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Quantum parallelism of the controlled-NOT operation: an experimental criterion for the evaluation of device performance
It is shown that a quantum controlled-NOT gate simultaneously performs the
logical functions of three distinct conditional local operations. Each of these
local operations can be verified by measuring a corresponding truth table of
four local inputs and four local outputs. The quantum parallelism of the gate
can then be observed directly in a set of three simple experimental tests, each
of which has a clear intuitive interpretation in terms of classical logical
operations. Specifically, quantum parallelism is achieved if the average
fidelity of the three classical operations exceeds 2/3. It is thus possible to
evaluate the essential quantum parallelism of an experimental controlled-NOT
gate by testing only three characteristic classical operations performed by the
gate.Comment: 6 pages, no figures, added references and discussio
Quantum states far from the energy eigenstates of any local Hamiltonian
What quantum states are possible energy eigenstates of a many-body
Hamiltonian? Suppose the Hamiltonian is non-trivial, i.e., not a multiple of
the identity, and L-local, in the sense of containing interaction terms
involving at most L bodies, for some fixed L. We construct quantum states \psi
which are ``far away'' from all the eigenstates E of any non-trivial L-local
Hamiltonian, in the sense that |\psi-E| is greater than some constant lower
bound, independent of the form of the Hamiltonian.Comment: 4 page
Resonant-pulse operations on the buried donor charge qubits in semiconductors
A new scheme is proposed for rotations of a double-donor charge qubit whose
logical states are defined by the two lowest energy states of a single electron
localized around one or another donor. It is shown that making use of the
microwave pulses tuned to the resonance with an auxiliary excited molecular
level allows for implementation of various one-qubit operations in very short
times. Decoherence effects are analyzed by the example of the P:Si system
and shown to be weak enough for experimental realization of this scheme being
possible.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, to appear in PR
Dressed Qubits
Inherent gate errors can arise in quantum computation when the actual system
Hamiltonian or Hilbert space deviates from the desired one. Two important
examples we address are spin-coupled quantum dots in the presence of spin-orbit
perturbations to the Heisenberg exchange interaction, and off-resonant
transitions of a qubit embedded in a multilevel Hilbert space. We propose a
``dressed qubit'' transformation for dealing with such inherent errors. Unlike
quantum error correction, the dressed qubits method does not require additional
operations or encoding redundancy, is insenstitive to error magnitude, and
imposes no new experimental constraints.Comment: Replaced with published versio
Dynamical Entanglement in Particle Scattering
This paper explores the connections between particle scattering and quantum
information theory in the context of the non-relativistic, elastic scattering
of two spin-1/2 particles. An untangled, pure, two-particle in-state is evolved
by an S-matrix that respects certain symmetries and the entanglement of the
pure out-state is measured. The analysis is phrased in terms of unitary,
irreducible representations (UIRs) of the symmetry group in question, either
the rotation group for the spin degrees of freedom or the Galilean group for
non-relativistic particles. Entanglement may occurs when multiple UIRs appear
in the direct sum decomposition of the direct product in-state, but it also
depends of the scattering phase shifts. \keywords{dynamical entanglement,
scattering, Clebsch-Gordan methods}Comment: 6 pages, submitted to Int. J. Mod. Phys. A as part of MRST 2005
conference proceeding
Correcting low-frequency noise with continuous measurement
Low-frequency noise presents a serious source of decoherence in solid-state
qubits. When combined with a continuous weak measurement of the eigenstates,
the low-frequency noise induces a second-order relaxation between the qubit
states. Here we show that the relaxation provides a unique approach to
calibrate the low-frequency noise in the time-domain. By encoding one qubit
with two physical qubits that are alternatively calibrated, quantum logic gates
with high fidelity can be performed.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, submitte
Monotonicity of quantum relative entropy revisited
Monotonicity under coarse-graining is a crucial property of the quantum
relative entropy. The aim of this paper is to investigate the condition of
equality in the monotonicity theorem and in its consequences such as the strong
sub-additivity of the von Neumann entropy, the Golden-Thompson trace inequality
and the monotonicity of the Holevo quantity.The relation to quantum Markovian
states is briefly indicated.Comment: 13 pages, LATEX fil
A hermeneutic inquiry into user-created personas in different Namibian locales
Persona is a tool broadly used in technology design to support communicational interactions between designers and users. Different Persona types and methods have evolved mostly in the Global North, and been partially deployed in the Global South every so often in its original User-Centred Design methodology. We postulate persona conceptualizations are expected to differ across cultures. We demonstrate this with an exploratory-case study on user-created persona co-designed with four Namibian ethnic groups: ovaHerero, Ovambo, ovaHimba and Khoisan. We follow a hermeneutic inquiry approach to discern cultural nuances from diverse human conducts. Findings reveal diverse self-representations whereby for each ethnic group results emerge in unalike fashions, viewpoints, recounts and storylines. This paper ultimately argues User-Created Persona as a potentially valid approach for pursuing cross-cultural depictions of personas that communicate cultural features and user experiences paramount to designing acceptable and gratifying technologies in dissimilar locales
Standard Model and Graviweak Unification with (Super)Renormalizable Gravity. Part I: Visible and Invisible Sectors of the Universe
We develop a self-consistent -invariant model of the unification
of gravity with weak gauge and Higgs fields in the visible and
invisible sectors of our Universe. We consider a general case of the graviweak
unification, including the higher-derivative super-renormalizable theory of
gravity, which is a unitary, asymptotically-free and perturbatively consistent
theory of the quantum gravity.Comment: 27 page
Entanglement and quantum state engineering in the optically driven two-electron double-dot structure
We study theoretically the quantum dynamics of two interacting electrons in
the symmetric double-dot structure under the influence of the bichromatic
resonant pulse. The state vector evolution is studied for two different pulse
designs. It is shown that the laser pulse can generate the effective exchange
coupling between the electron spins localized in different dots. Possible
applications of this effect to the quantum information processing (entanglement
generation, quantum state engineering) are discussed.Comment: 28 pages, 3 figure
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