由于单光子克尔效应,观测量子状态的崩和复苏
Gerhard Kirchmair1, Brian Vlastakis, Zaki Leghtas
1Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA.
Nature
|March 15, 2013
概括
研究人员设计了一种人工的克尔介质,用于强烈的单光子相互作用,使得量子效应如连贯状态崩和复苏等量子效应的观察成为可能. 这一突破推动了量子信息协议和超导电路应用.
科学领域:
- 量子光学是一种量子光学.
- 量子信息科学 量子信息科学
- 超导电路中的超导电路
背景情况:
- 为量子信息创造非经典的光状态需要强大的单光子相互作用.
- 现有的方法,如空腔量子电动力学提供间接控制,而克尔介质诱导弱非线性和损失.
- 单光子克尔模式,即光子相互作用超过损失,一直是难以捉摸的.
研究的目的:
- 设计一种能够产生强烈单光子相互作用的人工克尔介质.
- 观察由这种工程非线性产生的新型量子效应.
- 探索量子信息处理和超导电路中的应用.
主要方法:
- 利用一个三维电路量子电动学架构.
- 设计了一个人工的克尔介质,以实现单光子的克尔状态.
- 进行了一项Gedanken实验,观察连贯状态演变,测量Husimi Q函数,并使用腔状态断层扫描.
主要成果:
- 成功进入单光子克尔体制,超过损失率.
- 由于光子定量化和非线性相互作用,观察到一个连贯状态的崩和复苏.
- 生成和证实了非经典的多元件"施罗丁格猫"状态.
结论:
- 设计的克尔介质使单光子级别的直接光子-光子相互作用成为可能.
- 证明了在高质量的光子模式下创建和操纵连贯状态的叠加的能力.
- 开辟了连续变量量子物理学与超导电路的结合的新途径,在量子测量,生成,反和逻辑方面有潜在的应用.
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