Implementation of a nonlocal multi-qubit conditional phase gate is an essential requirement in some quantum infor- mation processing （QIP） tasks. Recently, a novel solid-state cavity quantum electrodynamics （QED） ...Implementation of a nonlocal multi-qubit conditional phase gate is an essential requirement in some quantum infor- mation processing （QIP） tasks. Recently, a novel solid-state cavity quantum electrodynamics （QED） system, in which the nitrogen-vacancy （NV） center in diamond is coupled to a microtoroidal resonator （MTR）, has been proposed as a poten- tial system for hybrid quantum information and computing. By virtue of such systems, we present a scheme to realize a nonlocal N-qubit conditional phase gate directly. Our scheme employs a cavity input-output process and single-photon interference, without the use of any auxiliary entanglement pair or classical communication. Considering the currently available technologies, our scheme might be quite useful among different nodes in quantum networks for large-scaled QIP.展开更多
Single-molecule detection is one of the fundamental challenges of modern biology.Such experiments often use labels that can be expensive,difficult to produce,and for small analytes,might perturb the molecular events b...Single-molecule detection is one of the fundamental challenges of modern biology.Such experiments often use labels that can be expensive,difficult to produce,and for small analytes,might perturb the molecular events being studied.Analyte size plays an important role in determining detectability.Here we use laser-frequency locking in the context of sensing to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of microtoroid optical resonators to the extent that single nanoparticles 2.5 nm in radius,and 15.5 kDa molecules are detected in aqueous solution,thereby bringing these detectors to the size limits needed for detecting the key macromolecules of the cell.Our results,covering several orders of magnitude of particle radius(100 nm to 2 nm),agree with the‘reactive’model prediction for the frequency shift of the resonator upon particle binding.This confirms that the main contribution of the frequency shift for the resonator upon particle binding is an increase in the effective path length due to part of the evanescent field coupling into the adsorbed particle.We anticipate that our results will enable many applications,including more sensitive medical diagnostics and fundamental studies of single receptor–ligand and protein–protein interactions in real time.展开更多
We demonstrate an ultra-low-threshold phonon laser using a coupled-microtoroid-cavity system by introducing a novel coupling approach.The scheme exhibits both high optical quality factors and high mechanical quality f...We demonstrate an ultra-low-threshold phonon laser using a coupled-microtoroid-cavity system by introducing a novel coupling approach.The scheme exhibits both high optical quality factors and high mechanical quality factors.We have experimentally obtained the mechanical quality factor up to 18,000 in vacuum for a radialbreathing mode of 59.2 MHz.The measured phonon lasing threshold is as low as 1.2μW,which is～5 times lower than the previous result.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Fundamental Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB923202)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Chinathe National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61177085,61205117,and 61377097)
文摘Implementation of a nonlocal multi-qubit conditional phase gate is an essential requirement in some quantum infor- mation processing （QIP） tasks. Recently, a novel solid-state cavity quantum electrodynamics （QED） system, in which the nitrogen-vacancy （NV） center in diamond is coupled to a microtoroidal resonator （MTR）, has been proposed as a poten- tial system for hybrid quantum information and computing. By virtue of such systems, we present a scheme to realize a nonlocal N-qubit conditional phase gate directly. Our scheme employs a cavity input-output process and single-photon interference, without the use of any auxiliary entanglement pair or classical communication. Considering the currently available technologies, our scheme might be quite useful among different nodes in quantum networks for large-scaled QIP.
文摘Single-molecule detection is one of the fundamental challenges of modern biology.Such experiments often use labels that can be expensive,difficult to produce,and for small analytes,might perturb the molecular events being studied.Analyte size plays an important role in determining detectability.Here we use laser-frequency locking in the context of sensing to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of microtoroid optical resonators to the extent that single nanoparticles 2.5 nm in radius,and 15.5 kDa molecules are detected in aqueous solution,thereby bringing these detectors to the size limits needed for detecting the key macromolecules of the cell.Our results,covering several orders of magnitude of particle radius(100 nm to 2 nm),agree with the‘reactive’model prediction for the frequency shift of the resonator upon particle binding.This confirms that the main contribution of the frequency shift for the resonator upon particle binding is an increase in the effective path length due to part of the evanescent field coupling into the adsorbed particle.We anticipate that our results will enable many applications,including more sensitive medical diagnostics and fundamental studies of single receptor–ligand and protein–protein interactions in real time.
基金National Key Research and Development Program(2016YFA0302500)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(61435007,11574144)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20150015)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
文摘We demonstrate an ultra-low-threshold phonon laser using a coupled-microtoroid-cavity system by introducing a novel coupling approach.The scheme exhibits both high optical quality factors and high mechanical quality factors.We have experimentally obtained the mechanical quality factor up to 18,000 in vacuum for a radialbreathing mode of 59.2 MHz.The measured phonon lasing threshold is as low as 1.2μW,which is～5 times lower than the previous result.
