4 research outputs found
Superfluid qubit systems with ring shaped optical lattices
We study an experimentally feasible qubit system employing neutral atomic
currents. Our system is based on bosonic cold atoms trapped in ring-shaped
optical lattice potentials. The lattice makes the system strictly one
dimensional and it provides the infrastructure to realize a tunable ring-ring
interaction. Our implementation combines the low decoherence rates of of
neutral cold atoms systems, overcoming single site addressing, with the
robustness of topologically protected solid state Josephson flux qubits.
Characteristic fluctuations in the magnetic fields affecting Josephson junction
based flux qubits are expected to be minimized employing neutral atoms as flux
carriers. By breaking the Galilean invariance we demonstrate how atomic
currents through the lattice provide a implementation of a qubit. This is
realized either by artificially creating a phase slip in a single ring, or by
tunnel coupling of two homogeneous ring lattices. The single qubit
infrastructure is experimentally investigated with tailored optical potentials.
Indeed, we have experimentally realized scaled ring-lattice potentials that
could host, in principle, of such ring-qubits, arranged in a stack
configuration, along the laser beam propagation axis.
An experimentally viable scheme of the two-ring-qubit is discussed, as well.
Based on our analysis, we provide protocols to initialize, address, and
read-out the qubit.Comment: 14 revtex4-1 pages, 7 figs; to be published in Scientific Report
An atomtronic flux qubit: A ring lattice of Bose-Einstein condensates interrupted by three weak links
10.1088/1367-2630/18/7/075013New Journal of Physics1877501
An atomtronic flux qubit: A ring lattice of Bose-Einstein condensates interrupted by three weak links
International audienceWe study a physical system consisting of a Bose-Einstein condensate confined to a ring shaped lattice potential interrupted by three weak links. The system is assumed to be driven by an effective flux piercing the ring lattice. By employing path integral techniques, we explore the effective quantum dynamics of the system in a pure quantum phase dynamics regime. Moreover, the effects of the density's quantum fluctuations are studied through exact diagonalization analysis of the spectroscopy of the Bose-Hubbard model. We demonstrate that a clear two-level system emerges by tuning the magnetic flux at degeneracy. The lattice confinement, platform for the condensate, is realized experimentally employing a spatial light modulator. © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft