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quant-ph/9611037
Cat
Caroline H. Thompson (Department of Computer Science, University of Wales Aberystwyth)
The Chaotic Ball: An Intuitive Analogy for EPR Experiments
See related material at http://freespace.virgin.net/ch.thompson1/bibliogaphy.htm/
Found.Phys.Lett. 9 (1996) 357-382
10.1007/BF02186307
null
quant-ph
null
Actual realisations of EPR experiments do {\em not} demonstrate non-locality. A model is presented that should enable non-specialists as well as specialists to understand how easy it is to find realistic explanations for the observations. The model also suggests new areas where realistic (``hidden-variable'') models can give valid predictions whilst quantum mechanics fails. It offers straightforward explanations for some anomalies that Aspect was unable to account for, providing perhaps the first experimental evidence that a hidden-variable theory can be {\em superior} to quantum mechanics. The apparent success of quantum mechanics in predicting results is shown to be largely due to the use of unjustifiable and biased analysis of the data. Data that has been discarded because it did not lead to a valid Bell's test may give further evidence that hidden variables exist.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 21 Nov 1996 13:55:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 4 May 1999 10:32:16 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Sun, 8 Aug 2004 12:07:24 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Thompson", "Caroline H.", "", "Department of Computer Science, University of\n Wales Aberystwyth" ] ]
quant-ph/9611038
Lidar dani
Daniel A. Lidar and Ofer Biham
Simulating Ising Spin Glasses on a Quantum Computer
24 pages, 3 epsf figures, replaced with published and significantly revised version. More info available at http://www.fh.huji.ac.il/~dani/ and http://www.fiz.huji.ac.il/staff/acc/faculty/biham
Phys. Rev. E vol.56 (1997), p.3661
10.1103/PhysRevE.56.3661
null
quant-ph comp-gas cond-mat nlin.CG
null
A linear-time algorithm is presented for the construction of the Gibbs distribution of configurations in the Ising model, on a quantum computer. The algorithm is designed so that each run provides one configuration with a quantum probability equal to the corresponding thermodynamic weight. The partition function is thus approximated efficiently. The algorithm neither suffers from critical slowing down, nor gets stuck in local minima. The algorithm can be A linear-time algorithm is presented for the construction of the Gibbs distribution of configurations in the Ising model, on a quantum computer. The algorithm is designed so that each run provides one configuration with a quantum probability equal to the corresponding thermodynamic weight. The partition function is thus approximated efficiently. The algorithm neither suffers from critical slowing down, nor gets stuck in local minima. The algorithm can be applied in any dimension, to a class of spin-glass Ising models with a finite portion of frustrated plaquettes, diluted Ising models, and models with a magnetic field. applied in any dimension, to a class of spin-glass Ising models with a finite portion of frustrated plaquettes, diluted Ising models, and models with a magnetic field.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 21 Nov 1996 23:55:20 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sun, 24 Nov 1996 17:06:45 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Tue, 11 Feb 1997 18:10:25 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Sun, 9 Mar 1997 13:39:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v5", "created": "Sun, 23 Mar 1997 19:46:22 GMT" }, { "version": "v6", "created": "Tue, 23 Sep 1997 23:25:47 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Lidar", "Daniel A.", "" ], [ "Biham", "Ofer", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611039
Matteo G. A. Paris
Matteo G. A. Paris (Arbeitsgruppe 'Nichtklassiche Strahlung' der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)
Two-photocurrent devices
14 pages. ioppllt.sty (enclosed). 6 figs in LaTeX. Submitted to Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Heterodyne, eight-port homodyne and six-port homodyne detectors belong to the class of two-photocurrent devices. Their full equivalence in probing radiation field has been proved both for ideal and not fully efficient photodetectors. The output probability distribution has been also evaluated for a generic probe mode.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:37:43 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Paris", "Matteo G. A.", "", "Arbeitsgruppe 'Nichtklassiche Strahlung' der\n Max-Planck-Gesellschaft" ] ]
quant-ph/9611040
Rafael Ferraro
Rafael Ferraro
The Jacobi principal function in Quantum Mechanics
20 pages (LaTeX manuscript). Final version to appear in Journal of Physics A. The role played by normal coordinates is emphazised. The prescription to path integrate is compared with the operator symbol method
J.Phys.A32:2589,1999
10.1088/0305-4470/32/13/010
null
quant-ph hep-th
null
The canonical functional action in the path integral in phase space is discretized by linking each pair of consecutive vertebral points --${\bf q}_k$ and ${\bf p}_{k+1}$ or ${\bf p}_k$ and ${\bf q}_{k+1}$-- through the invariant complete solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation associated with the classical path defined by these extremes. When the measure is chosen to reflect the geometrical character of the propagator (it must behave as a density of weight 1/2 in both of its arguments), the resulting infinitesimal propagator is cast in the form of an expansion in a basis of short-time solutions of the wave equation, associated with the eigenfunctions of the initial momenta canonically conjugated to a set of normal coordinates. The operator ordering induced by this prescription is a combination of a symmetrization rule coming from the phase, and a derivative term coming from the measure.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:21:00 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 4 Aug 1997 18:01:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:01:39 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Ferraro", "Rafael", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611041
Bruno Huttner
N. Gisin and B. Huttner (Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva)
Quantum Cloning, Eavesdropping and Bell's inequality
LaTex, 13 pages, with 6 Postscript figures
null
10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00460-X
null
quant-ph
null
We analyze various eavesdropping strategies on a quantum cryptographic channel. We present the optimal strategy for an eavesdropper restricted to a two-dimensional probe, interacting on-line with each transmitted signal. The link between safety of the transmission and the violation of Bell's inequality is discussed. We also use a quantum copying machine for eavesdropping and for broadcasting quantum information.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 25 Nov 1996 08:08:11 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Gisin", "N.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of\n Geneva" ], [ "Huttner", "B.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of\n Geneva" ] ]
quant-ph/9611042
Bruno Huttner
A. Muller, T. Herzog, B. Huttner, W. Tittel, H. Zbinden and N. Gisin (Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva)
``Plug and play'' systems for quantum cryptography
LaTex, 6 pages, with 2 Postscript figures, Submitted to Applied Physics Letters
null
10.1063/1.118224
null
quant-ph
null
We present a time-multiplexed interferometer based on Faraday mirrors, and apply it to quantum key distribution. The interfering pulses follow exactly the same spatial path, ensuring very high stability and self balancing. Use of Faraday mirrors compensates automatically any birefringence effects and polarization dependent losses in the transmitting fiber. First experimental results show a fringe visibility of 0.9984 for a 23km-long interferometer, based on installed telecom fibers.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 25 Nov 1996 09:41:28 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Muller", "A.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva" ], [ "Herzog", "T.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva" ], [ "Huttner", "B.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva" ], [ "Tittel", "W.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva" ], [ "Zbinden", "H.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva" ], [ "Gisin", "N.", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva" ] ]
quant-ph/9611043
Manfred Leubner
C.W. Gardiner and P. Zoller
Quantum Kinetic Theory I: A Quantum Kinetic Master Equation for Condensation of a weakly interacting Bose gas without a trapping potential
37 pages, 4 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.2902
null
quant-ph
null
A Quantum Kinetic Master Equation (QKME) for bosonic atoms is formulated. It is a quantum stochastic equation for the kinetics of a dilute quantum Bose gas, and describes the behavior and formation of Bose condensation. The key assumption in deriving the QKME is a Markov approximation for the atomic collision terms. In the present paper the basic structure of the theory is developed, and approximations are stated and justified to delineate the region of validity of the theory. Limiting cases of the QKME include the Quantum Boltzmann master equation and the Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation, as well as an equation analogous to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 25 Nov 1996 11:34:49 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Gardiner", "C. W.", "" ], [ "Zoller", "P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611044
null
M. Rigo, G. Alber, F. Mota-Furtado, P. F. O'Mahony
The Quantum state diffusion model and the driven damped nonlinear oscillator
7 pages in RevTeX + 6 figures (postscript). To appear in Physical Review A
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.1665
null
quant-ph
null
We consider a driven damped anharmonic oscillator which classically leads to a bistable steady state and to hysteresis. The quantum counterpart for this system has an exact analytical solution in the steady state which does not display any bistability or hysteresis. We use quantum state diffusion theory to describe this system and to provide a new perspective on the lack of hysteresis in the quantum regime so as to study in detail the quantum to classical transition. The analysis is also relevant to measurements of a single periodically driven electron in a Penning trap where hysteresis has been observed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:22:01 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Rigo", "M.", "" ], [ "Alber", "G.", "" ], [ "Mota-Furtado", "F.", "" ], [ "O'Mahony", "P. F.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611045
James R. Anglin
J.R. Anglin, J.P. Paz, and W.H. Zurek
Deconstructing Decoherence
13 two-column pages, 3 embedded figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4041
LA-UR 96-2230
quant-ph hep-th physics.atom-ph
null
The study of environmentally induced superselection and of the process of decoherence was originally motivated by the search for the emergence of classical behavior out of the quantum substrate, in the macroscopic limit. This limit, and other simplifying assumptions, have allowed the derivation of several simple results characterizing the onset of environmentally induced superselection; but these results are increasingly often regarded as a complete phenomenological characterization of decoherence in any regime. This is not necessarily the case: The examples presented in this paper counteract this impression by violating several of the simple ``rules of thumb''. This is relevant because decoherence is now beginning to be tested experimentally, and one may anticipate that, in at least some of the proposed applications (e.g., quantum computers), only the basic principle of ``monitoring by the environment'' will survive. The phenomenology of decoherence may turn out to be significantly different.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 25 Nov 1996 20:30:20 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Anglin", "J. R.", "" ], [ "Paz", "J. P.", "" ], [ "Zurek", "W. H.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611046
Asher Peres
Asher Peres
Error correction and symmetrization in quantum computers
18 pages LaTeX + 1 figure PostScript. Proceedings of PhysComp'96 workshop, Boston 21-24 November 1996, to appear in Physica D (1997)
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Errors in quantum computers are of two kinds: sudden perturbations to isolated qubits, and slow random drifts of all the qubits. The latter may be reduced, but not eliminated, by means of symmetrization, namely by using many replicas of the computer, and forcing their joint quantum state to be completely symmetric. On the other hand, isolated errors can be corrected by quantum codewords that represent a logical qubit in a redundant way, by several physical qubits. If one of the physical qubits is perturbed, for example if it gets entangled with an unknown environment, there still is enough information encoded in the other physical qubits to restore the logical qubit, and disentangle it from the environment. The recovery procedure may consist of unitary operations, without the need of actually identifying the error.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 26 Nov 1996 00:11:11 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Peres", "Asher", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611047
Hong-Chen FU
Hong-Chen Fu (Yukawa Inst., Japan)
Polya States of Quantized Radiation Fields, their Algebraic Characterization and Nonclassical Properties
9 pages, LaTeX, 3 EPS figures
J.Phys.A30:L83-L89,1997
10.1088/0305-4470/30/5/002
null
quant-ph
null
Polya states of single mode radiation field are proposed and their algebraic characterization and nonclassical properties are investigated. They degenerate to the binomial (atomic coherent) and negative binomial (Perelomov's su(1,1) coherent) states in two different limits and further to the number, the ordinary coherent and Susskind-Glogower phase states. The algebra involved turn out to be a two-parameter deformation of both su(2) and su(1,1). Nonclassical properties are investigated in detail.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 26 Nov 1996 05:15:26 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Fu", "Hong-Chen", "", "Yukawa Inst., Japan" ] ]
quant-ph/9611048
Holger Lyre
Holger Lyre
The Quantum Theory of Ur-Objects as a Theory of Information
11 pages
Int.J.Theor.Phys. 34 (1995) 1541
null
null
quant-ph
null
The quantum theory of ur-objects proposed by C. F. von Weizsaecker has to be interpreted as a quantum theory of information. Ur-objects, or urs, are thought to be the simplest objects in quantum theory. Thus an ur is represented by a two-dimensional Hilbert space with the universal symmetry group SU(2), and can only be characterized as ''one bit of potential information''. In this sense it is not a spatial but an ''information atom''. The physical structure of the ur theory is reviewed, and the philosophical consequences of its interpretation as an information theory are demonstrated by means of some important concepts of physics such as time, space, entropy, energy, and matter, which in ur theory appear to be directly connected with information as ''the'' fundamental substance. This hopefully will help to provide a new understanding of the concept of information.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:28:24 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Lyre", "Holger", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611049
James R. Anglin
J.R. Anglin and W.H. Zurek
A precision test of decoherence
4 pages, PlainTex, 1 embedded figure (needs epsf.tex). To appear in proceedings of the 31st Rencontres de Moriond, 20-27 Jan 1996
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
The motion of a charged particle over a conducting plate is damped by Ohmic resistance to image currents. This interaction between the particle and the plate must also produce decoherence, which can be detected by examining interference patterns made by diffracted particle beams which have passed over the plate. Because the current densities within the plate decay rapidly with the height of the particle beam above it, the strength of decoherence should be adjustable across a wide range, allowing one to probe the full range of quantum through classical behaviour.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:16:13 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 27 Nov 1996 01:06:54 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Anglin", "J. R.", "" ], [ "Zurek", "W. H.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611050
Hagen Kleinert
H. Kleinert, S. Thoms, and V. Schulte-Frohlinde
Stability of 3D Cubic Fixed Point in Two-Coupling-Constant \phi^4-Theory
Author Information under http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/institution.html . Paper also at http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/kleiner_re250/preprint.html
Phys.Rev. B56 (1997) 14428
10.1103/PhysRevB.56.14428
null
quant-ph cond-mat hep-th
null
For an anisotropic euclidean $\phi^4$-theory with two interactions $[u (\sum_{i=1^M {\phi}_i^2)^2+v \sum_{i=1}^M \phi_i^4]$ the $\beta$-functions are calculated from five-loop perturbation expansions in $d=4-\varepsilon$ dimensions, using the knowledge of the large-order behavior and Borel transformations. For $\varepsilon=1$, an infrared stable cubic fixed point for $M \geq 3$ is found, implying that the critical exponents in the magnetic phase transition of real crystals are of the cubic universality class. There were previous indications of the stability based either on lower-loop expansions or on less reliable Pad\'{e approximations, but only the evidence presented in this work seems to be sufficently convincing to draw this conclusion.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 27 Nov 1996 06:35:00 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Kleinert", "H.", "" ], [ "Thoms", "S.", "" ], [ "Schulte-Frohlinde", "V.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611051
Sergei Shabanov
Sergei V. Shabanov
q-oscillators, (non-)Kaehler manifolds and constrained dynamics
plain Latex, 7 pages
Mod.Phys.Lett.A 10 (1995) 941-948
10.1142/S0217732395001034
null
quant-ph hep-th math.QA q-alg
null
It is shown that q-deformed quantum mechanics (systems with q-deformed Heisenberg commutation relations) can be interpreted as an ordinary quantum mechanics on Kaehler manifolds, or as a quantum theory with second (or first)- class constraints.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 27 Nov 1996 14:56:04 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Shabanov", "Sergei V.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611052
Ali Mostafazadeh
Ali Mostafazadeh
Quantum Canonical Transformations and Exact Solution of the Schreodinger Equation
7 pages
J.Math.Phys. 38 (1997) 3489-3496
10.1063/1.531864
University of Alberta preprint no: Thy 41-96
quant-ph hep-th
null
Time-dependent unitary transformations are used to study the Schreodinger equation for explicitly time-dependent Hamiltonians of the form $H(t)=\vec R(t).\vec J$, where $\vec R$ is an arbitrary real vector-valued function of time and $\vec J$ is the angular momentum operator. The solution of the Schreodinger equation for the most general Hamiltonian of this form is shown to be equivalent to the special case $\vec R=(1,0,\nu(t))$. This corresponds to the problem of driven two-level atom for the spin half representation of $\vec J$. It is also shown that by requiring the magnitude of $\vec R$ to depend on its direction in a particular way, one can solve the Schreodinger equation exactly. In particular, it is shown that for every Hamiltonian of the form $H(t)=\vec R(t)\cdot \vec J$ there is another Hamiltonian with the same eigenstates for which the Schreodinger equation is exactly solved. The application of the results to the exact solution of the parallel transport equation and exact holonomy calculation for SU(2) principal bundles (Yang-Mills gauge theory) is also pointed out.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 27 Nov 1996 21:34:17 GMT" } ]
2016-09-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Mostafazadeh", "Ali", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611053
Ali Mostafazadeh
Ali Mostafazadeh
Inverting Time-Dependent Harmonic Oscillator Potential by a Unitary Transformation and a New Class of Exactly Solvable Oscillators
7 pages, 1 figure included
Phys.Rev. A55 (1997) 4084-4088
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4084
University of Alberta preprint no: Thy 42-96
quant-ph hep-th
null
A time-dependent unitary (canonical) transformation is found which maps the Hamiltonian for a harmonic oscillator with time-dependent real mass and real frequency to that of a generalized harmonic oscillator with time-dependent real mass and imaginary frequency. The latter may be reduced to an ordinary harmonic oscillator by means of another unitary (canonical) transformation. A simple analysis of the resulting system leads to the identification of a previously unknown class of exactly solvable time-dependent oscillators. Furthermore, it is shown how one can apply these results to establish a canonical equivalence between some real and imaginary frequency oscillators. In particular it is shown that a harmonic oscillator whose frequency is constant and whose mass grows linearly in time is canonically equivalent with an oscillator whose frequency changes from being real to imaginary and vice versa repeatedly.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 27 Nov 1996 21:37:07 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Mostafazadeh", "Ali", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611054
Jim McElwaine
Jim McElwaine
Maximum Information and Quantum Prediction Algorithms
30 pages, RevTeX with LaTeX, submitted to Phys. Rev. A
Phys.Rev. A56 (1997) 1756
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1756
DAMTP-96-89
quant-ph
null
This paper describes an algorithm for selecting a consistent set within the consistent histories approach to quantum mechanics and investigates its properties. The algorithm uses a maximum information principle to select from among the consistent sets formed by projections defined by the Schmidt decomposition. The algorithm unconditionally predicts the possible events in closed quantum systems and ascribes probabilities to these events. A simple spin model is described and a complete classification of all exactly consistent sets of histories formed from Schmidt projections in the model is proved. This result is used to show that for this example the algorithm selects a physically realistic set. Other tentative suggestions in the literature for set selection algorithms using ideas from information theory are discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 28 Nov 1996 18:11:29 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "McElwaine", "Jim", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9611055
Miguel A. Martin
O.Arratia, M. A. Martin, M.A. Olmo (Universidad de Valladolid (SPAIN))
Moyal Quantization and Group Theory
10 pages, latex209
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
We deduce a kernel that allows the Moyal quantization of the cylinder (as phase space) by means of the Stratonovich-Weyl correspondence.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 28 Nov 1996 18:15:59 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Arratia", "O.", "", "Universidad de Valladolid" ], [ "Martin", "M. A.", "", "Universidad de Valladolid" ], [ "Olmo", "M. A.", "", "Universidad de Valladolid" ] ]
quant-ph/9612001
John Sidles
J. A. Sidles
The AC Stark, Stern-Gerlach, and Quantum Zeno Effects in Interferometric Qubit Readout
17 pages, LaTeX2e, 3 figures in eps format, uses packages cite.sty and epsf.sty
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
This article describes the AC Stark, Stern-Gerlach, and Quantum Zeno effects as they are manifested during continuous interferometric measurement of a two-state quantum system (qubit). A simple yet realistic model of the interferometric measurement process is presented, and solved to all orders of perturbation theory in the absence of thermal noise. The statistical properties of the interferometric Stern-Gerlach effect are described in terms of a Fokker-Plank equation, and a closed-form expression for the Green's function of this equation is obtained. Thermal noise is added in the form of a externally-applied Langevin force, and the combined effects of thermal noise and measurement are considered. Optical Bloch equations are obtained which describe the AC Stark and Quantum Zeno effects. Spontaneous qubit transitions are shown to be observationally equivalent to transitions induced by external Langevin forces. The effects of delayed choice are discussed. Practical experiments involving trapped ions are suggested. The results are relevant to the design of qubit readout systems in quantum computing, and to single-spin detection in magnetic resonance force microscopy.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 29 Nov 1996 03:29:32 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Sidles", "J. A.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612002
Peter Nattermann
H.-D. Doebner and P. Nattermann
Borel Quantization: Kinematics and Dynamics
11 pages, RevTeX, 1 figure, uses epsfig and amssymb, available as a preprint on http://www.pt.tu-clausthal.de/preprints/asi-tpa/010-96.ps.gz
Acta Phys.Polon. B27 (1996) 2327-2339; Erratum-ibid. B27 (1996) 4003
null
null
quant-ph dg-ga hep-th math.DG
null
In this contribution we review results on the kinematics of a quantum system localized on a connected configuration manifold and compatible dynamics for the quantum system including external fields and leading to non-linear Schr\"odinger equations for pure states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 29 Nov 1996 08:38:31 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Doebner", "H. -D.", "" ], [ "Nattermann", "P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612003
Guo Guangcan
Lu-Ming Duan and Guang-Can Guo (University of Science and Technology of China)
Reducing decoherence in quantum computer memory with all quantum bits coupling to the same environment
Corrections in references and introduction
Phys. Rev. A 57 (2), 737 (1998)
10.1103/PhysRevA.57.737
null
quant-ph
null
Decoherence in quantum computer memory due to the inevitable coupling to the external environment is examined. We take the assumption that all quantum bits (qubits) interact with the same environment rather than the assumption of separate environments for different qubits. It is found that the qubits are decohered collectively. For some kinds of entangled input states, no decoherence occurs at all in the memory even if the qubits are interacting with the environment. Based on this phenomenon, a scheme is proposed for reducing the collective decoherence. We also discuss possible implications of this decoherence model for quantum measurements.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 29 Nov 1996 08:25:09 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 2 Feb 1998 08:50:59 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Duan", "Lu-Ming", "", "University of Science and Technology\n of China" ], [ "Guo", "Guang-Can", "", "University of Science and Technology\n of China" ] ]
quant-ph/9612004
null
Stefano Mancini, Paolo Tombesi and Vladimir I.Manko
Density Matrix From Photon Number Tomography
LATEX,6 pages,accepted by Europhysics Letters
Europhys.Lett.37:79,1997
10.1209/epl/i1997-00115-8
null
quant-ph
null
We provide a simple analytic relation which connects the density operator of the radiation field with the number probabilities. The problem of experimentally "sampling" a general matrix elements is studied, and the deleterious effects of nonunit quantum efficiency in the detection process are analyzed showing how they can be reduced by using the squeezing technique. The obtained result is particulary useful for intracavity field reconstruction states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 10:33:56 GMT" } ]
2010-12-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Mancini", "Stefano", "" ], [ "Tombesi", "Paolo", "" ], [ "Manko", "Vladimir I.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612005
null
S. Mancini, V. I. Man'ko and P.Tombesi
Ponderomotive Control of Quantum Macroscopic Coherence
Latex,22 pages,accepted by Phys.Rev.A
Phys.Rev. A55 (1997) 3042
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.3042
null
quant-ph
null
It is shown that because of the radiation pressure a Schr\"odinger cat state can be generated in a resonator with oscillating wall. The optomechanical control of quantum macroscopic coherence and its detection is taken into account introducing new cat states. The effects due to the environmental couplings with this nonlinear system are considered developing an operator perturbation procedure to solve the master equation for the field mode density operator.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 17:38:27 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Mancini", "S.", "" ], [ "Man'ko", "V. I.", "" ], [ "Tombesi", "P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612006
null
V. I. Man'ko, G. Marmo, E. C. G. Sudarshan, and F. Zaccaria
f-Oscillators and Nonlinear Coherent States
Latex, 32 pages, accepted by Physica Scripta
Phys.Scripta55:528,1997
10.1088/0031-8949/55/5/004
null
quant-ph
null
The notion of f-oscillators generalizing q-oscillators is introduced. For classical and quantum cases, an interpretation of the f-oscillator is provided as corresponding to a special nonlinearity of vibration for which the frequency of oscillation depends on the energy. The f-coherent states (nonlinear coherent states) generalizing q-coherent states are constructed. Applied to quantum optics, photon distribution function, photon number means, and dispersions are calculated for the f-coherent states as well as the Wigner function and Q-function. As an example, it is shown how this nonlinearity may affect the Planck distribution formula.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 18:55:55 GMT" } ]
2016-09-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Man'ko", "V. I.", "" ], [ "Marmo", "G.", "" ], [ "Sudarshan", "E. C. G.", "" ], [ "Zaccaria", "F.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612007
null
V. I. Man'ko, G. Marmo, E. C. G. Sudarshan, and F. Zaccaria
Wigner's Problem and Alternative Commutation Relations for Quantum Mechanics
Latex,14 pages,accepted by Int. Jour.Mod.Phys
Int.J.Mod.Phys. B11 (1997) 1281-1296
10.1142/S0217979297000666
null
quant-ph
null
It is shown, that for quantum systems the vectorfield associated with the equations of motion may admit alternative Hamiltonian descriptions, both in the Schr\"odinger and Heisenberg pictures. We illustrate these ambiguities in terms of simple examples.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 19:17:07 GMT" } ]
2019-08-17T00:00:00
[ [ "Man'ko", "V. I.", "" ], [ "Marmo", "G.", "" ], [ "Sudarshan", "E. C. G.", "" ], [ "Zaccaria", "F.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612008
null
Vladimir I. Man'ko, Alfred W\"unsche
Properties of Squeezed-State Excitations
Latex,35 pages,submitted to Quant.Semiclassical Opt
null
10.1088/1355-5111/9/3/010
null
quant-ph
null
The photon distribution function of a discrete series of excitations of squeezed coherent states is given explicitly in terms of Hermite polynomials of two variables. The Wigner and the coherent-state quasiprobabilities are also presented in closed form through the Hermite polynomials and their limiting cases. Expectation values of photon numbers and their dispersion are calculated. Some three-dimensional plots of photon distributions for different squeezing parameters demonstrating oscillatory behaviour are given.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 19:56:20 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Man'ko", "Vladimir I.", "" ], [ "Wünsche", "Alfred", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612009
Guo Guangcan
Lu-Ming Duan and Guang-Can Guo (University of Science and Technology of China)
Alternative approach to electromagnetic field quantization in nonlinear and inhomogeneous media
Corrections in references and introduction
Phys. Rev. A 56 (1), 925 (1997)
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.925
null
quant-ph
null
A simple approach is proposed for the quantization of the electromagnetic field in nonlinear and inhomogeneous media. Given the dielectric function and nonlinear susceptibilities, the Hamiltonian of the electromagnetic field is determined completely by this quantization method. From Heisenberg's equations we derive Maxwell's equations for the field operators. When the nonlinearity goes to zero, this quantization method returns to the generalized canonical quantization procedure for linear inhomogeneous media [Phys. Rev. A, 43, 467, 1991]. The explicit Hamiltonians for the second-order and third-order nonlinear quasi-steady-state processes are obtained based on this quantization procedure.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 1 Dec 1996 04:41:06 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 2 Feb 1998 08:03:43 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Duan", "Lu-Ming", "", "University of Science and Technology\n of China" ], [ "Guo", "Guang-Can", "", "University of Science and Technology\n of China" ] ]
quant-ph/9612010
Svozil Karl
Karl Svozil (TU Vienna)
Experimental realization of any discrete operator
4 pages, also available at http://tph.tuwien.ac.at/~svozil/publ/every.ps
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
A straightforward argument shows that, by allowing counterfactual elements of physical reality, any arbitrary discrete finite-dimensional operator corresponds to an observable.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 2 Dec 1996 09:02:23 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Svozil", "Karl", "", "TU Vienna" ] ]
quant-ph/9612011
M. Dakna
M. Dakna, T. Anhut, T. Opartny, L. Knoll, and D.-G. Welsch
Schroedinger cat-like states by conditional measurements on a beam-splitter
6 figures(divided in subfigures) using a4.sty
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.3184
null
quant-ph
null
A scheme for generating Schr\"{o}dinger cat-like states of a single-mode optical field by means of conditional measurement is proposed. Feeding into a beam splitter a squeezed vacuum and counting the photons in one of the output channels, the conditional states in the other output channel exhibit a number of properties that are very similar to those of superpositions of two coherent states with opposite phases. We present analytical and numerical results for the photon-number and quadrature-component distributions of the conditional states and their Wigner and Husimi functions. Further, we discuss the effect of realistic photocounting on the states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 2 Dec 1996 18:54:46 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Dakna", "M.", "" ], [ "Anhut", "T.", "" ], [ "Opartny", "T.", "" ], [ "Knoll", "L.", "" ], [ "Welsch", "D. -G.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612012
Molotkov
S.N.Molotkov (Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Effect of Attenuation and Dispersion in the Communication Channel on the Secrecy of a Quantum Cryptosystem
6 pages, LaTex, no figures. Submitted to JETP Letters
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
The effects of dispersion in the communication channel on the secrecy of a quantum cryptosystem based on single photon states with different frequencies are studied. A maximum communication channel length which can still ensure the secrecy of the key generation procedure is found.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 2 Dec 1996 12:23:06 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Molotkov", "S. N.", "", "Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy\n of Sciences" ] ]
quant-ph/9612013
Molotkov
S.N.Molotkov and S.S.Nazin (Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Quantum Cryptography Based on the Time--Energy Uncertainty Relation
5 pages, LaTex, no figures
JETP Lett. 63 (1996) 924-929
10.1134/1.567104
null
quant-ph
null
A new cryptosystem based on the fundamental time--energy uncertainty relation is proposed. Such a cryptosystem can be implemented with both correlated photon pairs and single photon states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 2 Dec 1996 12:20:31 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Molotkov", "S. N.", "", "Institute of Solid State Physics of the\n Russian Academy of Sciences" ], [ "Nazin", "S. S.", "", "Institute of Solid State Physics of the\n Russian Academy of Sciences" ] ]
quant-ph/9612014
Adriano Barenco
Adriano Barenco (Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford)
Quantum Physics and Computers
27 pages, LaTeX, 8 PostScript figures embedded. A bug in one of the postscript files has been fixed. Reprints available from the author. The files are also available from http://eve.physics.ox.ac.uk/Articles/QC.Articles.html
Contemp.Phys.37:375-389,1996
10.1080/00107519608217543
null
quant-ph
null
Recent theoretical results confirm that quantum theory provides the possibility of new ways of performing efficient calculations. The most striking example is the factoring problem. It has recently been shown that computers that exploit quantum features could factor large composite integers. This task is believed to be out of reach of classical computers as soon as the number of digits in the number to factor exceeds a certain limit. The additional power of quantum computers comes from the possibility of employing a superposition of states, of following many distinct computation paths and of producing a final output that depends on the interference of all of them. This ``quantum parallelism'' outstrips by far any parallelism that can be thought of in classical computation and is responsible for the ``exponential'' speed-up of computation. This is a non-technical (or at least not too technical) introduction to the field of quantum computation. It does not cover very recent topics, such as error-correction.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 2 Dec 1996 12:32:56 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 3 Dec 1996 22:29:55 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Barenco", "Adriano", "", "Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford" ] ]
quant-ph/9612015
null
Eric M. Rains
Quantum Weight Enumerators
15 pages, AMSTeX, no figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
In a recent paper ([quant-ph/9610040]), Shor and Laflamme define two ``weight enumerators'' for quantum error correcting codes, connected by a MacWilliams transform, and use them to give a linear-programming bound for quantum codes. We introduce two new enumerators which, while much less powerful at producing bounds, are useful tools nonetheless. The new enumerators are connected by a much simpler duality transform, clarifying the duality between Shor and Laflamme's enumerators. We also use the new enumerators to give a simpler condition for a quantum code to have specified minimum distance, and to extend the enumerator theory to codes with block-size greater than 2.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 2 Dec 1996 18:17:00 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Rains", "Eric M.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612016
Don Koks
D. Koks, A. Matacz and B.L. Hu
Entropy and Uncertainty of Squeezed Quantum Open Systems
36 pages, epsfig, 2 in-text figures included
Phys.Rev.D55:5917-5935,1997; Erratum-ibid.D56:5281,1997
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.5917 10.1103/PhysRevD.56.5281
ADP-96-42/M50, umdpp 97-63, School of Mathematics and Statistics 96-41
quant-ph gr-qc hep-ph
null
We define the entropy S and uncertainty function of a squeezed system interacting with a thermal bath, and study how they change in time by following the evolution of the reduced density matrix in the influence functional formalism. As examples, we calculate the entropy of two exactly solvable squeezed systems: an inverted harmonic oscillator and a scalar field mode evolving in an inflationary universe. For the inverted oscillator with weak coupling to the bath, at both high and low temperatures, $S\to r $, where r is the squeeze parameter. In the de Sitter case, at high temperatures, $S\to (1-c)r$ where $c = \gamma_0/H$, $\gamma_0$ being the coupling to the bath and H the Hubble constant. These three cases confirm previous results based on more ad hoc prescriptions for calculating entropy. But at low temperatures, the de Sitter entropy $S\to (1/2-c)r$ is noticeably different. This result, obtained from a more rigorous approach, shows that factors usually ignored by the conventional approaches, i.e., the nature of the environment and the coupling strength betwen the system and the environment, are important.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 3 Dec 1996 03:41:51 GMT" } ]
2014-11-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Koks", "D.", "" ], [ "Matacz", "A.", "" ], [ "Hu", "B. L.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612017
Peter Hoyer
Gilles Brassard (Universite de Montreal) and Peter Hoyer (Odense University)
On The Power of Exact Quantum Polynomial Time
10 pages, LaTeX2e, no figures
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
We investigate the power of quantum computers when they are required to return an answer that is guaranteed correct after a time that is upper-bounded by a polynomial in the worst case. In an oracle setting, it is shown that such machines can solve problems that would take exponential time on any classical bounded-error probabilistic computer.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:31:09 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Brassard", "Gilles", "", "Universite de Montreal" ], [ "Hoyer", "Peter", "", "Odense\n University" ] ]
quant-ph/9612018
Gerard 't Hooft
G. 't Hooft
Quantummechanical behaviour in a deterministic model
plain TEX, 7 pages, 1 figure (Postscript). Some printers did not accept the Figure. Problem eliminated
null
10.1007/BF02764232
THU-96/39
quant-ph gr-qc
null
A deterministic model with a large number of continuous and discrete degrees of freedom is described, and a statistical treatment is proposed. The model exactly obeys a Schrodinger equation, which has to be interpreted exactly according to the Copenhagen prescriptions. After applying a Hartree-Fock approximation, the model appears to describe genuine quantum particles that could be used as a starting point for field variables in a quantum field theory. In the deterministic model it is essential that information loss occurs, but the corresponding quantum system is unitary and exactly preserves information. (To be published in Foundations of Physics Letters, Vol. 10, No 4.)
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 4 Dec 1996 11:02:46 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 15 May 1997 10:15:44 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Hooft", "G. 't", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612019
Ali Shojai Baghini
Ali Shojai and Mehdi Golshani
Direct particle interaction as the origin of the quantal behaviours
22 pages, LaTex, no figure
null
null
IPM-96-124
quant-ph
null
It is argued that the quantal behaviours may be understood in the framework of direct particle interactions. A specific example is introduced. The assumed potential predicts that at sufficiently large distances quantal behaviours arise, while at very large distances gravitational-like forces are present. The latter is true provided all particles have internal structures.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:31:41 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Shojai", "Ali", "" ], [ "Golshani", "Mehdi", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612020
Ali Shojai Baghini
Ali Shojai and Mehdi Golshani
Some Observable Results of the Retarded Bohm's Theory
11 pages, LaTex, 1 figure available upon request
null
null
IPM-96-172
quant-ph
null
It is shown that the retarded Bohm's theory has at least four novel properties. (1) The center of mass of an isolated two-body system is accelerated. (2) Hydrogen-like atoms are unstable. (3) The distribution function differs from the standard one. (4) The definition of energy needs some care.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:33:06 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Shojai", "Ali", "" ], [ "Golshani", "Mehdi", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612021
Ali Shojai Baghini
Ali Shojai and Mehdi Golshani
Is superluminal motion in relativistic Bohm's theory observable?
9 pages, LaTex, 1 figure available upon request
null
null
IPM-95-114
quant-ph
null
We show that the problem of superluminal motion in causal, particle interpretation of bosonic fields is not observable at macroscopic distances.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:31:11 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Shojai", "Ali", "" ], [ "Golshani", "Mehdi", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612022
Ali Shojai Baghini
Ali Shojai and Mehdi Golshani
On the position operator for massless particles
16 pages, Latex, no figure
null
null
IPM-94-059
quant-ph
null
It is always stated that the position operator for massless particles has non-comutting components. It is shown that the reason is that the commutation relations between coordinates and momenta differs for massive and massless particles. The correct one for massless particles and a position operator with commuting components are derived.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:30:33 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Shojai", "Ali", "" ], [ "Golshani", "Mehdi", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612023
Ali Shojai Baghini
Ali Shojai and Mehdi Golshani
On the Relativistic Quantum Force
44 pages, LaTex, no figure
null
null
IPM-96-173
quant-ph
null
In the extension of the de-Broglie-Bohm causal quantum theory of motion to the relativistic particles, one faces with serious problems, like the problem of superluminal motion. This forces many authors to believe that there is not any satisfactory causal theory for particles of integer spin. In this paper, it is shown that the quantal behaviour is the result of direct-particle-interaction of the particle with all of its possibilities. The formulation is, then, extended to the relativistic particles of arbitrary spin. The presented theory has the following advantages. (1) It leads to a deeper understanding of the quantal behaviour. (2) It has no superluminal motion. (3) It is applicable to any spin. (4) It provides a framework for understanding the problem of creation and annihilation of particles. (5) It provides a framework for understanding the spin-statistics relationship. (6) It does not need the two fundamental assumptions of the de-Broglie-Bohm quantum theory of motion, i.e., the guiding-formula postulate and the statistical postulate.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 5 Dec 1996 15:32:15 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Shojai", "Ali", "" ], [ "Golshani", "Mehdi", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612024
Arvind
Arvind and N.Mukunda (Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India)
Relativistic Operator Description of Photon Polarization
Revtex 9 pages
Pramana Journal of Physics 47, 347 (1996)
10.1007/BF02847821
null
quant-ph
null
We present an operator approach to the description of photon polarization, based on Wigner's concept of elementary relativistic systems. The theory of unitary representations of the Poincare group, and of parity, are exploited to construct spinlike operators acting on the polarization states of a photon at each fixed energy momentum. The nontrivial topological features of these representations relevant for massless particles, and the departures from the treatment of massive finite spin representations, are highlighted and addressed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:09:50 GMT" } ]
2018-02-12T00:00:00
[ [ "Arvind", "", "", "Department of Physics, Indian Institute of\n Science Bangalore, India" ], [ "Mukunda", "N.", "", "Department of Physics, Indian Institute of\n Science Bangalore, India" ] ]
quant-ph/9612025
John Klauder
John R. Klauder
Quantization of Systems with Constraints
17 pages, LaTeX, no figures, conference proceedings
null
null
null
quant-ph hep-th
null
New measures for the quantization of systems with constraints are discussed and applied to several examples, in particular, examples of alternative but equivalent formulations of given first-class constraints, as well as a comparison of regular and irregular constraints.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 6 Dec 1996 14:43:40 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Klauder", "John R.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612026
Edward Farhi
Edward Farhi and Sam Gutmann
An Analog Analogue of a Digital Quantum Computation
Latex, 6 pages
null
null
MIT-CTP-2593
quant-ph
null
We solve a problem, which while not fitting into the usual paradigm, can be viewed as a quantum computation. Suppose we are given a quantum system described by an N dimensional Hilbert space with a Hamiltonian of the form $E |w >< w|$ where $| w>$ is an unknown (normalized) state. We show how to discover $| w >$ by adding a Hamiltonian (independent of $| w >$) and evolving for a time proportional to $N^{1/2}/E$. We show that this time is optimally short. This process is an analog analogue to Grover's algorithm, a computation on a conventional (!) quantum computer which locates a marked item from an unsorted list of N items in a number of steps proportional to $N^{1/2}$.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 6 Dec 1996 19:50:13 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Farhi", "Edward", "" ], [ "Gutmann", "Sam", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612027
Daniel Butts
D. A. Butts, D. S. Rokhsar
Trapped Fermi gases
6 pages, LaTex, revtex, epsf, submitted to Phys. Rev. A, 6 December 1996
Phys. Rev. A 55 (1997) 4346
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4346
null
quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mech physics.atom-ph
null
We study the properties of a spin-polarized Fermi gas in a harmonic trap, using the semiclassical (Thomas-Fermi) approximation. Universal forms for the spatial and momentum distributions are calculated, and the results compared with the corresponding properties of a dilute Bose gas.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 7 Dec 1996 02:45:43 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Butts", "D. A.", "" ], [ "Rokhsar", "D. S.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612028
Christof Zalka
Christof Zalka (T-6 LANL)
Threshold Estimate for Fault Tolerant Quantum Computation
expanded (now 20 pages LaTeX) and corrected
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
I make a rough estimate of the accuracy threshold for fault tolerant quantum computing with concatenated codes. First I consider only gate errors and use the depolarizing channel error model. I will follow P.Shor (quant-ph/9505011) for fault tolerant error correction (FTEC) and the fault tolerant implementation of elementary operations on states encoded by the 7-qubit code. A simple computer simulation suggests a threshold for gate errors of the order \epsilon \approx 10^{-3} or better. I also give a simple argument that the threshold for memory errors is about 10 times smaller, thus \epsilon \approx 10^{-4}.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 8 Dec 1996 23:37:43 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:51:34 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Zalka", "Christof", "", "T-6 LANL" ] ]
quant-ph/9612029
Vladimir Privman
Dima Mozyrsky, Vladimir Privman, Steven P. Hotaling
Design of gates for quantum computation: the three-spin XOR gate in terms of two-spin interactions
10 pages in LaTeX
Int.J.Mod.PHys.B12:591-600,1998
10.1142/S0217979298000351
null
quant-ph
null
We propose to design multispin quantum gates in which the input and output two-state systems (spins) are not necessarily identical. We describe the motivations for such studies and then derive an explicit general two-spin interaction Hamiltonian which accomplishes the quantum XOR gate function for a system of three spins: two input and one output.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 7 Dec 1996 14:46:59 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:40:06 GMT" } ]
2014-11-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Mozyrsky", "Dima", "" ], [ "Privman", "Vladimir", "" ], [ "Hotaling", "Steven P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612030
S. Popescu
Sandu Popescu, Lucien Hardy and Marek Zukowski
Revisiting Bell's theorem for a class of down-conversion experiments
Contains some new material. LaTeX, 11 pages, 1 fig; The figure is not encapsulated, please print it separately
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.R4353
null
quant-ph
null
A certain class of parametric down-conversion Bell type experiments has the following features. In the idealized perfect situation it is in only 50% of cases that each observer receives a photon; in the other 50% of cases one observer receives both photons of a pair while the other observer receives none. The standard approach is to discard the events of the second type. Only the remaining ones are used as the data input to some Bell inequalities. This raises justified doubts whether such experiments could be ever genuine tests of local realism. We propose to take into account these "unfavorable" cases and to analyze the entire pattern of polarization and localization correlations. This departure from the standard reasoning enables one to show that indeed the experiments are true test of local realism.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 8 Dec 1996 12:41:48 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 25 Jun 1997 14:18:40 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Popescu", "Sandu", "" ], [ "Hardy", "Lucien", "" ], [ "Zukowski", "Marek", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612031
M. Czachor
Marek Czachor and Maciej Kuna
Off-shell indefinite-metric triple-bracket generalization of the Dirac equation
LaTeX, To be published in proceedings of Group21, Goslar, Germany
"Group 21: Physical Applications and Mathematical Aspects of Geometry, Groups, and Algebras", edited by H.-D. Doebner, P. Nattermann, and W. Scherer, pp.451-455 (World Scientific, 1997)
null
null
quant-ph
null
We present an off-shell indefinite-metric reformulation of the earlier on-shell positive-metric triple bracket generalization of the Dirac equation. The new version of the formalism solves the question of its manifest covariance.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 10 Dec 1996 15:55:07 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Czachor", "Marek", "" ], [ "Kuna", "Maciej", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612032
Todd Brun
Todd A. Brun (Physics, QMW, University of London), Stephen M. Barnett (Physics, University of Strathclyde)
Interference in dielectrics and pseudo-measurements
7 pages RevTeX 3.0 + 2 figures (postscript). Submitted to Phys. Rev. A
J.Mod.Opt. 45 (1998) 777
10.1080/09500349808230621
null
quant-ph
null
Inserting a lossy dielectric into one arm of an interference experiment acts in many ways like a measurement. If two entangled photons are passed through the interferometer, a certain amount of information is gained about which path they took, and the interference pattern in a coincidence count measurement is suppressed. However, by inserting a second dielectric into the other arm of the interferometer, one can restore the interference pattern. Two of these pseudo-measurements can thus cancel each other out. This is somewhat analogous to the proposed quantum eraser experiments.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 11 Dec 1996 00:52:44 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Brun", "Todd A.", "", "Physics, QMW, University of London" ], [ "Barnett", "Stephen M.", "", "Physics, University of Strathclyde" ] ]
quant-ph/9612033
Joachim Kupsch
Joachim Kupsch
The structure of the quantum mechanical state space and induced superselection rules
11 pages, Standard Latex 2.09
Pramana 51 (1998) 615-624
10.1007/BF02827453
null
quant-ph
null
The role of superselection rules for the derivation of classical probability within quantum mechanics is investigated and examples of superselection rules induced by the environment are discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 11 Dec 1996 14:19:04 GMT" } ]
2015-06-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Kupsch", "Joachim", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612034
Seth Lloyd
Seth Lloyd (MIT Mechanical Engineering)
A quantum-mechanical Maxwell's demon
13 pages, TeX
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.3374
null
quant-ph
null
A Maxwell's demon is a device that gets information and trades it in for thermodynamic advantage, in apparent (but not actual) contradiction to the second law of thermodynamics. Quantum-mechanical versions of Maxwell's demon exhibit features that classical versions do not: in particular, a device that gets information about a quantum system disturbs it in the process. In addition, the information produced by quantum measurement acts as an additional source of thermodynamic inefficiency. This paper investigates the properties of quantum-mechanical Maxwell's demons, and proposes experimentally realizable models of such devices.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:44:41 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Lloyd", "Seth", "", "MIT Mechanical Engineering" ] ]
quant-ph/9612035
N. Linden
C.J. Isham and N. Linden
Information-entropy and the space of decoherence functions in generalised quantum theory
31 pages, RevTeX
null
null
Imperial/TP/95-96/63, DAMTP R96/44
quant-ph
null
In standard quantum theory, the ideas of information-entropy and of pure states are closely linked. States are represented by density matrices $\rho$ on a Hilbert space and the information-entropy $-tr(\rho\log\rho)$ is minimised on pure states (pure states are the vertices of the boundary of the convex set of states). The space of decoherence functions in the consistent histories approach to generalised quantum theory is also a convex set. However, by showing that every decoherence function can be written as a convex combination of two other decoherence functions we demonstrate that there are no `pure' decoherence functions. The main content of the paper is a new notion of information-entropy in generalised quantum mechanics which is applicable in contexts in which there is no a priori notion of time. Information-entropy is defined first on consistent sets and then we show that it decreases upon refinement of the consistent set. This information-entropy suggests an intrinsic way of giving a consistent set selection criterion.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:09:33 GMT" } ]
2016-09-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Isham", "C. J.", "" ], [ "Linden", "N.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612036
Juan Pablo Paz
Luciana D\'avila Romero and Juan Pablo Paz
Decoherence and Initial Correlations in Quantum Brownian Motion
15 pages, RevTex, 5 figures included. Submitted to Phys. Rev. A
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4070
null
quant-ph
null
We analyze the evolution of a quantum Brownian particle starting from an initial state that contains correlations between this system and its environment. Using a path integral approach, we obtain a master equation for the reduced density matrix of the system finding relatively simple expressions for its time dependent coefficients. We examine the evolution of delocalized initial states (Schr\"odinger's cats) investigating the effectiveness of the decoherence process. Analytic results are obtained for an ohmic environment (Drude's model) at zero temperature.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 17:17:59 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Romero", "Luciana Dávila", "" ], [ "Paz", "Juan Pablo", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612037
Juan Pablo Paz
Wojciech Hubert Zurek and Juan Pablo Paz
Why We Don't Need Quantum Planetary Dynamics: Decoherence and the Correspondence Principle for Chaotic Systems
13 pages, Plain TeX, no figures; to appear in the Proceedings of the Fourth Drexel Meeting (held in September 1994)
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Violation of correspondence principle may occur for very macroscopic byt isolated quantum systems on rather short timescales as illustrated by the case of Hyperion, the chaotically tumbling moon of Saturn, for which quantum and classical predictions are expected to diverge on a timescale of approximately 20 years. Motivated by Hyperion, we review salient features of ``quantum chaos'' and show that decoherence is the essential ingredient of the classical limit, as it enables one to solve the apparent paradox caused by the breakdown of the correspondence principle for classically chaotic systems.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 17:38:38 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Zurek", "Wojciech Hubert", "" ], [ "Paz", "Juan Pablo", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612038
Ali Mostafazadeh
Ali Mostafazadeh
On a Class of Quantum Canonical Transformations and the Time-Dependent Harmonic Oscillator
5 pages
null
null
University of Alberta preprint no: Thy 42-96
quant-ph hep-th
null
Quantum canonical transformations corresponding to the action of the unitary operator $e^{i\epsilon(t)\sqrt{f(x)}p\sqrt{f(x)}}$ is studied. It is shown that for $f(x)=x$, the effect of this transformation is to rescale the position and momentum operators by $e^{\epsilon(t)}$ and $e^{-\epsilon(t)}$, respectively. This transformation is shown to lead to the identification of a previously unknown class of exactly solvable time-dependent harmonic oscillators. It turns out that the Caldirola-Kanai oscillator whose mass is given by $m=m_0 e^{\gamma t}$, belongs to this class. It is also shown that for arbitrary $f(x)$, this canonical transformations map the dynamics of a free particle with constant mass to that of free particle with a position-dependent mass. In other words, they lead to a change of the metric of the space.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 12 Dec 1996 18:16:55 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Mostafazadeh", "Ali", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612039
null
Lorenza Viola and Roberto Onofrio
Testing the equivalence principle through freely falling quantum objects
10 Pages; Plain REVTeX. To be published in Phys. Rev. D
Phys.Rev.D55:455-462,1997
10.1103/PhysRevD.55.455
null
quant-ph gr-qc
null
Free fall in a uniform gravitational field is revisited in the case of quantum states with and without classical analogue. The interplay between kinematics and dynamics in the evolution of a falling quantum test particle is discussed allowing for a better understanding of the equivalence principle at the operational level.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 16 Dec 1996 16:58:24 GMT" } ]
2009-12-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Viola", "Lorenza", "" ], [ "Onofrio", "Roberto", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612040
Hagen Kleinert
H. Kleinert
Quantum Equivalence Principle
Lectures presented at the 1996 Cargese Summer School on FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION: BASICS AND APPLICATIONS. Author's institution under (http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/institution.html) Paper can be read in HTML format under (http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~kleinert/kleiner_re252/preprint.html)
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
A simple mapping procedure is presented by which classical orbits and path integrals for the motion of a point particle in flat space can be transformed directly into those in curved space with torsion. Our procedure evolved from well-established methods in the theory of plastic deformations, where crystals with defects are described mathematically as images of ideal crystals under active nonholonomic coordinate transformations. Our mapping procedure may be viewed as a natural extension of Einstein's famous equivalence principle. When applied to time-sliced path integrals, it gives rise to a new "quantum equivalence principle" which determines short-time action and measure of fluctuating orbits in spaces with curvature and torsion. The nonholonomic transformations possesses a nontrivial Jacobian in the path measure which produces in a curved space an additional term proportional to the curvature scalar R, thus canceling a similar term found earlier by DeWitt. This cancelation is important for correctly describing semiclassically and quantum mechanically various systems such as the hydrogen atom, a particle on the surface of a sphere, and a spinning top. It is also indispensable for the process of bosonization, by which Fermi particles are redescribed by those fields.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 17 Dec 1996 12:29:18 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 07:55:33 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:26:22 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Kleinert", "H.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612041
Fernando Lombardo
Mario Castagnino, and Roberto Laura
Minimal Irreversible Quantum Mechanics
30 pages, latex, no figures, email of first author [email protected]
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
It is demonstrated that, making minimal changes in ordinary quantum mechanics, a reasonable irreversible quantum mechanics can be obtained. This theory has a more general spectral decompositions, with eigenvectors corresponding to unstable states that vanish when $t \to \infty .$ These ''Gamov vectors'' have zero norm, in such a way that the norm and the energy of the physical states remain constant. The evolution operator has no inverse, showing that we are really dealing with a time-asymmetric theory. Using Friedrichs model reasonable physical results are obtained, e. g. : the remaining of an unstable decaying state reappears, in the continuous spectrum of the model, with its primitive energy.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 17 Dec 1996 13:47:55 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Castagnino", "Mario", "" ], [ "Laura", "Roberto", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612042
Wayne M. Itano
C. Monroe, D. Leibfried, B.E. King, D.M. Meekhof, W.M. Itano, and D.J. Wineland
Simplified quantum logic with trapped ions
8 pages, PostScript, submitted to Physical Review A, Rapid Communications
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.R2489
null
quant-ph
null
We describe a simplified scheme for quantum logic with a collection of laser-cooled trapped atomic ions. Building on the scheme of Cirac and Zoller, we show how the fundamental controlled-NOT gate between a collective mode of ion motion and the internal states of a single ion can be reduced to a single laser pulse, and the need for a third auxiliary internal electronic state can be eliminated.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 17 Dec 1996 23:36:36 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Monroe", "C.", "" ], [ "Leibfried", "D.", "" ], [ "King", "B. E.", "" ], [ "Meekhof", "D. M.", "" ], [ "Itano", "W. M.", "" ], [ "Wineland", "D. J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612043
null
Christian Krattenthaler (Universit\"at Wien), Paul Slater (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Asymptotic Redundancies for Universal Quantum Coding
35 pages, AmS-LaTeX v1.2, with psfig.sty, two postscript figures (fig2.eps, fig3.eps). This is a substantial revision of the previous version. The introduction was rewritten completely. The minimax redundancy problem is now resolved as well
IEEE Trans.Info.Theor. 46 (2000) 801-819
null
null
quant-ph
null
We investigate the question of whether or not there exists a noncommutative/ quantum extension of a recent (commutative probabilistic) result of Clarke and Barron. They demonstrated that the Jeffreys' invariant prior of Bayesian theory yields the common asymptotic (minimax and maximin) redundancy - the excess of the encoding cost over the source entropy - of universal data compression in a parametric setting. We study certain probability distributions for the two-level quantum systems. We are able to compute exact formulas for the corresponding redundancies, for which we find the asymptotic limits. These results are very suggestive and do indeed point towards a possible quantum extension of the result of Clarke and Barron.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 08:48:14 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 14 Mar 1997 18:47:00 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 25 Mar 1999 19:08:48 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Krattenthaler", "Christian", "", "Universität Wien" ], [ "Slater", "Paul", "", "University\n of California, Santa Barbara" ] ]
quant-ph/9612044
Paeivi Toermae
M. El Ghafar, P. Torma, V. Savichev, E. Mayr, A. Zeiler and W. P. Schleich
Dynamical Localization in the Paul Trap
8 pages, 4 PostScript figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4181
null
quant-ph
null
We show that quantum localization occurs in the center-of-mass motion of an ion stored in a Paul trap and interacting with a standing laser field. The present experimental state of the art makes the observation of this phenomenon feasible.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 10:43:21 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Ghafar", "M. El", "" ], [ "Torma", "P.", "" ], [ "Savichev", "V.", "" ], [ "Mayr", "E.", "" ], [ "Zeiler", "A.", "" ], [ "Schleich", "W. P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612045
Lev Vaidman
Y. Aharonov and L. Vaidman
Comment on ``Protective measurements of the wave function of a single squeezed harmonic-oscillator state''
2 pages LaTeX
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1055
TAUP 2365-96
quant-ph
null
Alter and Yamamoto [Phys. Rev. A 53, R2911 (1996)] claimed to consider ``protective measurements'' [Phys. Lett. A 178, 38 (1993)] which we have recently introduced. We show that the measurements discussed by Alter and Yamamoto ``are not'' the protective measurements we proposed. Therefore, their results are irrelevant to the nature of protective measurements.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 12:11:34 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Aharonov", "Y.", "" ], [ "Vaidman", "L.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612046
Sandra Dos Santos Padula
Y. Hama, T. Kodama and Sandra S. Padula
HBT Interferometry for Sonoluminescence Bubble
13 pages, RevTeX, 2 eps figures included
Phys.Rev. A56 (1997) 2233
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2233
null
quant-ph cond-mat
null
The two-photon correlation of the light pulse emitted from a sonoluminescence bubble is discussed. It is shown that several important information about the mechanism of light emission, such as the time-scale and the shape of the emission region could be obtained from the HBT interferometry. We also argue that such a measurement may serve to reject one of the two currently suggested emission mechanisms, i.e., thermal process versus dynamical Casimir effect.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 15:14:11 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Hama", "Y.", "" ], [ "Kodama", "T.", "" ], [ "Padula", "Sandra S.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612047
Adriano Barenco
Adriano Barenco (Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford), Todd A. Brun (Physics, QMW, University of London), Ruediger Schack (Mathematics, Royal Holloway, London) and Tim Spiller (H.P. Laboratories, Bristol)
Effects of noise on quantum error correction algorithms
26 pages, LaTeX, 4 PS figures embedded. Reprints available from the authors or http://eve.physics.ox.ac.uk/QChome.html
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1177
null
quant-ph
null
It has recently been shown that there are efficient algorithms for quantum computers to solve certain problems, such as prime factorization, which are intractable to date on classical computers. The chances for practical implementation, however, are limited by decoherence, in which the effect of an external environment causes random errors in the quantum calculation. To combat this problem, quantum error correction schemes have been proposed, in which a single quantum bit (qubit) is ``encoded'' as a state of some larger number of qubits, chosen to resist particular types of errors. Most such schemes are vulnerable, however, to errors in the encoding and decoding itself. We examine two such schemes, in which a single qubit is encoded in a state of $n$ qubits while subject to dephasing or to arbitrary isotropic noise. Using both analytical and numerical calculations, we argue that error correction remains beneficial in the presence of weak noise, and that there is an optimal time between error correction steps, determined by the strength of the interaction with the environment and the parameters set by the encoding.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:42:42 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Barenco", "Adriano", "", "Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford" ], [ "Brun", "Todd A.", "", "Physics,\n QMW, University of London" ], [ "Schack", "Ruediger", "", "Mathematics, Royal Holloway,\n London" ], [ "Spiller", "Tim", "", "H.P. Laboratories, Bristol" ] ]
quant-ph/9612048
Richard Cleve
Richard Cleve
Quantum Stabilizer Codes and Classical Linear Codes
17 pages, ReVTeX, with two figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4054
null
quant-ph
null
We show that within any quantum stabilizer code there lurks a classical binary linear code with similar error-correcting capabilities, thereby demonstrating new connections between quantum codes and classical codes. Using this result -- which applies to degenerate as well as nondegenerate codes -- previously established necessary conditions for classical linear codes can be easily translated into necessary conditions for quantum stabilizer codes. Examples of specific consequences are: for a quantum channel subject to a delta-fraction of errors, the best asymptotic capacity attainable by any stabilizer code cannot exceed H(1/2 + sqrt(2*delta*(1-2*delta))); and, for the depolarizing channel with fidelity parameter delta, the best asymptotic capacity attainable by any stabilizer code cannot exceed 1-H(delta).
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 20 Dec 1996 05:35:44 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Cleve", "Richard", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612049
Kotel'nikov Gennadii
G. A. Kotel'nikov (RRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia)
Symmetries of the free Schrodinger Equation
14 pages, LaTex
Journal of Russian Laser Research, 23 (2002) 565-579
null
IAE-5778/1
quant-ph
null
An algorithm is proposed for research into the symmetrical properties of theoretical and mathematical physics equations. The application of this algorithm to the free Schrodinger equation permited us to establish that in addition to the known Galilei symmetry, the free Schrodinger equation possesses also the relativistic symmetry in some generalized sense. This property of the free Schrodinger equation permits the equation to be extended into the relativistic area of movements of a particle being studied.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 20 Dec 1996 13:38:46 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Kotel'nikov", "G. A.", "", "RRC \"Kurchatov Institute\", Moscow, Russia" ] ]
quant-ph/9612050
Michael Martin Nieto
Michael Martin Nieto
Displaced and Squeezed Number States
16 pages, LaTeX, plus 4 figures
Phys.Lett. A229 (1997) 135
10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00183-7
LA-UR-96-4789
quant-ph physics.atom-ph
null
After beginning with a short historical review of the concept of displaced (coherent) and squeezed states, we discuss previous (often forgotten) work on displaced and squeezed number states. Next, we obtain the most general displaced and squeezed number states. We do this in both the functional and operator (Fock) formalisms, thereby demonstrating the necessary equivalence. We then obtain the time-dependent expectation values, uncertainties, wave-functions, and probability densities. In conclusion, there is a discussion on the possibility of experimentally observing these states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 23 Dec 1996 23:55:10 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Nieto", "Michael Martin", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612051
A. G. Karavayev
A.G. Karavayev and Yu.O. Budayev
Coherent and trajectory-coherent states of a damped harmonic oscillator
9 pages LaTex, submitted to Mod.Phys.Lett.B
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
In this paper we construct the coherent and trajectory-coherent states of a damped harmonic oscillator. We investigate the properties of this states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 27 Dec 1996 04:51:33 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 4 Jan 1997 07:25:51 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Karavayev", "A. G.", "" ], [ "Budayev", "Yu. O.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9612052
Philip Maymin
Philip Maymin (Harvard University)
Extending the Lambda Calculus to Express Randomized and Quantumized Algorithms
26 pages, LaTeX2e, no figures. Revision changed \today to December 31, 1996
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
This paper introduces a formal metalanguage called the lambda-q calculus for the specification of quantum programming languages. This metalanguage is an extension of the lambda calculus, which provides a formal setting for the specification of classical programming languages. As an intermediary step, we introduce a formal metalanguage called the lambda-p calculus for the specification of programming languages that allow true random number generation. We demonstrate how selected randomized algorithms can be programmed directly in the lambda-p calculus. We also demonstrate how satisfiability can be solved in the lambda-q calculus.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 31 Dec 1996 19:33:43 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Thu, 9 Jan 1997 14:16:31 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Maymin", "Philip", "", "Harvard University" ] ]
quant-ph/9701001
Gilles Brassard
Charles H. Bennett, Ethan Bernstein, Gilles Brassard and Umesh Vazirani
Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantum Computing
18 pages, latex, no figures, to appear in SIAM Journal on Computing (special issue on quantum computing)
SIAM Journal on Computing 26(5):1510-1523, 1997
10.1137/S0097539796300933
null
quant-ph
null
Recently a great deal of attention has focused on quantum computation following a sequence of results suggesting that quantum computers are more powerful than classical probabilistic computers. Following Shor's result that factoring and the extraction of discrete logarithms are both solvable in quantum polynomial time, it is natural to ask whether all of NP can be efficiently solved in quantum polynomial time. In this paper, we address this question by proving that relative to an oracle chosen uniformly at random, with probability 1, the class NP cannot be solved on a quantum Turing machine in time $o(2^{n/2})$. We also show that relative to a permutation oracle chosen uniformly at random, with probability 1, the class $NP \cap coNP$ cannot be solved on a quantum Turing machine in time $o(2^{n/3})$. The former bound is tight since recent work of Grover shows how to accept the class NP relative to any oracle on a quantum computer in time $O(2^{n/2})$.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 1 Jan 1997 13:55:07 GMT" } ]
2020-03-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bennett", "Charles H.", "" ], [ "Bernstein", "Ethan", "" ], [ "Brassard", "Gilles", "" ], [ "Vazirani", "Umesh", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701002
Jeong-Young Ji
Jeong-Young Ji and Kwang-Sup Soh
Quantum theory of motion of a time-dependent harmonic oscillator in the pilot-wave theory
10 pages, revTeX, no figures
J.KoreanPhys.Soc.33:507-510,1998
null
SNUTP 97-003
quant-ph
null
The de Broglie-Bohm quantum trajectories are found in analytically closed forms for the eigenstates and the coherent state of the Lewis-Riesenfeld (LR) invariant of a time-dependent harmonic oscillator. It is also shown that an eigenstate (a coherent state) of an invariant can be interpreted as squeezed states obtained by squeezing an eigenstate (a coherent state) of another invariant. This provides ways for a whole description of squeezed states.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 3 Jan 1997 17:04:18 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Ji", "Jeong-Young", "" ], [ "Soh", "Kwang-Sup", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701003
Brif Constantin
C. Brif (Technion, Haifa)
SU(2) and SU(1,1) algebra eigenstates: A unified analytic approach to coherent and intelligent states
LaTeX, 24 pages, 1 figure (compressed PostScript, available at http://www.technion.ac.il/~brif/abstracts/AES.html ). More information on http://www.technion.ac.il/~brif/science.html
Int.J.Theor.Phys.36:1651-1682,1997
10.1007/BF02435763
null
quant-ph
null
We introduce the concept of algebra eigenstates which are defined for an arbitrary Lie group as eigenstates of elements of the corresponding complex Lie algebra. We show that this concept unifies different definitions of coherent states associated with a dynamical symmetry group. On the one hand, algebra eigenstates include different sets of Perelomov's generalized coherent states. On the other hand, intelligent states (which are squeezed states for a system of general symmetry) also form a subset of algebra eigenstates. We develop the general formalism and apply it to the SU(2) and SU(1,1) simple Lie groups. Complete solutions to the general eigenvalue problem are found in the both cases, by a method that employs analytic representations of the algebra eigenstates. This analytic method also enables us to obtain exact closed expressions for quantum statistical properties of an arbitrary algebra eigenstate. Important special cases such as standard coherent states and intelligent states are examined and relations between them are studied by using their analytic representations.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 3 Jan 1997 11:52:41 GMT" } ]
2014-11-18T00:00:00
[ [ "Brif", "C.", "", "Technion, Haifa" ] ]
quant-ph/9701004
Carlos Cabrillo
C. Cabrillo, J. L. Roldan, and P. Garcia-Fernandez (Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Spain)
Almost perfect squeezing at high intensities by stabilization from competing non-linearities
4 pages, RevTex, 3 EPS figures, uses psfig.sty, psfig.tex and epsf.sty. Avoid line breaks in the psfig commands
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
The squeezing properties of a cavity Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) system with an added Kerr effect-like nonlinearity are studied as a function of the intra-cavity photon number. The competition between the second and the third order non-linearities shifts the Hopf bifurcation of the standard SHG towards higher intra-cavity energies eventually completely stabilizing the system. Remarkably, the noise suppression is at the same time strongly enhanced, so that almost perfect squeezing is obtained for arbitrarily large intra-cavity photon numbers. Possible experimental implementations are finally discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 3 Jan 1997 13:00:42 GMT" } ]
2009-09-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Cabrillo", "C.", "", "Instituto de\n Estructura de la Materia, Spain" ], [ "Roldan", "J. L.", "", "Instituto de\n Estructura de la Materia, Spain" ], [ "Garcia-Fernandez", "P.", "", "Instituto de\n Estructura de la Materia, Spain" ] ]
quant-ph/9701005
Mehran Kardar
Ramin Golestanian and Mehran Kardar
The Mechanical Response of Vacuum
REVTEX, 4 pages, 1 figure
Phys.Rev.Lett. 78 (1997) 3421-3425
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3421
null
quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mech
null
A path integral formulation is developed for the dynamic Casimir effect. It allows us to study arbitrary deformations in space and time of the perfectly reflecting (conducting) boundaries of a cavity. The mechanical response of the intervening vacuum is calculated to linear order in the frequency-wavevector plane. For a single corrugated plate we find a correction to mass at low frequencies, and an effective shear viscosity at high frequencies; both anisotropic. For two plates there is resonant dissipation for all frequencies greater than the lowest optical mode of the cavity.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 3 Jan 1997 21:36:45 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Golestanian", "Ramin", "" ], [ "Kardar", "Mehran", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701006
Peter Varga
Peter Varga
A Modification of Nambu's Mechanics
revised version, 10 pages AMS-LaTeX
null
null
null
quant-ph math.QA q-alg
null
The Poisson, contact and Nambu brackets define algebraic structures on $C^{\infty}(M)$ satisfying the Jacobi identity or its generalization. The automorphism groups of these brackets are the symplectic, contact and volume preserving diffeomorphism groups. We introduce a modification of the Nambu bracket, which defines an evolution equation generating the whole diffeomorphism group. The relation between the modified and usual Nambu brackets is similar to the relation between the Poisson and contact structures. We briefly discuss the problem of quantization of the modified bracket.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sat, 4 Jan 1997 10:06:20 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:13:38 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Varga", "Peter", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701007
null
Pavel Exner
Magnetoresonances on a lasso graph
To appear in the February issue of "Foundations of Physics" dedicated to the 65th birthday of L.P. Horwitz; 17 LaTeX pages with 2 ps figures
Found.Phys. 27 (1997) 171-190
10.1007/BF02550448
null
quant-ph cond-mat funct-an math.FA
null
We consider a charged spinless quantum particle confined to a graph consisting of a loop to which a halfline lead is attached; this system is placed into a homogeneous magnetic field perpendicular to the loop plane. We derive the reflection amplitude and show that there is an infinite ladder of resonances; analyzing the resonance pole trajectories we show that half of them turn into true embedded eigenvalues provided the flux through the loop is an integer or halfinteger multiple of the flux unit $hc/e$. We also describe a general method to solve the scattering problem on graphs of which the present model is a simple particular case. Finally, we discuss ways in which a state localized initially at the loop decays.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 6 Jan 1997 09:29:58 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Exner", "Pavel", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701008
Manfred Leubner
D. Jaksch, C.W. Gardiner and P. Zoller
Quantum Kinetic Theory III: Simulation of the Quantum Boltzmann Master Equation
12 pages, 15 figures
null
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.575
null
quant-ph
null
We present results of simulations of a em quantum Boltzmann master equation (QBME) describing the kinetics of a dilute Bose gas confined in a trapping potential in the regime of Bose condensation. The QBME is the simplest version of a quantum kinetic master equations derived in previous work. We consider two cases of trapping potentials: a 3D square well potential with periodic boundary conditions, and an isotropic harmonic oscillator. We discuss the stationary solutions and relaxation to equilibrium. In particular, we calculate particle distribution functions, fluctuations in the occupation numbers, the time between collisions, and the mean occupation numbers of the one-particle states in the regime of onset of Bose condensation.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 7 Jan 1997 12:24:42 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 10 Jan 1997 10:19:24 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Jaksch", "D.", "" ], [ "Gardiner", "C. W.", "" ], [ "Zoller", "P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701009
Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano
G. M. D'Ariano (University of Pavia) and C. Macchiavello (University of Oxford)
Comment on "Loss-error compensation in quantum-state measurements"
3 pages, RevTeX, 2 figures included, to appear on Phys. Rev. A (April 1998)
Phys.Rev. A57 (1998) 3131
10.1103/PhysRevA.57.3131
null
quant-ph
null
In the two papers [T. Kiss, U. Herzog, and U. Leonhardt, Phys. Rev. A 52, 2433 (1995); U. Herzog, Phys. Rev. A 53, 1245 (1996)] with titles similar to the one given above, the authors assert that in some cases it is possible to compensate a quantum efficiency $\eta\leq 1/2$ in quantum-state measurements, violating the lower bound 1/2 proved in a preceding paper [G. M. D'Ariano, U. Leonhardt and H. Paul, Phys. Rev. A 52, R1801 (1995)]. Here we re-establish the bound as unsurpassable for homodyning any quantum state, and show how the proposed loss-compensation method would always fail in a real measurement outside the allowed $\eta >1/2$ region.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 9 Jan 1997 14:50:25 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:07:18 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Thu, 22 Jan 1998 18:00:16 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "D'Ariano", "G. M.", "", "University of Pavia" ], [ "Macchiavello", "C.", "", "University\n of Oxford" ] ]
quant-ph/9701010
Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano
G. M. D'Ariano and N. Sterpi (University of Pavia), and C. Macchiavello (University of Oxford)
Systematic and statistical errors in homodyne measurements of the density matrix
16 pages, LaTeX, 9 postscript figures included
Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 9 (1997) 929
10.1088/1355-5111/9/6/006
null
quant-ph
null
We study both systematic and statistical errors in radiation density matrix measurements. First we estimate the minimum number of scanning phases needed to reduce systematic errors below a fixed threshold. Then, we calculate the statistical errors, intrinsic in the procedure that gives the density matrix. We present a detailed study of such errors versus the detectors quantum efficiency $\eta$ and the matrix indexes in the number representation, for different radiation states. For unit quantum efficiency, and for both coherent and squeezed states, the statistical errors of the diagonal matrix elements saturate for large n. On the contrary, off-diagonal errors increase with the distance from the diagonal. For non unit quantum efficiency the statistical errors along the diagonal do not saturate, and increase dramatically versus both $1-\eta$ and the matrix indexes.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 9 Jan 1997 15:16:09 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "D'Ariano", "G. M.", "", "University of Pavia" ], [ "Sterpi", "N.", "", "University of Pavia" ], [ "Macchiavello", "C.", "", "University of Oxford" ] ]
quant-ph/9701011
Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano
G. M. D'Ariano (University of Pavia)
Homodyning as universal detection
11 pages, LateX, no figures. Published in "Quantum Communication,Computing, and Measurement", Edited by O. Hirota, A. S. Holevo, and C. M. Caves, Plenum Publishing (New York and London 1997), p. 253
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Homodyne tomography - i. e. homodyning while scanning the local oscillator phase - is now a well assessed method for ``measuring'' the quantum state. In this paper I will show how it can be used as a kind of universal detection, for measuring generic field operators, however at expense of some additional noise. The general class of field operators that can be measured in this way is presented, and includes also operators that are inaccessible to heterodyne detection. The noise from tomographical homodyning is compared to that from heterodyning, for those operators that can be measured in both ways. It turns out that for some operators homodyning is better than heterodyning when the mean photon number is sufficiently small. Finally, the robustness of the method to additive phase-insensitive noise is analyzed. It is shown that just half photon of thermal noise would spoil the measurement completely.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 9 Jan 1997 19:06:39 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 26 Jan 1998 18:01:01 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "D'Ariano", "G. M.", "", "University of Pavia" ] ]
quant-ph/9701012
Gergely Bana
Gergely Bana (Theoretical Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest), Thomas Durt (Theoretical Physics. Vrije Univerity, Brussels)
Proof of Kolmogorovian Censorship
19 pages, LaTeX
Found.Phys. 27 (1997) 1355-1373
10.1007/BF02551517
null
quant-ph
null
Many argued (Accardi and Fedullo, Pitowsky) that Kolmogorov's axioms of classical probability theory are incompatible with quantum probabilities, and this is the reason for the violation of Bell's inequalities. Szab\'o showed that, in fact, these inequalities are not violated by the experimentally observed frequencies if we consider the real, ``effective'' frequencies. We prove in this work a theorem which generalizes this result: ``effective'' frequencies associated to quantum events always admit a Kolmogorovian representation, when these events are collected through different experimental set ups, the choice of which obeys a classical distribution.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:40:27 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Bana", "Gergely", "", "Theoretical Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest" ], [ "Durt", "Thomas", "", "Theoretical Physics. Vrije Univerity, Brussels" ] ]
quant-ph/9701013
Tad Hogg
Tad Hogg
A Framework for Structured Quantum Search
18 pages, Latex, 7 figures, further information available at ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/dynamics/quantum.html
Physica D120 (1998) 102-116
10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00047-5
null
quant-ph
null
A quantum algorithm for general combinatorial search that uses the underlying structure of the search space to increase the probability of finding a solution is presented. This algorithm shows how coherent quantum systems can be matched to the underlying structure of abstract search spaces, and is analytically simpler than previous structured search methods. The algorithm is evaluated empirically with a variety of search problems, and shown to be particularly effective for searches with many constraints. Furthermore, the algorithm provides a simple framework for utilizing search heuristics. It also exhibits the same phase transition in search difficulty as found for sophisticated classical search methods, indicating it is effectively using the problem structure.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 13 Jan 1997 22:07:35 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Hogg", "Tad", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701014
Armin Uhlmann
Armin Uhlmann
Optimizing entropy relative to a channel or a subalgebra
7 pages, latex, no figures. To be published in: Proceedings of the XXI International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Goslar 1996
Open Sys. & Inf. Dyn. 5 (1998) 209-227
null
null
quant-ph
null
After recalling definition, monotonicity, concavity, and continuity of a channel's entropy with respect to a state (finite dimensional cases only), I introduce the roof property, a convex analytic tool, and show its use in treating an example. Full proofs and more examples will appear elsewhere. The relation (a la Benatti) to accessible information is mentioned.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:38:05 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Uhlmann", "Armin", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701015
Charles H. Bennett
Charles H. Bennett, David P. DiVincenzo, and John A. Smolin
Capacities of Quantum Erasure Channels
4 pages, RevTeX, epsf macros to include 2 eps figures. See also http://vesta.physics.ucla.edu/~smolin/ Version 2, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett., includes several small changes and corrections
Phys.Rev.Lett.78:3217-3220,1997
10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3217
null
quant-ph
null
The quantum analog of the classical erasure channel provides a simple example of a channel whose asymptotic capacity for faithful transmission of intact quantum states, with and without the assistance of a two-way classical side channel, can be computed exactly. We derive the quantum and classical capacities for the quantum erasure channel and related channels, and compare them to the depolarizing channel, for which only upper and lower bounds on the capacities are known.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 14 Jan 1997 19:07:21 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 12 Mar 1997 17:44:10 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Bennett", "Charles H.", "" ], [ "DiVincenzo", "David P.", "" ], [ "Smolin", "John A.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701016
Washington Taylor
Bruce M. Boghosian (BU) and Washington Taylor (Princeton U.)
Quantum lattice-gas models for the many-body Schrodinger equation
13 pages LaTeX, with 2 postscript figures; talk given by WT at the Sixth International Conference on Discrete Fluid Mechanics, BU, Boston MA, August 1996. Several minor errors corrected
null
10.1142/S0129183197000606
BU-CCS-970102, PUPT-1677
quant-ph comp-gas hep-lat hep-th nlin.CG
null
A general class of discrete unitary models are described whose behavior in the continuum limit corresponds to a many-body Schrodinger equation. On a quantum computer, these models could be used to simulate quantum many-body systems with an exponential speedup over analogous simulations on classical computers. On a classical computer, these models give an explicitly unitary and local prescription for discretizing the Schrodinger equation. It is shown that models of this type can be constructed for an arbitrary number of particles moving in an arbitrary number of dimensions with an arbitrary interparticle interaction.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 14 Jan 1997 19:23:11 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:15:07 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Boghosian", "Bruce M.", "", "BU" ], [ "Taylor", "Washington", "", "Princeton U." ] ]
quant-ph/9701017
Dmitriy Palatnik
Dmitriy Palatnik (SMG Marketing Group, Chicago IL)
Born--Infeld gravitation: Spherically symmetric static solutions
11 pages, LaTeX, minor corrections
Phys.Lett.B432:287-292,1998
10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00681-9
SMG-97-1
quant-ph gr-qc
null
In this paper attention is focused on gravitational sector of the Born--Infeld theory, suggested in quant-ph/9608014. Vacuum equations for gravitational field are derived. The asymptotic for modified Schwarzschild solution is obtained, as a decomposition in parameter $L \approx 10^{-32}$ cm. It is shown, that singularity at $r = 0$ is absent, being replaced by a `ball of matter' with finite dimensions, such that density of matter is of order of magnitude of the Planck's density. Another solution of the same symmetry is obtained, corresponding to a closed space of finite volume of order $L^3$.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Jan 1997 00:36:17 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 15 Jan 1997 03:27:51 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Sat, 18 Jan 1997 19:02:01 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Tue, 21 Jan 1997 04:49:23 GMT" } ]
2010-11-19T00:00:00
[ [ "Palatnik", "Dmitriy", "", "SMG Marketing Group, Chicago IL" ] ]
quant-ph/9701018
D. Trifonov
D.A. Trifonov
Robertson Intelligent States
23 pages, LaTex. Minor changes in text and references. Accepted in J. Phys. A
J.Phys.A30:5941-5957,1997
10.1088/0305-4470/30/17/006
INRNE-TH-97/1
quant-ph cond-mat nucl-th
null
Diagonalization of uncertainty matrix and minimization of Robertson inequality for n observables are considered. It is proved that for even n this relation is minimized in states which are eigenstates of n/2 independent complex linear combinations of the observables. In case of canonical observables this eigenvalue condition is also necessary. Such minimizing states are called Robertson intelligent states (RIS). The group related coherent states (CS) with maximal symmetry (for semisimple Lie groups) are particular case of RIS for the quadratures of Weyl generators. Explicit constructions of RIS are considered for operators of su(1,1), su(2), h_N and sp(N,R) algebras. Unlike the group related CS, RIS can exhibit strong squeezing of group generators. Multimode squared amplitude squeezed states are naturally introduced as sp(N,R) RIS. It is shown that the uncertainty matrices for quadratures of q-deformed boson operators a_{q,j} (q > 0) and of any k power of a_j = a_{1,j} are positive definite and can be diagonalized by symplectic linear transformations. PACS numbers: 03.65.Fd, 42.50.Dv
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Jan 1997 10:10:23 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:48:01 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:48:01 GMT" } ]
2016-09-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Trifonov", "D. A.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701019
Washington Taylor
Bruce M. Boghosian (BU) and Washington Taylor (Princeton U.)
Simulating quantum mechanics on a quantum computer
22 pages LaTeX; Expanded version of a talk given by WT at the PhysComp '96 conference, BU, Boston MA, November 1996. Minor corrections made, references added
PhysicaD120:30-42,1998
10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00042-6
BU-CCS-970103, PUPT-1678
quant-ph comp-gas hep-lat hep-th nlin.CG
null
Algorithms are described for efficiently simulating quantum mechanical systems on quantum computers. A class of algorithms for simulating the Schrodinger equation for interacting many-body systems are presented in some detail. These algorithms would make it possible to simulate nonrelativistic quantum systems on a quantum computer with an exponential speedup compared to simulations on classical computers. Issues involved in simulating relativistic systems of Dirac and gauge particles are discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 15 Jan 1997 22:19:50 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Sat, 8 Mar 1997 18:16:04 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Boghosian", "Bruce M.", "", "BU" ], [ "Taylor", "Washington", "", "Princeton U." ] ]
quant-ph/9701020
Guo Guangcan
Lu-Ming Duan and Guang-Can Guo (University of Science and Technology of China)
Cooperative loss and decoherence in quantum computation and commuication
10 pages, no figures, Latex
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Cooperative effects in the loss (the amplitude damping) and decoherence (the phase damping) of the qubits (two-state quantum systems) due to the inevitable coupling to the same environment are investigated. It is found that the qubits undergo the dissipation coherently in this case. In particular, for a special kind of input states (called the coherence-preserving states), whose form depends on the type of the coupling, loss and decoherence in quantum memory are much reduced. Based on this phenomenon, a scheme by encoding the general input states of the qubits into the corresponding coherence-preserving states is proposed for reducing the cooperative loss and decoherence in quantum computation or communication.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 16 Jan 1997 08:49:58 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Duan", "Lu-Ming", "", "University of Science and Technology\n of China" ], [ "Guo", "Guang-Can", "", "University of Science and Technology\n of China" ] ]
quant-ph/9701021
Vadim N. Melekhin
V. N. Melekhin
Correlation between Quantum Mechanics and Classical Theory of Rotating Electron Models and Possible Experiment
8 pages, latex, no figures, 19kb
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
It is shown that the point charge and magnetic moment of electron produce together such a field that total electromagnetic momentum has a component perpendicular to electron velocity. As a result classical electron models, having magnetic moment, move not along a straight line, if there is no external force, but along a spiral, the space period and radius of which are comparable with de-Broglie wave length. Some other surprising coincidences with quantum theory arise as a result of calculation. An experiment is proposed for direct observation of quantum or of new type electron delocalization.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Jan 1997 12:38:44 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Melekhin", "V. N.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701022
Xinwei Kong
Xinwei Kong, Finn Ravndal
What is the Regularized Casimir Vacuum Energy Density?
6 pages, Latex
null
null
null
quant-ph hep-th
null
The regularized total Casimir energy in spacetimes with boundaries is not in general equal to the integral of the regularized energy density. This paradoxical phenomenon is most transparently analyzed in the simple example of a massless scalar field in 1+1 dimensions confined to a line element of length $L$ and obeying Dirichlet boundary conditions.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:44:54 GMT" } ]
2007-05-23T00:00:00
[ [ "Kong", "Xinwei", "" ], [ "Ravndal", "Finn", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701023
Kiyoung Kim
Kiyoung Kim (Department of Physics, University of Utah)
The wave function in Quantum Mechanics
24 pages, 8 figures, LaTex; added section 5, references
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Through a new interpretation of Special Theory of Relativity and with a model given for physical space, we can find a way to understand the basic principles of Quantum Mechanics consistently from Classical Theory. It is supposed that natural phenomena have a connection with intangible reality which cannot be measured directly. Furthermore, the intangible reality is supposed as vacuum particles -- stationary vacuum electrons as a model. In addition, 4-Dimensional Complex Space is introduced, in which each dimension has an internal complex space.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Sun, 19 Jan 1997 04:19:16 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Mon, 27 Jan 1997 19:58:34 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Tue, 10 Feb 1998 04:52:12 GMT" } ]
2009-09-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Kim", "Kiyoung", "", "Department of Physics, University of Utah" ] ]
quant-ph/9701024
Nicolas Gisin
Nicolas Gisin (Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva), Ian C Percival (Department of Physics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London)
Quantum State Diffusion: from Foundations to Applications
18 pages, TeX, 6 Figures available from the authors. To appear in "Festschrift" in honor of Abner Shimony
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
Deeper insight leads to better practice. We show how the study of the foundations of quantum mechanics has led to new pictures of open systems and to a method of computation which is practical and can be used where others cannot. We illustrate the power of the new method by a series of pictures that show the emergence of classical features in a quantum world. We compare the development of quantum mechanics and of the theory of (biological) evolution.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:14:07 GMT" } ]
2009-09-25T00:00:00
[ [ "Gisin", "Nicolas", "", "Group of Applied Physics, University of Geneva" ], [ "Percival", "Ian C", "", "Department of Physics, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University\n of London" ] ]
quant-ph/9701025
Bonatsos Dennis
Dennis Bonatsos, C. Daskaloyannis and P. Kolokotronis
Coupled Q-oscillators as a model for vibrations of polyatomic molecules
13 pages, LaTeX
null
10.1063/1.473189
null
quant-ph
null
The system of two $Q$-deformed oscillators coupled so that the total Hamiltonian has the su$_Q$(2) symmetry is proved to be equivalent, to lowest order approximation, to a system of two identical Morse oscillators coupled by the cross-anharmonicity usually used empirically in describing vibrational spectra of triatomic molecules. The symmetry also imposes a connection between the self-anharmonicity of the Morse oscillators and the cross-anharmonicity strength, which can be removed by replacing the $Q$-oscillators by deformed anharmonic oscillators. The generalization to $n$ oscillators is straightforward. The applicability of the formalism to highly symmetric polyatomic molecules is discussed.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Tue, 21 Jan 1997 06:16:35 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Bonatsos", "Dennis", "" ], [ "Daskaloyannis", "C.", "" ], [ "Kolokotronis", "P.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701026
null
J. Twamley, (Imperial College, London, UK)
Quantum distribution functions for radial observables
4 pages, LaTeX with revtex, epsfig, multicol. Submitted to PRL
J.Phys.A31:4811-4819,1998
10.1088/0305-4470/31/20/018
null
quant-ph
null
For quantum systems with two dimensional configuration space we construct a physical radial momentum observable. Rescaling the radius we find the dilatonic degrees of freedom form a Weyl algebra. With this we construct the radial Wigner quasi-probability distribution function.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Jan 1997 19:48:01 GMT" } ]
2008-11-26T00:00:00
[ [ "Twamley", "J.", "" ] ]
quant-ph/9701027
Alexander Y. Vlasov
Alexander Yu. Vlasov (FCR/IRH, St.-Petersburg, Russia)
Quantum Theory of Computation and Relativistic Physics
6 pages, LaTeX2e, 2 columns, 4 PostScript figures are included by epsfig.sty; based on poster in Proc. PhysComp '96 Workshop (BU, Boston MA, 22-24 Nov 1996) pp. 332-333, a "no-go" result for bounded quantum networks; v3/4 -- typos corrected, minor changes
null
null
RQC-VAY11/v4
quant-ph
null
In the e-print is discussed a few steps to introducing of "vocabulary" of relativistic physics in quantum theory of information and computation (QTI&C). The behavior of a few simple quantum systems those are used as models in QTI&C is tested by usual relativistic tools (transformation properties of wave vectors, etc.). Massless and charged massive particles with spin 1/2 are considered. Field theory is also discussed briefly.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:55:08 GMT" }, { "version": "v2", "created": "Tue, 28 Jan 1997 02:21:57 GMT" }, { "version": "v3", "created": "Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:24:38 GMT" }, { "version": "v4", "created": "Wed, 4 Aug 1999 19:52:40 GMT" } ]
2008-02-03T00:00:00
[ [ "Vlasov", "Alexander Yu.", "", "FCR/IRH, St.-Petersburg, Russia" ] ]
quant-ph/9701028
Martin Plenio
V. Buzek, V. Vedral, M.B. Plenio, P.L. Knight (Imperial College, London) and M. Hillery (Hunter College, CUNY, NY)
Broadcasting of entanglement via local copying
6 pages, to appear in Phys. Rev. A 1997
Phys.Rev. A55 (1997) 3327-3332
10.1103/PhysRevA.55.3327
null
quant-ph
null
We show that inseparability of quantum states can be partially broadcasted (copied, cloned) with the help of local operations, i.e. distant parties sharing an entangled pair of spin 1/2 states can generate two pairs of partially nonlocally entangled states using only local operations. This procedure can be viewed as an inversion of quantum purification procedures.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:17:27 GMT" } ]
2009-10-30T00:00:00
[ [ "Buzek", "V.", "", "Imperial College,\n London" ], [ "Vedral", "V.", "", "Imperial College,\n London" ], [ "Plenio", "M. B.", "", "Imperial College,\n London" ], [ "Knight", "P. L.", "", "Imperial College,\n London" ], [ "Hillery", "M.", "", "Hunter College, CUNY, NY" ] ]
quant-ph/9701029
Vladimir Buzek
R.Derka, V. Buzek, G.Adam, and P.L.Knight
From quantum Bayesian inference to quantum tomography
12 pages, LaTeX with revtex, appeared in Journal of Fine Mechanics and Optics, n.11-12, p. 341 (1996)
null
null
null
quant-ph
null
We derive an expression for a density operator estimated via Bayesian quantum inference in the limit of an infinite number of measurements. This expression is derived under the assumption that the reconstructed system is in a pure state. In this case the estimation corresponds to an averaging over a generalized microcanonical ensemble of pure states satisfying a set of constraints imposed by the measured mean values of the observables under consideration. We show that via the ``purification'' ansatz, statistical mixtures can also be consistently reconstructed via the quantum Bayesian inference scheme. In this case the estimation corresponds to averaging over the generalized canonical ensemble of states satisfying the given constraints, and the reconstructed density operator maximizes the von Neumann entropy (i.e., this density operator is equal to the generalized canonical density operator which follows from the Jaynes principle of maximum entropy). We study in detail the reconstruction of the spin-1/2 density operator and discuss the logical connection between the three reconstruction schemes, i.e., (1) quantum Bayesian inference, (2) reconstruction via the Jaynes principle of maximum entropy, and (3) discrete quantum tomography.
[ { "version": "v1", "created": "Thu, 23 Jan 1997 11:34:47 GMT" } ]
2016-09-08T00:00:00
[ [ "Derka", "R.", "" ], [ "Buzek", "V.", "" ], [ "Adam", "G.", "" ], [ "Knight", "P. L.", "" ] ]