In this paper,we investigate the quantum correlation of coupled qubits which are initially in maximally entangled mixed states in a squeezed vacuum reservoir.We compare and analyze the effects of squeezed parameters o...In this paper,we investigate the quantum correlation of coupled qubits which are initially in maximally entangled mixed states in a squeezed vacuum reservoir.We compare and analyze the effects of squeezed parameters on quantum discord and quantum concurrence.The results show that in a squeezed vacuum reservoir,the quantum discord and quantum concurrence perform with completely opposite behaviors with the change of squeezed parameters.Quantum discord survives longer with the increase of squeezed amplitude parameter,but entanglement death is faster on the contrary.The results also indicate that the classical correlation of the system is smaller than quantum discord in a vacuum reservoir,while it is bigger than quantum discord in a squeezed vacuum reservoir.The quantum discord and classical correlation are more robust than quantum concurrence in the two reservoir environments,which indicates that the entanglement actually is easily affected by decoherence and quantum discord has a stronger ability to avoid decoherence in a squeezed vacuum reservoir.展开更多
Although the multi-level structure of superconducting qubits may result in calculation errors, it can be rationally used to effectively improve the speed of gate operations. Utilizing a current-biased Josephson juncti...Although the multi-level structure of superconducting qubits may result in calculation errors, it can be rationally used to effectively improve the speed of gate operations. Utilizing a current-biased Josephson junction （A-type rf-SQUID） as a tunable coupler for superconducting transmission line resonators （TLRs）, under the large detuning condition, we demonstrate the controllable generation of entangled coherent states in circuit quantum electrodynamics （circuit QED）. The coupling between the TLRs and the qubit can be effectively regulated by an external bias current or coupling capacitor. Further investigations indicate that the maximum entangled state can be obtained through measuring the excited state of the superconducting qubits. Then, the influence of the TLR [tecay on the prepared entangled states is analyzed.展开更多
revised manuscript received 30 April 2012） We investigate the influence of environmental decoherence on the dynamics of a coupled qubit system and quantum correlation. We analyse the relationship between concurrence...revised manuscript received 30 April 2012） We investigate the influence of environmental decoherence on the dynamics of a coupled qubit system and quantum correlation. We analyse the relationship between concurrence and the degree of initial entanglement or the purity of initial quantum state, and also their relationship with quantum discord. The results show that the decrease of the purity of an initial quantum state can induce the attenuation of concurrence or quantum discord, but the attenuation of quantum discord is obviously slower than the concurrence＇s, correspondingly the survival time of quantum discord is longer. Further investigation reveals that the robustness of quantum discord and concurrence relies on the entanglement degree of the initial quantum state. The higher the degree of entanglement, the more robust the quantum discord is than concurrence. And the reverse is equally true. Birth and death happen to quantum discord periodically and a newborn quantum discord comes into being under a certain condition, so does the concurrence.展开更多
Super-quantum discord（SQD） with weak measurement is regarded as a kind of quantum correlation in quantum information processing. We compare and analyze the dynamical evolutions of SQD, quantum discord（QD）, and qua...Super-quantum discord（SQD） with weak measurement is regarded as a kind of quantum correlation in quantum information processing. We compare and analyze the dynamical evolutions of SQD, quantum discord（QD）, and quantum entanglement（QE） between two qubits in the correlated dephasing environmental model. The results indicate that（i） owing to the much smaller influence of weak measurement on the coherence of the system than that of von Neumann projection measurement, SQD with weak measurement is larger than QD, and（ii） dynamical evolution of QD or QE monotonically goes to zero with time, while SQD monotonically tends to a stable value and a freezing phenomenon occurs. The stable value after freezing mainly depends on the measurement strength and the purity of the initial quantum state.展开更多
For an open quantum system containing two qubits under homodyne-based feedback control,we investigate the dynamical behaviors of quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty.Moreover,we analyze the influence of feedba...For an open quantum system containing two qubits under homodyne-based feedback control,we investigate the dynamical behaviors of quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty.Moreover,we analyze the influence of feedback modes and coefficients on the entropic uncertainty.Numerical investigations show that the memory qubit should be placed in a non-dissipative channel if the single dissipative channel condition can be chosen,which helps reduce the entropic uncertainty of the system.For the homodyne feedback control F=λσx(or F=λσy),due to different roles of the entangled qubits A and B,when they are subject to feedback control with different feedback coefficientsλ,the exchange of feedback coefficients will cause variations of the entropic uncertainty.When the feedback coefficient corresponding to the memory qubit B is larger(λB>λA),the steady value of the entropic uncertainty will be small,which is conducive to enhancing the robustness of the system.However,for the feedback control F=λσz,the difference between the feedback coefficients has no effect on the steady values of the entropic uncertainty.展开更多
The dynamics of entanglement between two qubits in the local damping two-sided channel and singlesided channel are compared through non-Markovian process and Markovian process. The entanglement between two qubits is f...The dynamics of entanglement between two qubits in the local damping two-sided channel and singlesided channel are compared through non-Markovian process and Markovian process. The entanglement between two qubits is found to be longer in the single-sided channel case due to the weakening of the dissipative effects. In the two-sided channel, influenced by the entanglement between qubits, the previous independent dissipative channels incline to the composite effect of the Markovian process. This composite effect results in the dissipative effect of one channel affecting the qubits in the other channel, especially inhibiting the backflow effect in the non-Markovian channel, which is disadvantageous to the entanglement maintenance between qubits. In the Markovian channel, the composite effect of the damping two-sided channels is more obvious since there is no backflow effect, thus more disadvantageous to the entanglement maintenance.展开更多
We demonstrate the controllable generation of multi-photon Fock states in circuit quantum electrodynamics （circuit QED）. The external bias flux regulated by a counter can effectively adjust the bias time on each sup...We demonstrate the controllable generation of multi-photon Fock states in circuit quantum electrodynamics （circuit QED）. The external bias flux regulated by a counter can effectively adjust the bias time on each superconducting flux qubit so that each flux qubit can pass in turn through the circuit cavity and thereby avoid the effect of decoherence. We further investigate the quantum correlation dynamics of coupling superconducting qubits in a Fock state. The results reveal that the lower the photon number of the light field in the number state, the stronger the interaction between qubits is, then the more beneficial to maintaining entanglement between qubits it will be.展开更多
The effect of growth conditions on GaN layer growth in the epitaxial lateral overgrowth(ELO)process by metal organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)was investigated.Sapphire wafer was used as the substrate,which was ...The effect of growth conditions on GaN layer growth in the epitaxial lateral overgrowth(ELO)process by metal organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)was investigated.Sapphire wafer was used as the substrate,which was chemically etched to make pattern on it.Then a GaN buffer layer was deposited at low temperature(LT)as the seeding layer to alleviate the lattice mismatch and difference in thermal conductivity between GaNand the substrate to grow a high quality layer with a low density of screw and mixed threading dislocations.Finally the GaN epilayer was deposited on the seeding layer by ELO.The properties of the GaN layer were then investigated by double-crystal X-ray diffraction,atomic force microscopy,and wet chemical etching.展开更多
This paper reports that high-rate-deposition of microcrystalline silicon solar cells was performed by very-highfrequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. These solar cells, whose intrinsic μc-Si：H layers w...This paper reports that high-rate-deposition of microcrystalline silicon solar cells was performed by very-highfrequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. These solar cells, whose intrinsic μc-Si：H layers were prepared by using a different total gas flow rate （Ftotal）, behave much differently in performance, although their intrinsic layers have similar crystalline volume fraction, opto-electronic properties and a deposition rate of - 1.0 nm/s. The influence of Ftotal on the micro-structural properties was analyzed by Raman and Fourier transformed infrared measurements. The results showed that the vertical uniformity and the compact degree of μc-Si：H thin films were improved with increasing Ftotal. The variation of the microstructure was regarded as the main reason for the difference of the J V parameters. Combined with optical emission spectroscopy, we found that the gas temperature plays an important role in determining the microstructure of thin films. With Ftotal of 300 sccm, a conversion efficiency of 8.11% has been obtained for the intrinsic layer deposited at 8.5 A/s （1 A=0.1 nm）.展开更多
In quantum information technologies,quantum weak measurement is beneficial for protecting coherence of systems.In order to further improve the protection effect of quantum weak measurement on coherence,we propose an o...In quantum information technologies,quantum weak measurement is beneficial for protecting coherence of systems.In order to further improve the protection effect of quantum weak measurement on coherence,we propose an optimization scheme of quantum Fisher information(QFI)protection in an open quantum system by combing no-knowledge quantum feedback control with quantum weak measurement.On the basis of solving the dynamic equations of a stochastic two-level quantum system under feedback control,we compare the effects of different feedback Hamiltonians on QFI and find that via no-knowledge quantum feedback,the observation operatorσx(orσx andσz)can protect QFI for a long time.Namely,no-knowledge quantum feedback can improve the estimation precision of feedback coefficient as well as that of detection coefficient.展开更多
We investigate the dynamical behaviors of quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty and its lower bound in the amplitude-damping channel. The influences of different placement positions of the quantum register on t...We investigate the dynamical behaviors of quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty and its lower bound in the amplitude-damping channel. The influences of different placement positions of the quantum register on the dynamics of quantum coherence, quantum entanglement, and quantum discord are analyzed in detail. The numerical simulation results show that the quantum register should be placed in the channel of the non-Markovian effect. This option is beneficial to reduce the entropic uncertainty and its lower bound. We also find that this choice does not change the evolution of the quantum coherence and quantum entanglement, but changes the dynamical process of the quantum discord of the system.These results show that quantum coherence, quantum entanglement, and quantum discord are different quantum resources with unique characteristics and properties, and quantum discord can play a key role in reducing the uncertainty of quantum systems.展开更多
As metallic nanoparticles are arranged to form a 2D periodic nano-array,the coupling of the localized surface plasmonic resonance(LSPR)results in the well-known phenomenon of surface lattice resonances(SLRs).We theore...As metallic nanoparticles are arranged to form a 2D periodic nano-array,the coupling of the localized surface plasmonic resonance(LSPR)results in the well-known phenomenon of surface lattice resonances(SLRs).We theoretically investigate the SLR effect of the circular nano-array fabricated on the fiber tips.The difference between the 2D periodic and circular periodic arrays results in different resonant characteristics.For both structures,the resonant peaks due to the SLRs shift continuously as the array structures are adjusted.For some specific arrangements,the circular nano-array may generate a single sharp resonant peak with extremely high enhancement,which originates from the collective coupling of the whole array.More interestingly,the spatial pattern of the vector near-field corresponding to the sharp peak is independent of the polarization state of the incidence,facilitating its excitation and regulation.This finding may be helpful for designing multifunctional all-fiber devices.展开更多
Owing to the enormously enhanced oscillating wave,a minute variation of the incident light intensity will give rise to a change in the dielectric constant of the Kerr nonlinear medium and lead to a bistable reflection...Owing to the enormously enhanced oscillating wave,a minute variation of the incident light intensity will give rise to a change in the dielectric constant of the Kerr nonlinear medium and lead to a bistable reflection with an ultra-low threshold intensity,which is closely related to the angle of incidence and the thickness of the Kerr nonlinear medium.The criterion for the existence of optical bistability is derived.Our bistability scheme is simple and not limited to the TM-polarization.展开更多
Based on nonlinear wave mixing, we experimentally propose a scheme for directly generating optical orbital angular momentum(OAM) by a spirally structured fundamental wave interacting with a nonlinear medium, in which ...Based on nonlinear wave mixing, we experimentally propose a scheme for directly generating optical orbital angular momentum(OAM) by a spirally structured fundamental wave interacting with a nonlinear medium, in which the nonlinear susceptibilities are homogenous. In the experiment, the second-harmonic generation of a fundamental wave carrying positive(negative) integers and fractional OAM states was investigated. This study presents a convenient approach for dynamic control of OAM of vortex beams, which may feature their applications in optical manipulation and optical communication.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11164009)
文摘In this paper,we investigate the quantum correlation of coupled qubits which are initially in maximally entangled mixed states in a squeezed vacuum reservoir.We compare and analyze the effects of squeezed parameters on quantum discord and quantum concurrence.The results show that in a squeezed vacuum reservoir,the quantum discord and quantum concurrence perform with completely opposite behaviors with the change of squeezed parameters.Quantum discord survives longer with the increase of squeezed amplitude parameter,but entanglement death is faster on the contrary.The results also indicate that the classical correlation of the system is smaller than quantum discord in a vacuum reservoir,while it is bigger than quantum discord in a squeezed vacuum reservoir.The quantum discord and classical correlation are more robust than quantum concurrence in the two reservoir environments,which indicates that the entanglement actually is easily affected by decoherence and quantum discord has a stronger ability to avoid decoherence in a squeezed vacuum reservoir.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11264015)
文摘Although the multi-level structure of superconducting qubits may result in calculation errors, it can be rationally used to effectively improve the speed of gate operations. Utilizing a current-biased Josephson junction （A-type rf-SQUID） as a tunable coupler for superconducting transmission line resonators （TLRs）, under the large detuning condition, we demonstrate the controllable generation of entangled coherent states in circuit quantum electrodynamics （circuit QED）. The coupling between the TLRs and the qubit can be effectively regulated by an external bias current or coupling capacitor. Further investigations indicate that the maximum entangled state can be obtained through measuring the excited state of the superconducting qubits. Then, the influence of the TLR [tecay on the prepared entangled states is analyzed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11164009)
文摘revised manuscript received 30 April 2012） We investigate the influence of environmental decoherence on the dynamics of a coupled qubit system and quantum correlation. We analyse the relationship between concurrence and the degree of initial entanglement or the purity of initial quantum state, and also their relationship with quantum discord. The results show that the decrease of the purity of an initial quantum state can induce the attenuation of concurrence or quantum discord, but the attenuation of quantum discord is obviously slower than the concurrence＇s, correspondingly the survival time of quantum discord is longer. Further investigation reveals that the robustness of quantum discord and concurrence relies on the entanglement degree of the initial quantum state. The higher the degree of entanglement, the more robust the quantum discord is than concurrence. And the reverse is equally true. Birth and death happen to quantum discord periodically and a newborn quantum discord comes into being under a certain condition, so does the concurrence.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11264015)
文摘Super-quantum discord（SQD） with weak measurement is regarded as a kind of quantum correlation in quantum information processing. We compare and analyze the dynamical evolutions of SQD, quantum discord（QD）, and quantum entanglement（QE） between two qubits in the correlated dephasing environmental model. The results indicate that（i） owing to the much smaller influence of weak measurement on the coherence of the system than that of von Neumann projection measurement, SQD with weak measurement is larger than QD, and（ii） dynamical evolution of QD or QE monotonically goes to zero with time, while SQD monotonically tends to a stable value and a freezing phenomenon occurs. The stable value after freezing mainly depends on the measurement strength and the purity of the initial quantum state.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61663016 and 11404150)
文摘For an open quantum system containing two qubits under homodyne-based feedback control,we investigate the dynamical behaviors of quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty.Moreover,we analyze the influence of feedback modes and coefficients on the entropic uncertainty.Numerical investigations show that the memory qubit should be placed in a non-dissipative channel if the single dissipative channel condition can be chosen,which helps reduce the entropic uncertainty of the system.For the homodyne feedback control F=λσx(or F=λσy),due to different roles of the entangled qubits A and B,when they are subject to feedback control with different feedback coefficientsλ,the exchange of feedback coefficients will cause variations of the entropic uncertainty.When the feedback coefficient corresponding to the memory qubit B is larger(λB>λA),the steady value of the entropic uncertainty will be small,which is conducive to enhancing the robustness of the system.However,for the feedback control F=λσz,the difference between the feedback coefficients has no effect on the steady values of the entropic uncertainty.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11164009
文摘The dynamics of entanglement between two qubits in the local damping two-sided channel and singlesided channel are compared through non-Markovian process and Markovian process. The entanglement between two qubits is found to be longer in the single-sided channel case due to the weakening of the dissipative effects. In the two-sided channel, influenced by the entanglement between qubits, the previous independent dissipative channels incline to the composite effect of the Markovian process. This composite effect results in the dissipative effect of one channel affecting the qubits in the other channel, especially inhibiting the backflow effect in the non-Markovian channel, which is disadvantageous to the entanglement maintenance between qubits. In the Markovian channel, the composite effect of the damping two-sided channels is more obvious since there is no backflow effect, thus more disadvantageous to the entanglement maintenance.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11264015)
文摘We demonstrate the controllable generation of multi-photon Fock states in circuit quantum electrodynamics （circuit QED）. The external bias flux regulated by a counter can effectively adjust the bias time on each superconducting flux qubit so that each flux qubit can pass in turn through the circuit cavity and thereby avoid the effect of decoherence. We further investigate the quantum correlation dynamics of coupling superconducting qubits in a Fock state. The results reveal that the lower the photon number of the light field in the number state, the stronger the interaction between qubits is, then the more beneficial to maintaining entanglement between qubits it will be.
文摘The effect of growth conditions on GaN layer growth in the epitaxial lateral overgrowth(ELO)process by metal organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)was investigated.Sapphire wafer was used as the substrate,which was chemically etched to make pattern on it.Then a GaN buffer layer was deposited at low temperature(LT)as the seeding layer to alleviate the lattice mismatch and difference in thermal conductivity between GaNand the substrate to grow a high quality layer with a low density of screw and mixed threading dislocations.Finally the GaN epilayer was deposited on the seeding layer by ELO.The properties of the GaN layer were then investigated by double-crystal X-ray diffraction,atomic force microscopy,and wet chemical etching.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos 2006CB202602 and 2006CB202603)the Tianjin Assistant Foundation for the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 07QTPTJC29500)the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No 07JCYBJC04000)
文摘This paper reports that high-rate-deposition of microcrystalline silicon solar cells was performed by very-highfrequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. These solar cells, whose intrinsic μc-Si：H layers were prepared by using a different total gas flow rate （Ftotal）, behave much differently in performance, although their intrinsic layers have similar crystalline volume fraction, opto-electronic properties and a deposition rate of - 1.0 nm/s. The influence of Ftotal on the micro-structural properties was analyzed by Raman and Fourier transformed infrared measurements. The results showed that the vertical uniformity and the compact degree of μc-Si：H thin films were improved with increasing Ftotal. The variation of the microstructure was regarded as the main reason for the difference of the J V parameters. Combined with optical emission spectroscopy, we found that the gas temperature plays an important role in determining the microstructure of thin films. With Ftotal of 300 sccm, a conversion efficiency of 8.11% has been obtained for the intrinsic layer deposited at 8.5 A/s （1 A=0.1 nm）.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61663016 and 11264015)。
文摘In quantum information technologies,quantum weak measurement is beneficial for protecting coherence of systems.In order to further improve the protection effect of quantum weak measurement on coherence,we propose an optimization scheme of quantum Fisher information(QFI)protection in an open quantum system by combing no-knowledge quantum feedback control with quantum weak measurement.On the basis of solving the dynamic equations of a stochastic two-level quantum system under feedback control,we compare the effects of different feedback Hamiltonians on QFI and find that via no-knowledge quantum feedback,the observation operatorσx(orσx andσz)can protect QFI for a long time.Namely,no-knowledge quantum feedback can improve the estimation precision of feedback coefficient as well as that of detection coefficient.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11264015 and 11404150)
文摘We investigate the dynamical behaviors of quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty and its lower bound in the amplitude-damping channel. The influences of different placement positions of the quantum register on the dynamics of quantum coherence, quantum entanglement, and quantum discord are analyzed in detail. The numerical simulation results show that the quantum register should be placed in the channel of the non-Markovian effect. This option is beneficial to reduce the entropic uncertainty and its lower bound. We also find that this choice does not change the evolution of the quantum coherence and quantum entanglement, but changes the dynamical process of the quantum discord of the system.These results show that quantum coherence, quantum entanglement, and quantum discord are different quantum resources with unique characteristics and properties, and quantum discord can play a key role in reducing the uncertainty of quantum systems.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.12174085)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No.B220202018)+1 种基金the Changzhou Science and Technology Program (Grant No.CJ20210130)CAS Key Laboratory of Nanodevices and Applications (Grant No.21YZ03)。
文摘As metallic nanoparticles are arranged to form a 2D periodic nano-array,the coupling of the localized surface plasmonic resonance(LSPR)results in the well-known phenomenon of surface lattice resonances(SLRs).We theoretically investigate the SLR effect of the circular nano-array fabricated on the fiber tips.The difference between the 2D periodic and circular periodic arrays results in different resonant characteristics.For both structures,the resonant peaks due to the SLRs shift continuously as the array structures are adjusted.For some specific arrangements,the circular nano-array may generate a single sharp resonant peak with extremely high enhancement,which originates from the collective coupling of the whole array.More interestingly,the spatial pattern of the vector near-field corresponding to the sharp peak is independent of the polarization state of the incidence,facilitating its excitation and regulation.This finding may be helpful for designing multifunctional all-fiber devices.
基金Projected supported by the Open Fund by State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks(Grant No.2017GZKF18)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12064017,61765008,11764020,11864017,11804133,and 51567011)+3 种基金the Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.20181BAB206034)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(Grant No.2017B14914),the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2016M601586)the Science and Technology Project of Changzhou(Grant No.CJ20180048)Scientific Research Fund of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department(Grant Nos.GJJ150313,GJJ160273,and GJJ170184).
文摘Owing to the enormously enhanced oscillating wave,a minute variation of the incident light intensity will give rise to a change in the dielectric constant of the Kerr nonlinear medium and lead to a bistable reflection with an ultra-low threshold intensity,which is closely related to the angle of incidence and the thickness of the Kerr nonlinear medium.The criterion for the existence of optical bistability is derived.Our bistability scheme is simple and not limited to the TM-polarization.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11864017,61765008,and 12064017)the Scientific and Technology Project of Jiangxi Provincial Education Department(No.GJJ161539)+3 种基金the Open Project of Key Laboratory of Photoelectronics and Communication of Jiangxi Province(No.2015005)the Open Project of Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors(No.2017007)the Open Fund by State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks(No.2017GZKF18)the Young Talent Development Plan of Jiangxi Normal University 2019。
文摘Based on nonlinear wave mixing, we experimentally propose a scheme for directly generating optical orbital angular momentum(OAM) by a spirally structured fundamental wave interacting with a nonlinear medium, in which the nonlinear susceptibilities are homogenous. In the experiment, the second-harmonic generation of a fundamental wave carrying positive(negative) integers and fractional OAM states was investigated. This study presents a convenient approach for dynamic control of OAM of vortex beams, which may feature their applications in optical manipulation and optical communication.
