算符代数理论,得到纳米颗粒能量的量子化表示。     

微观粒子量子谐振动的量子力学表征

对微观粒子量子谐振动的量子尺寸效应进行表征,给出量子谐振子精确的量子哈密顿量,建立适合量子谐振子特性的量子算符代数理论。根据创新的量子谐振子的量子算符代数理论,得到量子谐振子的能量关系。结果表明:量子谐振子的能量为常量,其值与时间量子数无关,不同时间量子态量子谐振子的能量都相同。     

量子精密测量参数估计优化研究进展

量子精密测量是利用量子叠加与纠缠、量子相互作用过程与量子测量等方式增强参数估计精度与灵敏度的技术,是在短中期内最具前景的量子技术之一。本文从量子精密测量的最优化研究方案出发,通过对大量的相关文献进行梳理归纳,分析出量子精密测量三大优化方案：量子态制备与测量最优方案、量子演化过程调控方案与经典后处理优化方案,并对三个基本优化方案进行总结分析。同时介绍了国内外量子精密测量技术的最新理论与实验进展。最后,总结了量子精密测量存在的问题与挑战,并对未来工作进行了展望。     

Quantum technology: the second quantum revolution

We are currently in the midst of a second quantum revolution. The first quantum revolution gave us new rules that govern physical reality. The second quantum revolution will take these rules and use them to develop new technologies. In this review we discuss the principles upon which quantum technology is based and the tools required to develop it. We discuss a number of examples of research programs that could deliver quantum technologies in coming decades including: quantum information technology, quantum electromechanical systems, coherent quantum electronics, quantum optics and coherent matter technology.     

A random walk approach to quantum algorithms

The development of quantum algorithms based on quantum versions of random walks is placed in the context of the emerging field of quantum computing. Constructing a suitable quantum version of a random walk is not trivial; pure quantum dynamics is deterministic, so randomness only enters during the measurement phase, i.e. when converting the quantum information into classical information. The outcome of a quantum random walk is very different from the corresponding classical random walk owing to the interference between the different possible paths. The upshot is that quantum walkers find themselves further from their starting point than a classical walker on average, and this forms the basis of a quantum speed up, which can be exploited to solve problems faster. Surprisingly, the effect of making the walk slightly less than perfectly quantum can optimize the properties of the quantum walk for algorithmic applications. Looking to the future, even with a small quantum computer available, the development of quantum walk algorithms might proceed more rapidly than it has, especially for solving real problems.     

Continuous-Variable Quantum Network Coding Based on Quantum Discord

Establishing entanglement is an essential task of quantum communication technology. Beyond entanglement, quantum discord, as a measure of quantum correlation, is a necessary prerequisite to the success of entanglement distribution. To realize efficient quantum communication based on quantum discord, in this paper, we consider the practical advantages of continuous variables and propose a feasible continuous-variable quantum network coding scheme based on quantum discord. By means of entanglement distribution by separable states, it can achieve quantum entanglement distribution from sources to targets in a butterfly network. Compared with the representative discrete-variable quantum network coding schemes, the proposed continuous-variable quantum network coding scheme has a higher probability of entanglement distribution and defends against eavesdropping and forgery attacks. Particularly, the deduced relationship indicates that the increase in entanglement is less than or equal to quantum discord.     

Key ideas in quantum error correction

In this introductory article on the subject of quantum error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computation, we review three important ingredients that enter known constructions for fault-tolerant quantum computation, namely quantum codes, error discretization and transversal quantum gates. Taken together, they provide a ground on which the theory of quantum error correction can be developed and fault-tolerant quantum information protocols can be built.     

微观粒子的量子摄动理论

给出微观粒子量子摄动系统的量子哈密顿量,建立量子摄动系统的量子算符代数理论,得到量子摄动系统的能量表示。结果表明,微观粒子的量子摄动角频率随着时间量子数的增加而减小;作量子摄动的微观粒子的能量也随着时间量子数的增加而减小。     

Prospective applications of optical quantum memories

An optical quantum memory can be broadly defined as a system capable of storing a quantum state through interaction with light at optical frequencies. During the last decade, intense research was devoted to their development, mostly with the aim of fulfilling the requirements of their first two applications, namely quantum repeaters and linear-optical quantum computation. A better understanding of those requirements then motivated several different experimental approaches. Along the way, other exciting applications emerged, such as as quantum metrology, single-photon detection, tests of the foundations of quantum physics, device-independent quantum information processing and nonlinear processing of quantum information. Here we review several prospective applications of optical quantum memories, as well as recent experimental achievements pertaining to these applications. This review highlights that optical quantum memories have become essential for the development of optical quantum information processing.     

Luminescent quantum dots fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based probes for enzymatic activity and enzyme inhibitors

The paper describes the development and characterization of analytical properties of quantum dot-based probes for enzymatic activity and for screening enzyme inhibitors. The luminescent probes are based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between luminescent quantum dots that serve as donors and rhodamine acceptors that are immobilized to the surface of the quantum dots through peptide linkers. Peptide-coated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots were prepared using a one-step ligand exchange process in which RGDC peptide molecules replace trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) molecules as the capping ligands of the quantum dots. The peptide molecules were bound to the surface of the CdSe/ZnS quantum dots through the thiol group of the peptide cysteine residue. The peptide-coated quantum dots were labeled with rhodamine to form the FRET probes. The emission quantum yield of the quantum dot FRET probes was 4-fold lower than the emission quantum yield of TOPO-capped quantum dots. However, the quantum dot FRET probes were sufficiently bright to enable quantitative enzyme and enzyme inhibition assays. The probes were used first to test the enzymatic activity of trypsin in solution based on FRET signal changes of the quantum dot-based enzymatic probes in the presence of proteolytic enzymes. For example, exposure of the quantum dot FRET probes to 500 microg/mL trypsin for 15 min resulted in 60% increase in the photoluminescence of the quantum dots and a corresponding decrease in the emission of the rhodamine molecules. These changes resulted from the release of rhodamine molecules from the surface of the quantum dots due to enzymatic cleavage of the peptide molecules. The quantum dot FRET-based probes were used to monitor the enzymatic activity of trypsin and to screen trypsin inhibitors for their inhibition efficiency.     

Ⅱ-Ⅵ族化合物半导体量子结构材料和器件的研究与发展

简要介绍了量子结构材料与器件中的基本概念,重点介绍了量子结构的定义和量子尺寸效应的能带裁剪工程。以II-VI族化合物半导体为例,介绍了量子尺寸效应对于激子束缚能的影响。以此为基础,综述了II-VI族化合物半导体量子阱、量子点等量子结构材料以及量子结构器件在光电探测、发光器件与太阳能电池领域的研究现状,并总结了II-VI族化合物半导体量子结构材料与器件的发展趋势。     

介观电路中量子逻辑门的研究

在介观电路的研究中,提出了用超晶格量子阱如何实现基本量子门及量子开关,同时展示了在超晶格量子阱中量子信息位的具体转化过程.对垒阱中电子波动行为及隧穿情况做了详细的理论分析,并给出如何避免隧穿效应的具体条件.     

Analysis and Improvement of Steganography Protocol Based on Bell States in Noise Environment

In the field of quantum communication, quantum steganography is an important branch of quantum information hiding. In a realistic quantum communication system, quantum noises are unavoidable and will seriously impact the safety and reliability of the quantum steganographic system. Therefore, it is very important to analyze the influence of noise on the quantum steganography protocol and how to reduce the effect of noise. This paper takes the quantum steganography protocol proposed in 2010 as an example to analyze the effects of noises on information qubits and secret message qubits in the four primary quantum noise environments. The results show that when the noise factor of one quantum channel noise is known, the size of the noise factor of the other quantum channel can be adjusted accordingly, such as artificially applying noise, so that the influence of noises on the protocol is minimized. In addition, this paper also proposes a method of improving the efficiency of the steganographic protocol in a noisy environment.     

Ⅱ-Ⅵ族化合物半导体量子结构材料和器件的研究与发展

简要介绍了量子结构材料与器件中的基本概念,重点介绍了量子结构的定义和量子尺寸效应的能带裁剪工程.以Ⅱ-Ⅵ族化合物半导体为例,介绍了量子尺寸效应对于激子束缚能的影响.以此为基础,综述了Ⅱ-Ⅵ族化合物半导体量子阱、量子点等量子结构材料以及量子结构器件在光电探测、发光器件与太阳能电池领域的研究现状,并总结了Ⅱ-Ⅵ族化合物半导...     

Polarization-insensitive electroabsorption by use of quantum well interdiffusion

A paraboliclike quantum well structure can be used to produce polarization-insensitive waveguide type modulators. We propose the use of interdiffusion of AlGaAs/GaAs quantum wells to achieve the parabolic well shape. Criteria to achieve the paraboliclike quantum wells by interdiffusion are discussed. The theoretical results indicate that interdiffused quantum wells can produce equal eigenstate spacing, polarization insensitive Stark shifts, and modulation similar to an ideal parabolic quantum well. Three procedures are also proposed to develop polarization-insensitive on and off states in paraboliclike interdiffused quantum wells. The modulation depth is compatible with that of the measured parabolic quantum wells. For diffused quantum wells one can take advantage of using an as-grown rectangular quantum well with postgrowth thermal processing. These features demonstrate that an interdiffused quantum well structure can be used to produce a polarization-insensitive electroabsorptive modulator.     

Labelling of cells with quantum dots

Colloidal quantum dots are semiconductor nanocrystals well dispersed in a solvent. The optical properties of quantum dots, in particular the wavelength of their fluorescence, depend strongly on their size. Because of their reduced tendency to photobleach, colloidal quantum dots are interesting fluorescence probes for all types of labelling studies. In this review we will give an overview on how quantum dots have been used so far in cell biology. In particular we will discuss the biologically relevant properties of quantum dots and focus on four topics: labelling of cellular structures and receptors with quantum dots, incorporation of quantum dots by living cells, tracking the path and the fate of individual cells using quantum dot labels, and quantum dots as contrast agents.     

Detection of bioconjugated quantum dots passivated with different ligands for bio-applications

Bioconjugation of quantum dots has resulted in a significant increase in resolution of biological fluorescent labeling. This intrinsic property of quantum dots can be utilized for sensitive detection of target analytes with high sensitivity; including pathogenic bacteria and cancer monitoring. The quantum dots and quantum dot doped silica nanoparticles exhibit prominent emission peaks when excited at 400 nm but on conjugation to model rabbit antigoat antibodies exhibit diminished intensity of emission peak at 600 nm. It shows that photoluminescence intensity of conjugated quantum dots and quantum dot doped silica nanoparticles could permit the detection of bioconjugation. Samples of conjugated and unconjugated quantum dots and quantum dot doped silica nanoparticles were subjected to enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for further confirmation of bioconjugation. In the present study ligand exchange, bioconjugation, fluorescence detection of bioconjugated quantum dots and quantum dot doped silica nanoparticles and further confirmation of bioconjugation by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay has been described.     

Quantum Remote State Preparation Based on Quantum Network Coding

As an innovative theory and technology, quantum network coding has become the research hotspot in quantum network communications. In this paper, a quantum remote state preparation scheme based on quantum network coding is proposed. Comparing with the general quantum remote state preparation schemes, our proposed scheme brings an arbitrary unknown quantum state finally prepared remotely through the quantum network, by designing the appropriate encoding and decoding steps for quantum network coding. What is worth mentioning, from the network model, this scheme is built on the quantum k-pair network which is the expansion of the typical bottleneck network—butterfly network. Accordingly, it can be treated as an efficient quantum network preparation scheme due to the characteristics of network coding, and it also makes the proposed scheme more applicable to the large-scale quantum networks. In addition, the fact of an arbitrary unknown quantum state remotely prepared means that the senders do not need to know the desired quantum state. Thus, the security of the proposed scheme is higher. Moreover, this scheme can always achieve the success probability of 1 and 1-max flow of value k. Thus, the communication efficiency of the proposed scheme is higher. Therefore, the proposed scheme turns out to be practicable, secure and efficient, which helps to effectively enrich the theory of quantum remote state preparation.     

Influencing factors on the size uniformity of self-assembled SiGe quantum rings grown by molecular beam epitaxy

The size uniformity of self-assembled SiGe quantum rings, which are formed by capping SiGe quantum dots with a thin Si layer, is found to be greatly influenced by the growth temperature and the areal density of SiGe quantum dots. Higher growth temperature benefits the size uniformity of quantum dots, but results in low Ge concentration as well as asymmetric Ge distribution in the dots, which induces the subsequently formed quantum rings to be asymmetric in shape or even broken somewhere in the ridge of rings. Low growth temperature degrades the size uniformity of quantum dots, and thus that of quantum rings. A high areal density results in the expansion and coalescence of neighboring quantum dots to form a chain, rather than quantum rings. Uniform quantum rings with a size dispersion of 4.6% and an areal density of 7.8×10(8) cm(-2) are obtained at the optimized growth temperature of 640°C.     

Control aspects of quantum computing using pure and mixed states

Steering quantum dynamics such that the target states solve classically hard problems is paramount to quantum simulation and computation. And beyond, quantum control is also essential to pave the way to quantum technologies. Here, important control techniques are reviewed and presented in a unified frame covering quantum computational gate synthesis and spectroscopic state transfer alike. We emphasize that it does not matter whether the quantum states of interest are pure or not. While pure states underly the design of quantum circuits, ensemble mixtures of quantum states can be exploited in a more recent class of algorithms: it is illustrated by characterizing the Jones polynomial in order to distinguish between different (classes of) knots. Further applications include Josephson elements, cavity grids, ion traps and nitrogen vacancy centres in scenarios of closed as well as open quantum systems.