26 research outputs found
Photonic Cavity Synchronization of Nanomechanical Oscillators
Synchronization in oscillatory systems is a frequent natural phenomenon and
is becoming an important concept in modern physics. Nanomechanical resonators
are ideal systems for studying synchronization due to their controllable
oscillation properties and engineerable nonlinearities. Here we demonstrate
synchronization of two nanomechanical oscillators via a photonic resonator,
enabling optomechanical synchronization between mechanically isolated
nanomechanical resonators. Optical backaction gives rise to both reactive and
dissipative coupling of the mechanical resonators, leading to coherent
oscillation and mutual locking of resonators with dynamics beyond the widely
accepted phase oscillator (Kuramoto) model. Besides the phase difference
between the oscillators, also their amplitudes are coupled, resulting in the
emergence of sidebands around the synchronized carrier signal.Comment: 23 pages including supplementary materia
Deterministic microwave-optical transduction based on quantum teleportation
The coherent transduction between microwave and optical frequencies is
critical to interconnect superconducting quantum processors over long
distances. However, it is challenging to establish such a quantum interface
with high efficiency and small added noise based on the standard direct
conversion scheme. Here, we propose a transduction scheme based on
continuous-variable quantum teleportation. Reliable quantum information
transmission can be realized with an arbitrarily small cooperativity, in
contrast to the direct conversion scheme which requires a large minimum
cooperativity. We show that the teleportation-based scheme maintains a
significant rate advantage robustly for all values of cooperativity. We further
investigate the performance in the transduction of complex quantum states such
as cat states and Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill(GKP) states and show that a higher
fidelity or success probability can be achieved with the teleportation-based
scheme. Our scheme significantly reduces the device requirement, and makes
quantum transduction between microwave and optical frequencies feasible in the
near future.Comment: 5+9 pages, 9 figure
Entangling remote microwave quantum computers with hybrid entanglement swap and variational distillation
Superconducting microwave circuits with Josephson junctions are a major
platform for quantum computing. To unleash their full capabilities, the
cooperative operation of multiple microwave superconducting circuits is
required. Therefore, designing an efficient protocol to distribute microwave
entanglement remotely becomes a crucial open problem. Here, we propose a
continuous-variable entanglement-swap approach based on optical-microwave
entanglement generation, which can boost the ultimate rate by two orders of
magnitude at state-of-the-art parameter region, compared with traditional
approaches. We further empower the protocol with a hybrid variational
entanglement distillation component to provide huge advantage in the
infidelity-versus-success-probability trade-off. Our protocol can be realized
with near-term device performance, and is robust against non-perfections such
as optical loss and noise. Therefore, our work provides a practical method to
realize efficient quantum links for superconducting microwave quantum
computers.Comment: 5+10 pages, 4+10 figure
Real-time observation and control of optical chaos
Optical chaotic system is a central research topic due to its scientific importance and practical relevance in key photonic applications such as laser optics and optical communication. Because of the ultrafast propagation of light, all previous studies on optical chaos are based on either static imaging or spectral measurement, which shows only time-averaged phenomena. The ability to reveal real-time optical chaotic dynamics and, hence, control its behavior is critical to the further understanding and engineering of these systems. Here, we report a real-time spatial-temporal imaging of an optical chaotic system, using compressed ultrafast photography. The time evolution of the system’s phase map is imaged without repeating measurement. We also demonstrate the ability to simultaneously control and monitor optical chaotic systems in real time. Our work introduces a new angle to the study of nonrepeatable optical chaos, paving the way for fully understanding and using chaotic systems in various disciplines
High-dimensional Frequency-Encoded Quantum Information Processing with Passive Photonics and Time-Resolving Detection
In this Letter, we propose a new approach to process high-dimensional quantum
information encoded in a photon frequency domain. In contrast to previous
approaches based on nonlinear optical processes, no active control of photon
energy is required. Arbitrary unitary transformation and projection measurement
can be realized with passive photonic circuits and time-resolving detection. A
systematic circuit design for a quantum frequency comb with arbitrary size has
been given. The criteria to verify quantum frequency correlation has been
derived. By considering the practical condition of detector's finite response
time, we show that high-fidelity operation can be readily realized with current
device performance. This work will pave the way towards scalable and
high-fidelity quantum information processing based on high-dimensional
frequency encoding