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Mesoporous matrices for quantum computation with improved response through redundance
We present a solid state implementation of quantum computation, which improves previously proposed optically driven schemes. Our proposal is based on vertical arrays of quantum dots embedded in a mesoporous material which can be fabricated with present technology. The redundant encoding typical of the chosen hardware protects the computation against gate errors and the effects of measurement induced noise. The system parameters required for quantum computation applications are calculated for II-VI and III-V materials and found to be within the experimental range. The proposed hardware may help minimize errors due to polydispersity of dot sizes, which is at present one of the main problems in relation to quantum dot-based quantum computation. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics
Reconceptualising Personas Across Cultures: Archetypes, Stereotypes & Collective Personas in Pastoral Namibia
The paucity of projects where persona is the research foci and a lack of consensus on this artefact keep many reticent about its purpose and value. Besides crafting personas is expected to differ across cultures, which contrasts the advancements in Western theory with studies and progress in other sites. We postulate User-Created Personas reveal specific characteristics of situated contexts by allowing laypeople to design persona artefacts in their own terms. Hence analysing four persona sessions with an ethnic group in pastoral Namibia –ovaHerero– brought up a set of fundamental questions around the persona artefact regarding stereotypes, archetypes, and collective persona representations: (1) to what extent user depictions are stereotypical or archetypal? If stereotypes prime (2) to what degree are current personas a useful method to represent end-users in technology design? And, (3) how can we ultimately read accounts not conforming to mainstream individual persona descriptions but to collectives
On the Topological Origin of Entanglement in Ising Spin Glasses
The origin of thermal and quantum entanglement in a class of
three-dimensional spin models, at low momenta, is traced to purely topological
reasons. The establishment of the result is facilitated by the gauge principle
which, when used in conjunction with the duality mapping of the spin models,
enables us to recast them as lattice Chern-Simons gauge theories. The thermal
and quantum entanglement measures are expressed in terms of the expectation
values of Wilson lines, loops, and their generalisations. For continuous spins,
these are known to yield the topological invariants of knots and links. For
Ising-like models, they are expressible in terms of the topological invariants
of three-manifolds obtained from finite group cohomology -- the so-called
Dijkgraaf-Witten invariants.Comment: RevTex4, 6 page
Coherent control of atomic spin currents in a double well
We propose an experimental feasible method for controlling the atomic
currents of a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate in a double well by
applying an external field to the atoms in one of the potential wells. We study
the ground-state properties of the system and show that the directions of spin
currents and net-particle tunneling can be manipulated by adiabatically varying
the coupling strength between the atoms and the field. This system can be used
for studying spin and tunneling phenomena across a wide range of interaction
parameters. In addition, spin-squeezed states can be generated. It is useful
for quantum information processing and quantum metrology.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figures, minor revisio
Spin-based optical quantum gates via Pauli blocking in semiconductor quantum dots
We present a solid-state implementation of ultrafast conditional quantum
gates. Our proposal for a quantum-computing device is based on the spin degrees
of freedom of electrons confined in semiconductor quantum dots, thus benefiting
from relatively long decoherence times. More specifically, combining Pauli
blocking effects with properly tailored ultrafast laser pulses, we are able to
obtain sub-picosecond spin-dependent switching of the Coulomb interaction,
which is the essence of our conditional phase-gate proposal. This allows us to
realize {\it a fast two qubit gate which does not translate into fast
decoherence times} and paves the road for an all-optical spin-based quantum
computer.Comment: 14 Pages RevTeX, 3 eps figures include
Connecting the generalized robustness and the geometric measure of entanglement
The main goal of this paper is to provide a connection between the
generalized robustness of entanglement () and the geometric measure of
entanglement (). First, we show that the generalized robustness is
always higher than or equal to the geometric measure. Then we find a tighter
lower bound to based only on the purity of and its maximal
overlap to a separable state. As we will see it is also possible to express
this lower bound in terms of .Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. Comments welcome. v2: text improved - some
completely symmetric states were used to illustrate the results. Comments are
always welcome! v3: minor changes. Accepted by Phys. Rev. A. v4: results on
symmetric states fixe
Strong many-particle localization and quantum computing with perpetually coupled qubits
We demonstrate the onset of strong on-site localization in a one-dimensional
many-particle system. The localization is obtained by constructing, in an
explicit form, a bounded sequence of on-site energies that eliminates resonant
hopping between both nearest and remote sites. This sequence leads to
quasi-exponential decay of the single-particle transition amplitude. It also
leads to strong localization of stationary many-particle states in a
finite-length chain. For an {\it infinite} chain, we instead study the time
during which {\it all} many-particle states remain strongly localized. We show
that, for any number of particles, this time exceeds the reciprocal frequency
of nearest-neighbor hopping by a factor already for a moderate
bandwidth of on-site energies. The proposed energy sequence is robust with
respect to small errors. The formulation applies to fermions as well as
perpetually coupled qubits. The results show viability of quantum computing
with time-independent qubit coupling.Comment: 20 pages, 10 figure
One-loop corrections to the instanton transition in the two-dimensional Abelian Higgs model
We present an evaluation of the fluctuation determinant which appears as a
prefactor in the instanton transition rate for the two-dimensional Abelian
Higgs model. The corrections are found to change the rate at most by a factor
of 2 for 0.4 < M_W/M_H < 2.0.Comment: DO-TH-94/17, 20 pages, 4 figures appended as uucompressed .eps files,
LaTeX, needs epsfig.st
BRST symmetry of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory in Cho--Faddeev--Niemi decomposition
We determine the nilpotent BRST and anti-BRST transformations for the
Cho--Faddeev-Niemi variables for the SU(2) Yang-Mills theory based on the new
interpretation given in the previous paper of the Cho--Faddeev-Niemi
decomposition. This gives a firm ground for performing the BRST quantization of
the Yang--Mills theory written in terms of the Cho--Faddeev-Niemi variables. We
propose also a modified version of the new Maximal Abelian gauge which could
play an important role in the reduction to the original Yang-Mills theory.Comment: 11 pages, no figure; Introduction improved, 3 references adde
Nonergodicity of entanglement and its complementary behavior to magnetization in infinite spin chain
We consider the problem of the validity of a statistical mechanical
description of two-site entanglement in an infinite spin chain described by the
XY model Hamiltonian. We show that the two-site entanglement of the state,
evolved from the initial equilibrium state, after a change of the magnetic
field, does not approach its equilibrium value. This suggests that two-site
entanglement, like (single-site) magnetization, is a nonergodic quantity in
this model. Moreover we show that these two nonergodic quantities behave in a
complementary way.Comment: 4 pages, 2 eps figures, RevTeX4; v2: Published versio
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