Equilibration of Large Quantum Systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-13
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Large Quantum

scholarly journals Topological protection of biphoton states

Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 362 (6414) ◽  
pp. 568-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Blanco-Redondo ◽  
Bryn Bell ◽  
Dikla Oren ◽  
Benjamin J. Eggleton ◽  
Mordechai Segev
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Information ◽  
Thermal Environment ◽  
Propagation Constant ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Gates ◽  
Scattering Loss ◽  
Spatial Features ◽  
Quantum Optical ◽  
Nontrivial Topology ◽  
Large Quantum

The robust generation and propagation of multiphoton quantum states are crucial for applications in quantum information, computing, and communications. Although photons are intrinsically well isolated from the thermal environment, scaling to large quantum optical devices is still limited by scattering loss and other errors arising from random fabrication imperfections. The recent discoveries regarding topological phases have introduced avenues to construct quantum systems that are protected against scattering and imperfections. We experimentally demonstrate topological protection of biphoton states, the building block for quantum information systems. We provide clear evidence of the robustness of the spatial features and the propagation constant of biphoton states generated within a nanophotonics lattice with nontrivial topology and propose a concrete path to build robust entangled states for quantum gates.

Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Approaches to Collective Phenomena in Large Quantum Systems

2008 ◽  
pp. 2261-2292
Author(s):  
Stefan Adams ◽  
Marek Biskup ◽  
Robert Seiringer
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Collective Phenomena ◽  
Large Quantum

scholarly journals A Proof of the Bloch Theorem for Lattice Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 177 (4) ◽  
pp. 717-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruki Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Lattice Models ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Open Boundary ◽  
Current Operator ◽  
Open Boundary Condition ◽  
Expectation Value ◽  
Bloch Theorem ◽  
Large Quantum

Abstract The Bloch theorem is a powerful theorem stating that the expectation value of the U(1) current operator averaged over the entire space vanishes in large quantum systems. The theorem applies to the ground state and to the thermal equilibrium at a finite temperature, irrespective of the details of the Hamiltonian as far as all terms in the Hamiltonian are finite ranged. In this work we present a simple yet rigorous proof for general lattice models. For large but finite systems, we find that both the discussion and the conclusion are sensitive to the boundary condition one assumes: under the periodic boundary condition, one can only prove that the current expectation value is inversely proportional to the linear dimension of the system, while the current expectation value completely vanishes before taking the thermodynamic limit when the open boundary condition is imposed. We also provide simple tight-binding models that clarify the limitation of the theorem in dimensions higher than one.

TOWARDS A THEORY OF DECOHERENCE

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 643-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIANFAUSTO DELL'ANTONIO
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Particle ◽  
Small Mass ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Classical Description ◽  
Large Quantum

Consider a quantum particle of mass M in R3, described at time 0 by a wave function ϕ(x) with dispersion Δ, interacting independently with a collection of N particles of mass m. Using only Schroedinger's Quantum Mechanics we prove that when N becomes large and m/M becomes small, and if the information at time t>0 about the N particles of small mass in negleted, the system admits a "classical" description, i.e. a description in which the coherence of the wave function over distances of the order of mM-1N-1Δ have disappeared. We consider this a first step towards proving that most "sufficiently large" quantum systems interacting with an uncontrolled environment admit a classical description at least for position measurements.

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