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Enhanced energy relaxation process of quantum memory coupled with a superconducting qubit
For quantum information processing, each physical system has different
advantage for the implementation and so hybrid systems to benefit from several
systems would be able to provide a promising approach. One of the common hybrid
approach is to combine a superconducting qubit as a controllable qubit and the
other quantum system with a long coherence time as a memory qubit. The
superconducting qubit allows us to have an excellent controllability of the
quantum states and the memory qubit is capable of storing the information for a
long time. By tuning the energy splitting between the superconducting qubit and
the memory qubit, it is believed that one can realize a selective coupling
between them. However, we have shown that this approach has a fundamental
drawback concerning energy leakage from the memory qubit. The detuned
superconducting qubit is usually affected by severe decoherence, and this
causes an incoherent energy relaxation from the memory qubit to the
superconducting qubit via the imperfect decoupling. We have also found that
this energy transport can be interpreted as an appearance of anti quantum Zeno
effect induced by the fluctuation in the superconducting qubit. We also discuss
a possible solution to avoid such energy relaxation process, which is feasible
with existing technology
A Note on Weak Double Dividends
A weak double-dividend is the proposition that the welfare improvement from a tax reform, where environmental taxes are used to lower distorting taxes, must be greater than the welfare improvement from a reform where the environmental taxes are returned in a lump sum fashion. A general consensus has emerged that the weak double-dividend is an uncontroversial idea. We show in this note that a weak double-dividend need not hold in a world with multiple distortions.environmental tax policy, second-best taxation, general equilibrium analysis
Tax Distortions and Global Climate Policy
We consider the efficiency implications of policies to reduce global carbon emissions in a world with pre-existing tax distortions. We first note that the weak double-dividend, the proposition that the welfare improvement from a tax reform where environmental taxes are used to lower distorting taxes must be greater than the welfare improvement from a reform where the environmental taxes are returned in a lump sum fashion, need not hold in a world with multiple distortions. We then present a large-scale computable general equilibrium model of the world economy with distortionary taxation. We use this model to evaluate a number of policies to reduce carbon emissions. We find that the weak double dividend is not obtained in a number of European countries. Results also demonstrate the point that the interplay between carbon policies and pre-existing taxes can differ markedly across countries. Thus one must be cautious in extrapolating the results from a country specific analysis to other countries.
Tax Distortions and Global Climate Policy
We consider the efficiency implications of policies to reduce global carbon emissions in a world with pre-existing tax distortions. We first note that the weak double-dividend, the proposition that the welfare improvement from a tax reform where environmental taxes are used to lower distorting taxes must be greater than the welfare improvement from a reform where the environmental taxes are returned in a lump sum fashion, need not hold in a world with multiple distortions. We then present a large-scale computable general equilibrium model of the world economy with distortionary taxation. We use this model to evaluate a number of policies to reduce carbon emissions. We find that the weak double dividend is not obtained in a number of European countries. Results also demonstrate the point that the interplay between carbon policies and pre-existing taxes can differ markedly across countries. Thus one must be cautious in extrapolating the results from a country specific analysis to other countries.
Optical Lenses for Atomic Beams
Superpositions of paraxial laser beam modes to generate atom-optical lenses
based on the optical dipole force are investigated theoretically. Thin, wide,
parabolic, cylindrical and circular atom lenses with numerical apertures much
greater than those reported in the literature to date can be synthesized. This
superposition approach promises to make high quality atom beam imaging and
nano-deposition feasible.Comment: 10 figure
Academic Program Performance: An Evaluation Model for Community Colleges
Educational institutions began a journey of systematic review of programs and strategic planning sixty years ago. During that time the assessment and evaluation movement has produced copious complex models with numerous motivators, such as accreditation requirements and accountability. The objective of the consultancy project was to create a program evaluation model and process to provide community colleges with a clear picture of the health of academic programs with a goal of continuous improvement, including highlighting program strengths, areas for improvement, and specific action plans. A model and process were created to consolidate the data and ultimately tell the story of each academic program in one place. A program performance team, rating system, and scorecard are part of the evaluation process. Although collaboration was done with a host institution, the model is adaptable and transferable to any community college
Initializing a Quantum Register from Mott Insulator States in Optical Lattices
We propose and quantitatively develop two schemes to quickly and accurately
generate a stable initial configuration of neutral atoms in optical microtraps
by extraction from the Mott insulator state in optical lattices. We show that
thousands of atoms may be extracted and stored in the ground states of optical
microtrap arrays with one atom per trap in one operational process
demonstrating massive scalability. The failure probability during extraction in
the first scheme can be made sufficiently small (10^{-4}) to initialize a large
scale quantum register with high fidelity. A complementary faster scheme with
more extracted atoms but lower fidelity is also developed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
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