Motion Tomography of a single trapped ion

A method for the experimental reconstruction of the quantum state of motion for a single trapped ion is proposed. It is based on the measurement of the ground state population of the trap after a sudden change of the trapping potential. In particular, we show how the Q function and the quadrature distribution can be measured directly. In an example we demonstrate the principle and analyze the sensibility of the reconstruction process to experimental uncertainties as well as to finite grid limitations. Our method is not restricted to the Lamb-Dicke Limit and works in one or more dimensions.Comment: 4 pages, Revtex format, 4 postscript figures, changed typographical error

Quantum gates with "hot" trapped ions

We propose a scheme to perform a fundamental two-qubit gate between two trapped ions using ideas from atom interferometry. As opposed to the scheme considered by J. I. Cirac and P. Zoller, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4091 (1995), it does not require laser cooling to the motional ground state.Comment: 4 pages, 2 eps figure

Reconstruction of Liouvillian Superoperators

We show how to determine (reconstruct) a master equation governing the time evolution of an open quantum system. We present a general algorithm for the reconstruction of the corresponding Liouvillian superoperators. Dynamics of a two-level atom in various environments is discussed in detail.Comment: 4 pages, revtex, 1 eps figure, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.

Complete Characterization of a Quantum Process: the Two-Bit Quantum Gate

We show how to fully characterize a quantum process in an open quantum system. We particularize the procedure to the case of a universal two-qubit gate in a quantum computer. We illustrate the method with a numerical simulation of a quantum gate in the ion trap quantum computer.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters 08Nov96 (submitted 15Jly96

Decoherence and robustness of parity-dependent entanglement in the dynamics of a trapped ion

We study the entanglement between the 2D vibrational motion and two ground state hyperfine levels of a trapped ion, Under particular conditions this entanglement depends on the parity of the total initial vibrational quanta. We study the robustness of this quantum coherence effect with respect to the presence of non-dissipative sources of decoherence, and of an imperfect initial state preparation.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure

Quantum System Identification by Bayesian Analysis of Noisy Data: Beyond Hamiltonian Tomography

We consider how to characterize the dynamics of a quantum system from a restricted set of initial states and measurements using Bayesian analysis. Previous work has shown that Hamiltonian systems can be well estimated from analysis of noisy data. Here we show how to generalize this approach to systems with moderate dephasing in the eigenbasis of the Hamiltonian. We illustrate the process for a range of three-level quantum systems. The results suggest that the Bayesian estimation of the frequencies and dephasing rates is generally highly accurate and the main source of errors are errors in the reconstructed Hamiltonian basis.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure

Reactivity of 2-acetylhydrazonemethyl-l -arylimidazole with reducing agents

La hidrogenación catalítica de los compuestos 1 origina mayoritariamente el producto resultante de la hidrogenolisis del enlace C=N y sólo se obtienen bajos rendimientos de las hidracidas 2 al utilizar Pd(C) como catalizador. La reducción con AILiH4 de la rinde, para el estereoisómero Z, la hidracida 2a; mientras que el estereoisómero E conduce por hidrogenolisis a los compuestos 4a y 5a.Catalytic hydrogenation of compounds 1 led mainly to the products resulting of the hydrogenolysis of the bond C=N, while the hydrazides 2 were obtained in small yields using Pd(C) as catalyst. Reduction of la with AILiH. yielded the hydrazide 2a for the Z stereoisomer and the products 4a and 5a for the E stereoisomer by hydrogenolysis

Measuring quantum optical Hamiltonians

We show how recent state-reconstruction techniques can be used to determine the Hamiltonian of an optical device that evolves the quantum state of radiation. A simple experimental setup is proposed for measuring the Liouvillian of phase-insensitive devices. The feasibility of the method with current technology is demonstrated on the basis of Monte Carlo simulated experiments.Comment: Accepted for publication on Phys. Rev. Lett. 8 eps figures, 4 two-column pages in REVTE

Reactividad de 2-acetilhidrazonometil-1-arilimidazol frente a agentes reductores

Catalytic hydrogenation of compounds 1 led mainly to the products resulting of the hydrogenolysis of the bond C=N, while the hydrazides 2 were obtained in small yields using Pd(C) as catalyst. Reduction of la with AlLiH4 yielded the hydrazide 2a for the Z stereoisomer and the products 4a and 5a for the E stereoisomer by hydrogenolysis.La hidrogenación catalítica de los compuestos 1 origina mayoritariamente el producto resultante de la hidrogenolisis del enlace C=N y sólo se obtienen bajos rendimientos de las hidracidas 2 al utilizar Pd(C) como catalizador. La reducción con AlLiH4 de la rinde, para el estereoisómero Z, la hidracida 2a; mientras que el estereoisómero E conduce por hidrogenolisis a los compuestos 4a y 5a