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Beyond Moore's technologies: operation principles of a superconductor alternative
The predictions of Moore's law are considered by experts to be valid until
2020 giving rise to "post-Moore's" technologies afterwards. Energy efficiency
is one of the major challenges in high-performance computing that should be
answered. Superconductor digital technology is a promising post-Moore's
alternative for the development of supercomputers. In this paper, we consider
operation principles of an energy-efficient superconductor logic and memory
circuits with a short retrospective review of their evolution. We analyze their
shortcomings in respect to computer circuits design. Possible ways of further
research are outlined.Comment: OPEN ACCES
Transport of Spin Qubits with Donor Chains under Realistic Experimental Conditions
The ability to transport quantum information across some distance can
facilitate the design and operation of a quantum processor. One-dimensional
spin chains provide a compact platform to realize scalable spin transport for a
solid-state quantum computer. Here, we model odd-sized donor chains in silicon
under a range of experimental non-idealities, including variability of donor
position within the chain. We show that the tolerance against donor placement
inaccuracies is greatly improved by operating the spin chain in a mode where
the electrons are confined at the Si-SiO interface. We then estimate the
required timescales and exchange couplings, and the level of noise that can be
tolerated to achieve high fidelity transport. We also propose a protocol to
calibrate and initialize the chain, thereby providing a complete guideline for
realizing a functional donor chain and utilizing it for spin transport.Comment: 19 pages, 12 figure
Adiabatic quantum computation with Cooper pairs
We propose a new variant of the controlled-NOT quantum logic gate based on
adiabatic level-crossing dynamics of the q-bits. The gate has a natural
implementation in terms of the Cooper pair transport in arrays of small
Josephson tunnel junctions. An important advantage of the adiabatic approach is
that the gate dynamics is insensitive to the unavoidable spread of junction
parameters.Comment: 18 pages, 3 figures not supplied by autho
Manifestation of a nonclassical Berry phase of an electromagnetic field in atomic Ramsey interference
The Berry phase acquired by an electromagnetic field undergoing an adiabatic
and cyclic evolution in phase space is a purely quantum-mechanical effect of
the field. However, this phase is usually accompanied by a dynamical
contribution and cannot be manifested in any light-beam interference experiment
because it is independent of the field state. We here show that such a phase
can be produced using an atom coupled to a quantized field and driven by a
slowly changing classical field, and it is manifested in atomic Ramsey
interference oscillations. We also show how this effect may be applied to
one-step implementation of multiqubit geometric phase gates, which is
impossible by previous geometric methods. The effects of dissipation and
fluctuations in the parameters of the pump field on the Berry phase and
visibility of the Ramsey interference fringes are analyzed
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