21 research outputs found
Cavity-aided quantum parameter estimation in a bosonic double-well Josephson junction
We describe an apparatus designed to make non-demolition measurements on a
Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) trapped in a double-well optical cavity. This
apparatus contains, as well as the bosonic gas and the trap, an optical cavity.
We show how the interaction between the light and the atoms, under appropriate
conditions, can allow for a weakly disturbing yet highly precise measurement of
the population imbalance between the two wells and its variance. We show that
the setting is well suited for the implementation of quantum-limited estimation
strategies for the inference of the key parameters defining the evolution of
the atomic system and based on measurements performed on the cavity field. This
would enable {\it de facto} Hamiltonian diagnosis via a highly controllable
quantum probe.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX4; Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Relativistic quantum mechanics with trapped ions
We consider the quantum simulation of relativistic quantum mechanics, as
described by the Dirac equation and classical potentials, in trapped-ion
systems. We concentrate on three problems of growing complexity. First, we
study the bidimensional relativistic scattering of single Dirac particles by a
linear potential. Furthermore, we explore the case of a Dirac particle in a
magnetic field and its topological properties. Finally, we analyze the problem
of two Dirac particles that are coupled by a controllable and confining
potential. The latter interaction may be useful to study important phenomena as
the confinement and asymptotic freedom of quarks.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure
Generating coherence and entanglement with a finite-size atomic ensemble in a ring cavity
We propose a model to study the coherence and entanglement resulting from the
interaction of a finite-size atomic ensemble with degenerate
counter-propagating field modes of a high-Q ring cavity. Our approach applies
to an arbitrary number of atoms N and includes the spatial variation of the
field throughout the ensemble. We report several new interesting aspects of
coherence and entangled behavior that emerge when the size of the atomic
ensemble is not taken to the thermodynamic limit of N>>1. Under such
conditions, it is found that the counter-propagating cavity modes, although in
the thermodynamic limit are mutually incoherent and exhibit no one-photon
interference, the modes can, however, be made mutually coherent and exhibit
interference after interacting with a finite-size atomic ensemble. It is also
found that the spatial redistribution of the atoms over a finite size results
in nonorthogonality of the collective bosonic modes. This nonorthogonality
leads to the super-bunching effect that the correlations of photons of the
individual cavity modes and of different modes are stronger than those of a
thermal field. However, we find that the correlations are not strong enough to
violate the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and to produce squeezing and entanglement
between the modes. Therefore, we investigate the spectral distributions of the
logarithmic negativity and the variances of the output fields. These functions
determine squeezing and entanglement properties of the output cavity fields and
can be measured by a homodyne technique. We find that the entanglement is
redistributed over several components of the spectrum and the finite-size
effect is to concentrate the entanglement at the zero-frequency component of
the spectrum.Comment: Published versio
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Assessment of weak-coupling approximations on a driven two-level system under dissipation
| openaire: EC/H2020/681311/EU//QUESS | openaire: EC/H2020/957440/EU//SCARThe standard weak-coupling approximations associated to open quantum systems have been extensively used in the description of a two-level quantum system, qubit, subjected to relatively weak dissipation compared with the qubit frequency. However, recent progress in the experimental implementations of controlled quantum systems with increased levels of on-demand engineered dissipation has motivated precision studies in parameter regimes that question the validity of the approximations, especially in the presence of time-dependent drive fields. In this paper, we address the precision of weak-coupling approximations by studying a driven qubit through the numerically exact and non-perturbative method known as the stochastic Liouville-von Neumann equation with dissipation. By considering weak drive fields and a cold Ohmic environment with a high cutoff frequency, we use the Markovian Lindblad master equation as a point of comparison for the SLED method and study the influence of the bath-induced energy shift on thequbit dynamics. We also propose a metric that may be used in experiments to map the regime of validity of the Lindblad equation in predicting the steady state of the driven qubit. In addition, we study signatures of the well-known Mollow triplet and observe its meltdown owing to dissipation in an experimentally feasible parameter regime of circuit electrodynamics. Besides shedding light on the practical limitations of the Lindblad equation, we expect our results to inspire future experimental research on engineered open quantum systems, the accurate modeling of which may benefit from non-perturbative methods.Peer reviewe
Out of equilibrium thermodynamics of quantum harmonic chains
The thermodynamic implications for the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of quantum systems are to date largely unexplored, especially for quantum many-body systems. In this paper we investigate the paradigmatic case of an array of nearest-neighbor coupled quantum harmonic oscillators interacting with a thermal bath and subjected to a quench of the inter-oscillator coupling strength. We study the work done on the system and its irreversible counterpart, and characterize analytically the fluctuation relations of the ensuing out-of-equilibrium dynamics. Finally, we showcase an interesting functional link between the dissipated work produced across a two-element chain and their degree of general quantum correlations. Our results suggest that, for the specific model at hand, the non-classical features of a harmonic system can influence significantly its thermodynamics