quantum devices (or, how to build your own quantum computer)
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Quantum Devices(or, How to Build Your Own Quantum Computer)
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Pop Quiz:
A) A single mode of electromagnetic radiation
B) A cavity quality factor determined by the reflectance of the cavity walls
C) An omnipotent being that likes to cause havoc with interplanetary explorers
Question 1: What is Q?
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Pop Quiz:
A) A quantum state that can be reliably reproduced with low variability
B) The physical state of superposition shared by photons in a wavepacket
C) A trust fund
Question 2: What is a fiducial state?
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Pop Quiz:
A) Two partially silvered mirrors that bounce photons back and forth, forcing them to interact with atoms
B) A way to trap half integer spin particles, known as fermions
C) Something your dentist warns will happen if you don’t brush properly
Question 3: What is the Fabry-Perot cavity?
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Pop Quiz:
A) The motion of a trapped ion in a harmonic field potential
B) An atom-field system in which the atom and field exchange a quantum of energy at a particular frequency
C) A Jewish dance
Question 4: What are Rabi oscillations?
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Necessary Conditions for Quantum Computation
• Representation of quantum information
• Universal family of unitary transformations
• Fiducial initial state
• Measurement of output result
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Representation of Quantum Information
• Need to find a balance– Robustness– Ability to interact qubits– Initial state– Measurement
• Finite number of states
• Decoherence and speed of operations
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Decoherence and Operation Times
What is the difference between decoherence and quantum noise?
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Physical Qubit Representations
• Photon– Polarization– Spatial mode
• Spin– Atomic nucleus– Electron
• Charge– Quantum dot
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Unitary Transformations
• Single spin operations and CNOT can produce any unitary transformation
• Imperfections lead to decoherence
• Must take into account the back-action of quantum system with the computer
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Fiducial Initial State
• Need only to produce a single known state
• Need high fidelity to avoid decoherence
• Need low entropy to make measurements accessible
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Measurement
• Strong measurements are difficult
• Weak measurements can suffice using ensembles of qubits
• Figure of merit: SNR (signal to noise ratio)
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Optical Photon:
Qubit representation:
• polarization– integer spin state of a photon– sidenote: why do polarized sunglasses work?
• location of single photon between two modes – dual-rail representation
– photon in cavity c0 or c1?: c0|01> + c1|10>
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Optical Photon:
Unitary evolution:
• Mirrors
• Phase shifters
• Beamsplitters
• Kerr media
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Optical Photon:
Initial state preparation:
• Attenuating laser light
Readout:
• Photodetector (photomultiplier tube)
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Optical Photon:
Advantages:
• Well isolated
• Fast transmission of quantum states - great for quantum communication
Drawbacks:
• Difficult to make photons interact
• Absorption loss with Kerr media
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Optical Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
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Optical Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
Qubit representation:
• polarization or location of single photon between two modes
• atomic spin mediated by photons
Unitary evoluation:
• phase shifters
• beamsplitters
• cavity QED system
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Optical Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
Initial state:
• attenuating laser light
Readout:
• photomuliplier tube
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Optical Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
Drawbacks:
• Absorption loss in cavity
• Strengthening atom-field interaction makes coupling photon into and out of cavity difficult.
• Limited cascadibility
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Ion Trap
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Ion Trap
Qubit representation:
• Hyperfine (nuclear spin) state of an atom and phonons of trapped atoms
Unitary evolution:
• Laser pulses manipulate atomic state
• Qubits interact via shared phonon state
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Ion Trap
Initial state preparation:
• Cool the atoms to ground state using optical pumping
Readout:
• Measure population of hyperfine states
Drawbacks:
• Phonon lifetimes are short, and ions are difficult to prepare in their ground states.
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Qubit representation:
• Spin of an atomic nucleus
Unitary evolution:
• Transforms constructed from magnetic field pulses applied to spins in a strong magnetic field. Couplings between spins provided by chemical bonds between neighboring atoms.
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NMR Schematic
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Initial State Preparation (NMR)
• Refocusing
• Temporal Labeling
• Spatial Labeling
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Hamiltonian of NMR
• Affect single spin dynamics• Spin-spin coupling between nuclei
– Direct dipolar coupling– Through bond interactions
• RF Magnetic field of NMR• Decoherence:
– inhomogeneity of sample– thermalization of spins to equilibrium
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Unitary Transformations (NMR)
• Single spin
– can affect arbitrary single bit rotations using RF
• CNOT
– use refocusing and single qubit pulses