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Unusual decoherence in qubit measurements with a Bose-Einstein condensate
We consider an electrostatic qubit located near a Bose-Einstein condensate
(BEC) of noninteracting bosons in a double-well potential, which is used for
qubit measurements. Tracing out the BEC variables we obtain a simple analytical
expression for the qubit's density-matrix. The qubit's evolution exhibits a
slow () damping of the qubit's coherence term, which however
turns to be a Gaussian one in the case of static qubit. This stays in contrast
to the exponential damping produced by most classical detectors. The
decoherence is, in general, incomplete and strongly depends on the initial
state of the qubit.Comment: 5 pages, additional explanations related to experimental realization
are added, typos corrected, Phys. Rev. A, in pres
Observation of quantum jumps in a superconducting artificial atom
A continuously monitored quantum system prepared in an excited state will
decay to its ground state with an abrupt jump. The jump occurs stochastically
on a characteristic time scale T1, the lifetime of the excited state. These
quantum jumps, originally envisioned by Bohr, have been observed in trapped
atoms and ions, single molecules, photons, and single electrons in cyclotrons.
Here we report the first observation of quantum jumps in a macroscopic quantum
system, in our case a superconducting "artificial atom" or quantum bit (qubit)
coupled to a superconducting microwave cavity. We use a fast, ultralow-noise
parametric amplifier to amplify the microwave photons used to probe the qubit
state, enabling continuous high-fidelity monitoring of the qubit. This
technique represents a major step forward for solid state quantum information
processing, potentially enabling quantum error correction and feedback, which
are essential for building a quantum computer. Our technology can also be
readily integrated into hybrid circuits involving molecular magnets, nitrogen
vacancies in diamond, or semiconductor quantum dots.Comment: Updated draft including supplementary information. 8 pages, 6
figures. Supplementary videos are available on our website at
http://physics.berkeley.edu/research/siddiqi/docs/supps
Force-detected nuclear double resonance between statistical spin polarizations
We demonstrate nuclear double resonance for nanometer-scale volumes of spins
where random fluctuations rather than Boltzmann polarization dominate. When the
Hartmann-Hahn condition is met in a cross-polarization experiment, flip-flops
occur between two species of spins and their fluctuations become coupled. We
use magnetic resonance force microscopy to measure this effect between 1H and
13C spins in 13C-enriched stearic acid. The development of a cross-polarization
technique for statistical ensembles adds an important tool for generating
chemical contrast in nanometer-scale magnetic resonance.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Measurements of strongly-anisotropic g-factors for spins in single quantum states
We have measured the full angular dependence, as a function of the direction
of magnetic field, for the Zeeman splitting of individual energy states in
copper nanoparticles. The g-factors for spin splitting are highly anisotropic,
with angular variations as large as a factor of five. The angular dependence
fits well to ellipsoids. Both the principal-axis directions and g-factor
magnitudes vary between different energy levels within one nanoparticle. The
variations agree quantitatively with random-matrix theory predictions which
incorporate spin-orbit coupling.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 2 in colo
Maintaining coherence in Quantum Computers
The effect of the inevitable coupling to external degrees of freedom of a
quantum computer are examined. It is found that for quantum calculations (in
which the maintenance of coherence over a large number of states is important),
not only must the coupling be small but the time taken in the quantum
calculation must be less than the thermal time scale, . For longer
times the condition on the strength of the coupling to the external world
becomes much more stringent.Comment: 13 page
Spontaneously modulated spin textures in a dipolar spinor Bose-Einstein condensate
Helical spin textures in a Rb F=1 spinor Bose-Einstein condensate are
found to decay spontaneously toward a spatially modulated structure of spin
domains. This evolution is ascribed to magnetic dipolar interactions that
energetically favor the short-wavelength domains over the long-wavelength spin
helix. This is confirmed by eliminating the dipolar interactions by a sequence
of rf pulses and observing a suppression of the formation of the short-range
domains. This study confirms the significance of magnetic dipole interactions
in degenerate Rb F=1 spinor gases
Polarization and readout of coupled single spins in diamond
We study the coupling of a single nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond to a
nearby single nitrogen defect at room temperature. The magnetic dipolar
coupling leads to a splitting in the electron spin resonance frequency of the
nitrogen-vacancy center, allowing readout of the state of a single nitrogen
electron spin. At magnetic fields where the spin splitting of the two centers
is the same we observe a strong polarization of the nitrogen electron spin. The
amount of polarization can be controlled by the optical excitation power. We
combine the polarization and the readout in time-resolved pump-probe
measurements to determine the spin relaxation time of a single nitrogen
electron spin. Finally, we discuss indications for hyperfine-induced
polarization of the nitrogen nuclear spin
Transport through a double quantum dot in the sequential- and co- tunneling regimes
We study transport through a double quantum dot, both in the sequential
tunneling and cotunneling regimes. Using a master equation approach, we find
that, in the sequential tunneling regime, the differential conductance
as a function of the bias voltage has a number of satellite
peaks with respect to the main peak of the Coulomb blockade diamond. The
position of these peaks is related to the interdot tunnel splitting and the
singlet-triplet splitting. We find satellite peaks with both {\em positive} and
{\em negative} values of differential conductance for realistic parameter
regimes. Relating our theory to a microscopic (Hund-Mulliken) model for the
double dot, we find a temperature regime for which the Hubbard ratio (=tunnel
coupling over on-site Coulomb repulsion) can be extracted from
in the cotunneling regime. In addition, we consider a combined effect of
cotunneling and sequential tunneling, which leads to new peaks (dips) in
inside the Coulomb blockade diamond below some temperature
scales, which we specify.Comment: 16 pages, 10 figure
Ferromagnetic Resonance in Spinor Dipolar Bose--Einstein Condensates
We used the Gross--Pitaevskii equations to investigate ferromagnetic
resonance in spin-1 Bose--Einstein condensates with a magnetic dipole-dipole
interaction. By introducing the dipole interaction, we obtained equations
similar to the Kittel equations used to represent ferromagnetic resonance in
condensed matter physics. These equations indicated that the ferromagnetic
resonance originated from dipolar interaction, and that the resonance frequency
depended upon the shape of the condensate. Furthermore, spin currents driven by
spin diffusions are characteristic of this system.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figure
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