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Universal Quantum Degeneracy Point for Superconducting Qubits
The quantum degeneracy point approach [D. Vion et al., Science 296, 886
(2002)] effectively protects superconducting qubits from low-frequency noise
that couples with the qubits as transverse noise. However, low-frequency noise
in superconducting qubits can originate from various mechanisms and can couple
with the qubits either as transverse or as longitudinal noise. Here, we present
a quantum circuit containing a universal quantum degeneracy point that protects
an encoded qubit from arbitrary low-frequency noise. We further show that
universal quantum logic gates can be performed on the encoded qubit with high
gate fidelity. The proposed scheme is robust against small parameter spreads
due to fabrication errors in the superconducting qubits.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Integer quantum Hall effect and topological phase transitions in silicene
We numerically investigate the effects of disorder on the quantum Hall effect
(QHE) and the quantum phase transitions in silicene based on a lattice model.
It is shown that for a clean sample, silicene exhibits an unconventional QHE
near the band center, with plateaus developing at and
a conventional QHE near the band edges. In the presence of disorder, the Hall
plateaus can be destroyed through the float-up of extended levels toward the
band center, in which higher plateaus disappear first. However, the center
Hall plateau is more sensitive to disorder and disappears at a
relatively weak disorder strength. Moreover, the combination of an electric
field and the intrinsic spin-orbit interaction (SOI) can lead to quantum phase
transitions from a topological insulator to a band insulator at the charge
neutrality point (CNP), accompanied by additional quantum Hall conductivity
plateaus.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Radiance and Doppler shift distributions across the network of the quiet Sun
The radiance and Doppler-shift distributions across the solar network provide
observational constraints of two-dimensional modeling of transition-region
emission and flows in coronal funnels. Two different methods, dispersion plots
and average-profile studies, were applied to investigate these distributions.
In the dispersion plots, we divided the entire scanned region into a bright and
a dark part according to an image of Fe xii; we plotted intensities and Doppler
shifts in each bin as determined according to a filtered intensity of Si ii. We
also studied the difference in height variations of the magnetic field as
extrapolated from the MDI magnetogram, in and outside network. For the
average-profile study, we selected 74 individual cases and derived the average
profiles of intensities and Doppler shifts across the network. The dispersion
plots reveal that the intensities of Si ii and C iv increase from network
boundary to network center in both parts. However, the intensity of Ne viii
shows different trends, namely increasing in the bright part and decreasing in
the dark part. In both parts, the Doppler shift of C iv increases steadily from
internetwork to network center. The average-profile study reveals that the
intensities of the three lines all decline from the network center to
internetwork region. The binned intensities of Si ii and Ne viii have a good
correlation. We also find that the large blue shift of Ne viii does not
coincide with large red shift of C iv. Our results suggest that the network
structure is still prominent at the layer where Ne viii is formed in the quiet
Sun, and that the magnetic structures expand more strongly in the dark part
than in the bright part of this quiet Sun region.Comment: 10 pages,9 figure
Topology of Entanglement in Multipartite States with Translational Invariance
The topology of entanglement in multipartite states with translational
invariance is discussed in this article. Two global features are foundby which
one can distinguish distinct states. These are the cyclic unit and the
quantised geometric phase. Furthermore the topology is indicated by the
fractional spin. Finally a scheme is presented for preparation of these types
of states in spin chain systems, in which the degeneracy of the energy levels
characterises the robustness of the states with translational invariance.Comment: major revision. accepted by EPJ
Anomalous thermoelectric effects of ZrTe in and beyond the quantum limit
Thermoelectric effects are more sensitive and promising probes to topological
properties of emergent materials, but much less addressed compared to other
physical properties. Zirconium pentatelluride (ZrTe) has inspired active
investigations recently because of its multiple topological nature. We study
the thermoelectric effects of ZrTe in a magnetic field and find several
anomalous behaviors. The Nernst response has a steplike profile near zero field
when the charge carriers are electrons only, suggesting the anomalous Nernst
effect arising from a nontrivial profile of Berry curvature. Both the
thermopower and Nernst signal exhibit exotic peaks in the strong-field quantum
limit. At higher magnetic fields, the Nernst signal has a sign reversal at a
critical field where the thermopower approaches to zero. We propose that these
anomalous behaviors can be attributed to the Landau index inversion, which is
resulted from the competition of the dependence of the Dirac-type
Landau bands and linear- dependence of the Zeeman energy ( is the
magnetic field). Our understanding to the anomalous thermoelectric properties
in ZrTe opens a new avenue for exploring Dirac physics in topological
materials.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Upflows in the upper transition region of the quiet Sun
We investigate the physical meaning of the prominent blue shifts of Ne VIII,
which is observed to be associated with quiet-Sun network junctions (boundary
intersections), through data analyses combining force-free-field extrapolations
with EUV spectroscopic observations. For a middle-latitude region, we
reconstruct the magnetic funnel structure in a sub-region showing faint
emission in EIT-Fe 195. This funnel appears to consist of several smaller
funnels that originate from network lanes, expand with height and finally merge
into a single wide open-field region. However, the large blue shifts of Ne VIII
are generally not associated with open fields, but seem to be associated with
the legs of closed magnetic loops. Moreover, in most cases significant upflows
are found in both of the funnel-shaped loop legs. These quasi-steady upflows
are regarded as signatures of mass supply to the coronal loops rather than the
solar wind. Our observational result also reveals that in many cases the
upflows in the upper transition region (TR) and the downflows in the middle TR
are not fully cospatial. Based on these new observational results, we suggest
different TR structures in coronal holes and in the quiet Sun.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, will appear in the Proceedings of the Solar wind
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