Title:Quantum Journal Club:Quantum harmonic oscillator state synthesis by reservoir en
Speaker: Kuan Zhang Tsinghua University
Time: 2015-03-26 15:00-2015-03-26 16:00
Venue:CQI meeting room

Abstract:

The robust generation of quantum states in the presence of decoherence is a primary challenge for explorations of quantummechanics at larger scales. Using themechanicalmotion of a single trapped ion, we utilize reservoir engineering to generate squeezed, coherent, and displaced-squeezed states as steady states in the presence of noise. We verify the created state by generating two-state correlated spin-motion Rabi oscillations, resulting in high-contrast measurements. For both cooling and measurement, we use spin-oscillator couplings that provide transitions between oscillator states in an engineered Fock state basis. Our approach should facilitate studies of entanglement, quantum computation, and open-system quantum simulations in a wide range of physical systems.



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