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Deterministic Controlled-NOT gate for single-photon two-qubit quantum logic
We demonstrate a robust implementation of a deterministic linear-optical
Controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate for single-photon two-qubit quantum logic. A
polarization Sagnac interferometer with an embedded 45-oriented dove
prism is used to enable the polarization control qubit to act on the momentum
(spatial) target qubit of the same photon. The CNOT gate requires no active
stabilization because the two spatial modes share a common path, and it is used
to entangle the polarization and momentum qubits.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures. Typos corrected, referee comments and
correction
Attacking quantum key distribution with single-photon two-qubit quantum logic
The Fuchs-Peres-Brandt (FPB) probe realizes the most powerful individual
attack on Bennett-Brassard 1984 quantum key distribution (BB84 QKD) by means of
a single controlled-NOT (CNOT) gate. This paper describes a complete physical
simulation of the FPB-probe attack on polarization-based BB84 QKD using a
deterministic CNOT constructed from single-photon two-qubit quantum logic.
Adding polarization-preserving quantum nondemolition measurements of photon
number to this configuration converts the physical simulation into a true
deterministic realization of the FPB attack.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures; references added, 1 new figure, appendix
expanded; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Application of Pad\'{e} interpolation to stationary state problems
If the small and large coupling behavior of a physical system can be computed
perturbatively and expressed respectively as power series in a coupling
parameter and , a Pad\'{e} approximant embracing the two series can
interpolate between these two limits and provide an accurate estimate of the
system's behavior in the generally intractable intermediate coupling regime.
The methodology and validity of this approach are illustrated by considering
several stationary state problems in quantum mechanics.Comment: RevTeX4, 7 pages (including 7 tables); v4 typos correcte
Implementation of uniform perturbation method for potential flow past axisymmetric and two-dimensional bodies
The aerodynamic characteristics of potential flow past an axisymmetric slender body and a thin airfoil are calculated using a uniform perturbation analysis method. The method is based on the superposition of potentials of point singularities distributed inside the body. The strength distribution satisfies a linear integral equation by enforcing the flow tangency condition on the surface of the body. The complete uniform asymptotic expansion of its solution is obtained with respect to the slenderness ratio by modifying and adapting an existing technique. Results calculated by the perturbation analysis method are compared with the existing surface singularity panel method and some available analytical solutions for a number of cases under identical conditions. From these comparisons, it is found that the perturbation analysis method can provide quite accurate results for bodies with small slenderness ratio. The present method is much simpler and requires less memory and computation time than existing surface singularity panel methods of comparable accuracy
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