379 research outputs found
Quantum feedback control of a superconducting qubit: Persistent Rabi oscillations
The act of measurement bridges the quantum and classical worlds by projecting
a superposition of possible states into a single, albeit probabilistic,
outcome. The time-scale of this "instantaneous" process can be stretched using
weak measurements so that it takes the form of a gradual random walk towards a
final state. Remarkably, the interim measurement record is sufficient to
continuously track and steer the quantum state using feedback. We monitor the
dynamics of a resonantly driven quantum two-level system -- a superconducting
quantum bit --using a near-noiseless parametric amplifier. The high-fidelity
measurement output is used to actively stabilize the phase of Rabi
oscillations, enabling them to persist indefinitely. This new functionality
shows promise for fighting decoherence and defines a path for continuous
quantum error correction.Comment: Manuscript: 5 Pages and 3 figures ; Supplementary Information: 9
pages and 3 figure
Current measurement by real-time counting of single electrons
The fact that electrical current is carried by individual charges has been
known for over 100 years, yet this discreteness has not been directly observed
so far. Almost all current measurements involve measuring the voltage drop
across a resistor, using Ohm's law, in which the discrete nature of charge does
not come into play. However, by sending a direct current through a
microelectronic circuit with a chain of islands connected by small tunnel
junctions, the individual electrons can be observed one by one. The quantum
mechanical tunnelling of single charges in this one-dimensional array is time
correlated, and consequently the detected signal has the average frequency
f=I/e, where I is the current and e is the electron charge. Here we report a
direct observation of these time-correlated single-electron tunnelling
oscillations, and show electron counting in the range 5 fA-1 pA. This
represents a fundamentally new way to measure extremely small currents, without
offset or drift. Moreover, our current measurement, which is based on electron
counting, is self-calibrated, as the measured frequency is related to the
current only by a natural constant.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures; v2: minor revisions, 2 refs added, words added to
title, typos correcte
Synthetic Spectrum Constraints on a Model of the Cataclysmic Variable QU Carinae
Neither standard model SEDs nor truncated standard model SEDs fit observed
spectra of QU Carinae with acceptable accuracy over the range 900\AA to
3000\AA. Non-standard model SEDs fit the observation set accurately. The
non-standard accretion disk models have a hot region extending from the white
dwarf to ,a narrow intermediate temperature annulus, and an
isothermal remainder to the tidal cutoff boundary. The models include a range
of values between and
and limiting values of
between and . A solution with is consistent with an empirical mass-period relation. The set
of models agree on a limited range of possible isothermal region
values between 14,000K and 18,000K. The model-to-model residuals are so similar
that it is not possible to choose a best model. The Hipparcos distance, 610 pc,
is representative of the model results. The orbital inclination is between
40\arcdeg and 60\arcdeg.Comment: 52 pages, 19 Figure
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Erratum: Observation of Measurement-Induced Entanglement and Quantum Trajectories of Remote Superconducting Qubits (Physical Review Letters (2014) 112 170501)
Experimental violation of a Bell's inequality in time with weak measurement
The violation of J. Bell's inequality with two entangled and spatially
separated quantum two- level systems (TLS) is often considered as the most
prominent demonstration that nature does not obey ?local realism?. Under
different but related assumptions of "macrorealism", plausible for macroscopic
systems, Leggett and Garg derived a similar inequality for a single degree of
freedom undergoing coherent oscillations and being measured at successive
times. Such a "Bell's inequality in time", which should be violated by a
quantum TLS, is tested here. In this work, the TLS is a superconducting quantum
circuit whose Rabi oscillations are continuously driven while it is
continuously and weakly measured. The time correlations present at the detector
output agree with quantum-mechanical predictions and violate the inequality by
5 standard deviations.Comment: 26 pages including 10 figures, preprint forma
Resonant Cooper-Pair Tunneling: Counting Statistics and Frequency-Dependent Current Noise
We discuss the counting statistics and current noise associated with the
double Josephson quasiparticle resonance point in a superconducting single
electron transistor. The counting statistics are in general phase-dependent,
despite the fact that the average current has no dependence on phase. Focusing
on parameter regimes where the counting statistics have no phase-dependence, we
use a general relation first derived by MacDonald in 1948 to obtain the full
frequency-dependent shot noise directly from the counting statistics, without
any further approximations. We comment on problems posed by the
phase-dependence of the counting statistics for the finite-frequency noise.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures; to appear in the proceedings of the NATO ASI
"New Directions in Mesoscopic Physics", Erice, 200
Conditional statistics of electron transport in interacting nanoscale conductors
Interactions between nanoscale semiconductor structures form the basis for
charge detectors in the solid state. Recent experimental advances have
demonstrated the on-chip detection of single electron transport through a
quantum dot (QD). The discreteness of charge in units of e leads to intrinsic
fluctuations in the electrical current, known as shot noise. To measure these
single-electron fluctuations a nearby coherent conductor, called a quantum
point contact (QPC), interacts with the QD and acts as a detector. An important
property of the QPC charge detector is noninvasiveness: the system physically
affects the detector, not visa-versa. Here we predict that even for ideal
noninvasive detectors such as the QPC, when a particular detector result is
observed, the system suffers an informational backaction, radically altering
the statistics of transport through the QD as compared to the unconditional
shot noise. We develop a theoretical model to make predictions about the joint
current probability distributions and conditional transport statistics. The
experimental findings reported here demonstrate the reality of informational
backaction in nanoscale systems as well as a variety of new effects, such as
conditional noise enhancement, which are in essentially perfect agreement with
our model calculations. This type of switching telegraph process occurs
abundantly in nature, indicating that these results are applicable to a wide
variety of systems.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Nature Physic
Mapping the optimal route between two quantum states
A central feature of quantum mechanics is that a measurement is intrinsically
probabilistic. As a result, continuously monitoring a quantum system will
randomly perturb its natural unitary evolution. The ability to control a
quantum system in the presence of these fluctuations is of increasing
importance in quantum information processing and finds application in fields
ranging from nuclear magnetic resonance to chemical synthesis. A detailed
understanding of this stochastic evolution is essential for the development of
optimized control methods. Here we reconstruct the individual quantum
trajectories of a superconducting circuit that evolves in competition between
continuous weak measurement and driven unitary evolution. By tracking
individual trajectories that evolve between an arbitrary choice of initial and
final states we can deduce the most probable path through quantum state space.
These pre- and post-selected quantum trajectories also reveal the optimal
detector signal in the form of a smooth time-continuous function that connects
the desired boundary conditions. Our investigation reveals the rich interplay
between measurement dynamics, typically associated with wave function collapse,
and unitary evolution of the quantum state as described by the Schrodinger
equation. These results and the underlying theory, based on a principle of
least action, reveal the optimal route from initial to final states, and may
enable new quantum control methods for state steering and information
processing.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure
Shot noise in mesoscopic systems
This is a review of shot noise, the time-dependent fluctuations in the
electrical current due to the discreteness of the electron charge, in small
conductors. The shot-noise power can be smaller than that of a Poisson process
as a result of correlations in the electron transmission imposed by the Pauli
principle. This suppression takes on simple universal values in a symmetric
double-barrier junction (suppression factor 1/2), a disordered metal (factor
1/3), and a chaotic cavity (factor 1/4). Loss of phase coherence has no effect
on this shot-noise suppression, while thermalization of the electrons due to
electron-electron scattering increases the shot noise slightly. Sub-Poissonian
shot noise has been observed experimentally. So far unobserved phenomena
involve the interplay of shot noise with the Aharonov-Bohm effect, Andreev
reflection, and the fractional quantum Hall effect.Comment: 37 pages, Latex, 10 figures (eps). To be published in "Mesoscopic
Electron Transport," edited by L. P. Kouwenhoven, G. Schoen, and L. L. Sohn,
NATO ASI Series E (Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht
The A - dependence of and neutrinoproduction on nuclei
For the first time, the A- dependence of the production of ,
and, for comparison, mesons is investigated in neutrinonuclear
reactions, using the data obtained with SKAT bubble chamber. An exponential
parametrization () of the particle yields results in
for particles (combined and
), while for mesons the A- dependence is much weaker,
. A nuclear enhancement of the ratio
is found; this ratio increases from for -
interactions up to at and at
. It is observed, that the multiplicity rise of 's occures
predominantely in the backward hemisphere of the hadronic c.m.s. It is shown,
that the A- dependence of the nuclear enhancement of the and
yields can be reproduced in the framework of a model, incorporating the
secondary intranuclear interactions of pions originating from the primary - interactions, while only (299)% of that for at
can be attributed to intranuclear interactions.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figure
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