893 research outputs found
Study of information transfer optimization for communication satellites
The results are presented of a study of source coding, modulation/channel coding, and systems techniques for application to teleconferencing over high data rate digital communication satellite links. Simultaneous transmission of video, voice, data, and/or graphics is possible in various teleconferencing modes and one-way, two-way, and broadcast modes are considered. A satellite channel model including filters, limiter, a TWT, detectors, and an optimized equalizer is treated in detail. A complete analysis is presented for one set of system assumptions which exclude nonlinear gain and phase distortion in the TWT. Modulation, demodulation, and channel coding are considered, based on an additive white Gaussian noise channel model which is an idealization of an equalized channel. Source coding with emphasis on video data compression is reviewed, and the experimental facility utilized to test promising techniques is fully described
Topological code Autotune
Many quantum systems are being investigated in the hope of building a
large-scale quantum computer. All of these systems suffer from decoherence,
resulting in errors during the execution of quantum gates. Quantum error
correction enables reliable quantum computation given unreliable hardware.
Unoptimized topological quantum error correction (TQEC), while still effective,
performs very suboptimally, especially at low error rates. Hand optimizing the
classical processing associated with a TQEC scheme for a specific system to
achieve better error tolerance can be extremely laborious. We describe a tool
Autotune capable of performing this optimization automatically, and give two
highly distinct examples of its use and extreme outperformance of unoptimized
TQEC. Autotune is designed to facilitate the precise study of real hardware
running TQEC with every quantum gate having a realistic, physics-based error
model.Comment: 13 pages, 17 figures, version accepted for publicatio
Pattern recognition on a quantum computer
By means of a simple example it is demonstrated that the task of finding and
identifying certain patterns in an otherwise (macroscopically) unstructured
picture (data set) can be accomplished efficiently by a quantum computer.
Employing the powerful tool of the quantum Fourier transform the proposed
quantum algorithm exhibits an exponential speed-up in comparison with its
classical counterpart. The digital representation also results in a
significantly higher accuracy than the method of optical filtering. PACS:
03.67.Lx, 03.67.-a, 42.30.Sy, 89.70.+c.Comment: 6 pages RevTeX, 1 figure, several correction
Pattern recognition on a quantum computer
By means of a simple example it is demonstrated that the task of finding and
identifying certain patterns in an otherwise (macroscopically) unstructured
picture (data set) can be accomplished efficiently by a quantum computer.
Employing the powerful tool of the quantum Fourier transform the proposed
quantum algorithm exhibits an exponential speed-up in comparison with its
classical counterpart. The digital representation also results in a
significantly higher accuracy than the method of optical filtering. PACS:
03.67.Lx, 03.67.-a, 42.30.Sy, 89.70.+c.Comment: 6 pages RevTeX, 1 figure, several correction
Multi-Qubit Joint Measurements in Circuit QED: Stochastic Master Equation Analysis
We derive a family of stochastic master equations describing homodyne
measurement of multi-qubit diagonal observables in circuit quantum
electrodynamics. In the regime where qubit decay can be neglected, our approach
replaces the polaron-like transformation of previous work, which required a
lengthy calculation for the physically interesting case of three qubits and two
resonator modes. The technique introduced here makes this calculation
straightforward and manifestly correct. Using this technique, we are able to
show that registers larger than one qubit evolve under a non-Markovian master
equation. We perform numerical simulations of the three-qubit, two-mode case
from previous work, obtaining an average post-measurement state fidelity of
, limited by measurement-induced decoherence and dephasing.Comment: 22 pages, 9 figures. Comments welcom
Nonequilibrium Forces Between Neutral Atoms Mediated by a Quantum Field
We study all known and as yet unknown forces between two neutral atoms,
modeled as three dimensional harmonic oscillators, arising from mutual
influences mediated by an electromagnetic field but not from their direct
interactions. We allow as dynamical variables the center of mass motion of the
atom, its internal degrees of freedom and the quantum field treated
relativistically. We adopt the method of nonequilibrium quantum field theory
which can provide a first principle, systematic and unified description
including the intrinsic field fluctuations and induced dipole fluctuations. The
inclusion of self-consistent back-actions makes possible a fully dynamical
description of these forces valid for general atom motion. In thermal
equilibrium we recover the known forces -- London, van der Waals and
Casimir-Polder forces -- between neutral atoms in the long-time limit but also
discover the existence of two new types of interatomic forces. The first, a
`nonequilibrium force', arises when the field and atoms are not in thermal
equilibrium, and the second, which we call an `entanglement force', originates
from the correlations of the internal degrees of freedom of entangled atoms.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figure
Constructing Pauli pulse schemes for decoupling and quantum simulation
Dynamical decoupling is a powerful technique to suppress errors in quantum
systems originating from environmental couplings or from unwanted
inter-particle interactions. However, it can also be used to selectively
decouple specific couplings in a quantum system. We present a simple and
easy-to-use general method to construct such selective decoupling schemes on
qubit and qudit networks by means of (generalized) Pauli operations. As these
constructed schemes can suppress Hamiltonian interactions on general qudit
networks selectively, they are well suited for purposes of approximate quantum
simulation. Some examples are presented, demonstrating the use of our method
and the resulting decoupling schemes.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure
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