Robust interface between flying and topological qubits

Hybrid architectures, consisting of conventional and topological qubits, have recently attracted much attention due to their capability in consolidating the robustness of topological qubits and the universality of conventional qubits. However, these two kinds of qubits are normally constructed in significantly different energy scales, and thus this energy mismatch is a major obstacle for their coupling that supports the exchange of quantum information between them. Here, we propose a microwave photonic quantum bus for a direct strong coupling between the topological and conventional qubits, in which the energy mismatch is compensated by the external driving field via the fractional ac Josephson effect. In the framework of tight-binding simulation and perturbation theory, we show that the energy splitting of the topological qubits in a finite length nanowire is still robust against local perturbations, which is ensured not only by topology, but also by the particle-hole symmetry. Therefore, the present scheme realizes a robust interface between the flying and topological qubits. Finally, we demonstrate that this quantum bus can also be used to generate multipartitie entangled states with the topological qubits.Comment: Accepted for publication in Scientific Report

GRB 111005A at Z = 0.0133 and the Prospect of Establishing Long-short GRB/GW Association

GRB 111005A, one long duration gamma-ray burst (GRB) occurred within a metal-rich environment that lacks massive stars with $M_{\rm ZAMS}\geq 15M_\odot$, is not coincident with supernova emission down to stringent limit and thus should be classified as a "long-short" GRB (lsGRB; also known as SN-less long GRB or hybrid GRB), like GRB 060505 and GRB 060614. In this work we show that in the neutron star merger model, the non-detection of the optical/infrared emission of GRB 111005A requires a sub-relativistic neutron-rich ejecta with the mass of $\leq 0.01~M_\odot$, (significantly) less massive than that of GRB 130603B, GRB 060614 and GRB 050709. The lsGRBs are found to have a high rate density and the neutron star merger origin model can be unambiguously tested by the joint observations of the second generation gravitational wave (GW) detectors and the full-sky gamma-ray monitors such as Fermi-GBM and the proposing GECAM. If no lsGRB/GW association is observed in 2020s, alternative scenarios have to be systematically investigated. With the detailed environmental information achievable for the very-nearby events, a novel kind of merger or explosion origin may be identified.Comment: Published in ApJ