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Practical realization of Practical realization of
Quantum ComputationQuantum Computation
Superconducting Superconducting qubitsqubits
Electrons on liquid HeliumElectrons on liquid Helium
Cavity QEDCavity QED
Lecture 19Lecture 19
QC implementation proposals
Bulk spin Resonance (NMR)
Optical Atoms Solid state
Linear optics Cavity QED
Trapped ions Optical lattices
Electrons on He Semiconductors Superconductors
Nuclear spin qubits
Electron spinqubits
Orbital statequbits
Flux qubits
Charge qubits
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SuperconductivitySuperconductivity
Superconductivity is a phenomenon occurring in certain materials at extremely low temperatures, characterized by exactly zero electrical resistance and the exclusion of the interior magnetic field (the Meissnereffect).
A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor, cooled with liquid
nitrogen. Persistent electric current flows on the surface of the superconductor,
acting to exclude the magnetic field of the magnet (the Meissner effect). This
current effectively forms an electromagnet that repels the magnet.
Superconducting qubits Superconducting qubits –– a timelinea timeline
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SuperconductivitySuperconductivity
The electrical resistivity of a metallic conductor decreases gradually as the temperature is lowered. However, in ordinary conductors such as copper and silver, impurities and other defects impose a lower limit. Even near absolute zero a real sample of copper shows a non-zero resistance.
The resistance of a superconductor, on the other hand, drops abruptly to zero when the material is cooled below its "criticaltemperature", typically 20 kelvin or less. An electrical current flowing in a loop of superconducting wire can persist indefinitely with no power source. Like ferromagnetism and atomic spectral lines, superconductivity is a quantum mechanical phenomenon. It cannot be understood simply as the idealization of "perfect conductivity" in classical physics.
SuperconductivitySuperconductivity
Superconductors are also able to maintain a current with no applied voltage whatsoever. Experimental evidence points to a current lifetime of at least 100,000 years, and theoretical estimates for the lifetime of persistent current exceed the lifetime of the universe.
In a normal conductor, an electrical current may be visualized as a fluid of electrons moving across a heavy ionic lattice. The electrons are constantly colliding with the ions in the lattice, and during each collision some of the energy carried by the current is absorbed by the lattice and converted into heat (which is essentially the vibrational kinetic energy of the lattice ions.) As a result, the energy carried by the current is constantly being dissipated. This is the phenomenon of electrical resistance.
SuperconductivitySuperconductivity
The situation is different in a superconductor. In a conventional superconductor, the electronic fluid cannot be resolved into individual electrons. Instead, it consists of bound pairs of electrons known as Cooper pairs. This pairing is caused by an attractive force between electrons from the exchange of phonons.
Due to quantum mechanics, the energy spectrum of this Cooper pair fluid possesses an energy gap, meaning there is a minimum amount of energy ∆E that must be supplied in order to excite the fluid. Therefore, if ∆E is larger than the thermal energy of the lattice (given by kT, where k is Boltzmann's constant and T is the temperature), the fluid will not be scattered by the lattice. The Cooper pair fluid is thus a superfluid, meaning it can flow without energy dissipation.
SuperconductivitySuperconductivity
SuperconductivitySuperconductivity-- the persistence of the the persistence of the resistantlessresistantless electric currents.electric currents.
Certain metals lose their resistance when the temperature is lowered below a certain critical temperature ( which is different for different metals).
Main point of the theory, known as Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theoryis that in normal metals the electrons behave as fermions, while in superconducting state they form “Cooper pairs” and behave like bosons.
- - Singe electrons- the wave function is antisymmetric under exchange
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Cooper pairs - the wave function is symmetric under exchange
SuperconductivitySuperconductivity
Normally electrons do not form pairs as they repel each other. However, inside the material the electrons interact with ions of the crystal lattice.Very simplify, the electron can interact with the positively charged background ions and create a local potential disturbance which canattract another electron.
The binding energy of the two electrons is very small, 1meV, and thepairs dissociate at higher temperatures.
At low temperatures, the electrons can exists in the bound states (from Cooper pairs).
From BCS theory we learn that the lowest state of the system is the one in which Cooper pairs are formed.
SuperconductivitySuperconductivity
- - Singe electrons- only one electron can occupy a particular state
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Cooper pairs – the above restriction no longer applies as electron pairs are bosons and very large number
of pairs can occupy the same state
1. Therefore, the electron pairs do not have to move from an occupiedstate to unoccupied one to carry current.
2. The normal state is an excited state which is separated from the ground state (in which electrons form Cooper pairs) by an energy gap. Therefore, electrons do not suffer scattering which a source of resistanceas there is an energy gap between their energy and the energies of the states to which they can scatter.
Flux quantization in superconductorsFlux quantization in superconductors
We consider a superconductor in form of a hollow cylinder which is placed in an external magnetic field, which is parallel to the axis of the cylinder.
The magnetic field is expelled from the superconductor (Meissner effect) and vanishes within it. Therefore, Cooper pairs move in the region of B=0, and we can apply the results which we previously developed.∫ dr�
If the wave function of the Cooper pair in the absence of the field is ψ(0),then in the presence of the field we have
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Flux quantization in superconductorsFlux quantization in superconductors
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When we consider a closed path S around the cylinder which starts at point r0 we get
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As the electron wave function should not be multivaluedas we go around the cylinder we get the condition
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And the flux enclosed by the superconducting cylinder (or ring) is quantized!
This effect has been experimentally verified which confirmed that the current in
superconductors is carried by the pair of the electrons and not the individual electrons.
How this effect can be used?How this effect can be used?
The main attraction of the Aharonov-Bohm effect is the possibility to useit in switching devices, i.e. to use the change in magnetic filed to change the state of the device from 0 to 1.
How much do we have to change the magnetic field to switchfrom the constructive to destructive electron interference?
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This is a very small field! The Earth’s magnetic field is about 40µT.It is very difficult to practically use.
Josephson junctionJosephson junction
Josephson junction: Josephson junction:
a thin insulator sandwiched a thin insulator sandwiched
between two superconductorsbetween two superconductors
insulator
superconductors
0 sinJ J δ=
phase difference 2 1δ θ θ= −
There is a current flow across the junction in the absence of an applied voltage!
Depends on the tunneling probability of the electron pairs
Superconducting devicesSuperconducting devices
The control of the current through the superconducting loop is the basis for many important devices. Such loops may be used in production of low power digital logic devices, detectors, signal processing devices, and extremely sensitive magnetic field measurement instruments .
Extremely interesting devices may be designed with a superconducting loop with two arms being formed by Josephson junctions.
The operation of such devices is based on the fact that the phase difference
around the closed superconducting loop which encloses the magnetic flux Φis an integral product of . 2 / e Φ h
The current will vary with Φ and has maxima at . e
nπΦ
=h
SQUID magnetometer (Superconductind QUantum Interference Device)
This promising This promising
implementation of implementation of
quantum information quantum information
involves involves
nanofabricated nanofabricated
superconducting superconducting
electrodes coupled electrodes coupled
through Josephson through Josephson
junctions. Possible junctions. Possible
qubits are charge qubits are charge
qubits, flux qubits, qubits, flux qubits,
and hybrid qubits.and hybrid qubits.
Superconducting quantum computing
Josephson Junction Charge (NEC)Josephson Junction Charge (NEC)
Two-qubit device
Pashkin et al., Nature, 421(823), 2003
One-qubit device can control the
number of Cooper pairs of
electrons in the box, create
superposition of states.
Superconducting device, operates
at low temperatures (30 mK).
Nakamura et al., Nature, 398(786), 1999
JJ Flux (Delft)JJ Flux (Delft)
The qubit representation is
a quantum of current (flux)
moving either clockwise or
counter-clockwise around
the loop.
Charge qubitCharge qubit
Circuit diagram of a
cooper pair box circuit.
The island (dotted line)
is formed by the
superconducting
electrode between the
gate capacitor and the
junction capacitance.
In quantum computing, a charge qubit is a superconducting
qubit whose basis states are charge states (ie. states which
represent the presence or absence of excess Cooper pairs
in the island).
A charge qubit is formed by a tiny superconducting island
(also known as a Cooper-pair box) coupled by a Josephson
junction to a superconducting reservoir (see figure). The
state of the qubit is determined by the number of Cooper
pairs which have tunneled across the junction. In contrast
with the charge state of an atomic or molecular ion, the
charge states of such an "island" involve a macroscopic
number of conduction electrons of the island. The quantum
superposition of charge states can be achieved by tuning
the gate voltage U that controls the chemical potential of the
island. The charge qubit is typically read-out by
electrostatically coupling the island to an extremely sensitive
electrometer such as the radio-frequency single-electron
transistor.
Flux qubitsFlux qubits
In quantum computing, flux qubits (also known as persistent current qubits) are micro-meter sized loops of superconducting metal interrupted by a number of Josephson junctions. The junction parameters are engineered during fabrication so that a persistent current will flow continuously when an external flux is applied.
The computational basis states of the qubit are defined by the circulating currents which can flow either clockwise or counter-clockwise. These currents screen the applied flux limiting it to multiples of the flux quanta and give the qubit its name. When the applied flux through the loop area is close to a half integer number of flux quanta the two energy levels corresponding to the two directions of circulating current are brought close together and the loop may be operated as a qubit.
Flux qubitsFlux qubits
� Computational operations are performed by pulsing the qubit with microwave frequency radiation which has an energy comparable to that of the gap between the energy of the two basis states. Properly selected frequencies can put the qubit into a quantum superposition of the two basis states, subsequent pulses can manipulate the probability weighting that qubit will be measured in either of the two basis states, thus performing a computational operation.
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““Scalable physical system Scalable physical system with wellwith well--characterized qubitscharacterized qubits””
The system is physical – it is amicrofabricated device withwires, capacitors and such
The system is in principlequite scalable. Multiplecopies of a qubit can beeasily fabricated using thesame lithography, etc.
But: the qubits can never be madeperfectly identical (unlike atoms). Each qubit will have slightly differentenergy levels; qubits must be characterized individually.
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““ability to initialize qubit stateability to initialize qubit state””
Qubits are initialized by cooling to low temperatures (mK)in a dilution refrigerator. This is how:
Energy splittings between qubit states are of the order off = 1 - 10 GHz (which corresponds to T = hf/kB = 50 - 500 mK)
If the system is cooled down to T0 = 10 mK, the ground stateoccupancy is, according to Boltzmann distribution:
P|0> = exp(-hf/kBT0) = 0.82 – 0.98
Lower temperature dilution refrigerators mean better qubitinitialization!
““(relative) long coherence times(relative) long coherence times””Coherence times from a fraction of a nanosecond (charge qubits)to tens of nanoseconds (flux) to microseconds (“quantronium”).Correspond to about 10 – 1000 operations before decoherence.Many sources of noise (it’s solid state!)
““universal set of quantum gatesuniversal set of quantum gates””
Single qubit gates: applying microwaves (1 – 10 GHz) for a prescribed period of time.
Two-qubit gates: via capacitive or inductive coupling of qubits.
Science 313313313313, 1432 (2006) –entanglement of two phase qubits (Martinis’ group – UCSB)
““qubitqubit--specific measurementspecific measurement””
Measurement depends on the type of qubit.
Charge qubit readout: amplifier with bimodal response corresponding to the state of the qubit.
Flux and phase qubits readout: built-in DC-SQUID that detects the change of flux.
Superconducting qubits Superconducting qubits -- pros and conspros and cons
• Cleanest of all solid state qubits.• Fabrication fairly straightforward,uses standard microfab techniques• Gate times of the order of ns(doable!)• Scaling seems straightforward
• Need dilution refrigerators(and not just for noise reduction)•No simple way to couple to flying qubits (RF photons not good)• Longer coherence needed, may beimpossible
Superconducting qubits Superconducting qubits –– what can wewhat can weexpect in near term?expect in near term?
• More research aimed at identifying and quantifying the major source(s) of decoherence.
• Improved control of the electromagnetic environment –sources, wires, capacitors, amplifiers.
• Entanglement demonstrations in other types of SC qubits.
• Integration of the qubit manipulation electronics (on thesame chip as the qubits themselves).
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Electrons onElectrons onLiquid HeliumLiquid Helium
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Electrons are weakly attracted by the image charge (ε = 1.057for LHe); the 1-D image potential along z is:
-∑/z , where ∑ = (ε-1)e2/4(ε+1)They are prevented from penetrating helium surface by a high(~ 1eV) barrier.
Bound states in this potential in1-D look like hydrogen:En = −R/n2 (n = 1, 2, . . .), R = ∑2m/2ħ2
Rydberg energy is about 8K, andthe effective Bohr radius is about8 nm.
Electrons on HeliumElectrons on Helium
Electrons on Helium Electrons on Helium -- 22Liquid helium film must be cooled down to mK temperatures in order to reduce the vapor pressure (which would otherwise wreak havoc with among the electrons)
It is well known that below about 2.2 K He-4 turns superfluid. At few mKit is pure He II.
These features are crucial for the QC proposal with electrons on LHe. The main source of noise (heating) for the electrons trapped on the surface is the ripplons.
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“Quantum Computing with Electrons Floating on Liquid Helium”P. M. Platzman, M. I. Dykman, Science 284 284 284 284 pp. 1967 – 1969 (1999).
The original proposalThe original proposal
The qubit is formed by the two lowest energy states of thetrapped electron. Given R = 8K = 170 GHz, the n = 1 and the n = 2 levels are split by about 125 GHz.
Presence of electric fields from bias electrodes introducesStark shift of the levels.
Single qubit operations are performed by applying microwavesat the Stark-shifted frequency. Expected Rabi frequencies of theorder of hundreds of MHz
Patterned bottom electrodesPatterned bottom electrodesElectrons on surface of LHe of thickness dddd(typically about 1 micron) will form a 2-D solid with lattice constant approximately equal to dddd. (This is because the Coulomb energy e2/dddd is of the order 20 K >> kbT at 10 mK).
In order to control the locations of the electrons, as well as to be able to individually address each qubits, the bottom electrode of the capacitor is patterned. This also provides confinement in the plane of the LHe film.
Electrons can be physically raised and lowered by controlling the voltages on the patterned electrodes.
TwoTwo--qubit gatesqubit gatesTwo-qubit gates via dipole-dipole interaction (similar to the liquid state NMR QC).
For a dipole moment (er), the interaction energy betweenqubits separated by distance d is (er)2/d3. At 1 micron separationthe interaction energy is estimated to be about 10 MHz.
The frequency of the coupling is qubit state-dependent (because (er) is state-dependent). This forms the basis of the quantumlogic gates like the CNOT gate.
However, it is strongly distance-dependent. Thus, interactions arelimited to nearest neighbors.
The readoutThe readout“In order to read out the wave function at some time tf , when the computation is completed, we apply a reverse field E+ to the capacitor...”
Qubit readout relies on state-dependent electron tunneling when a reversed bias field is applied to the capacitor.
Problems: reading out the whole system at once; need to detect single electrons reliably
Conclusions....
• A “neat” and certainly very unique approach
• Builds on ideas from the superconducting qubits, trapped ions, quantum dots
• The experiment is harder than theory. Some theoretical predictions unrealistic.
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Cavity Quantum Cavity Quantum ElectroDynamicsElectroDynamics• In cavity QED we want to achieve conditions where single photon interacts so strongly with an atom that it causes the atom to change its quantum state.
• This requires concentrating the electric field of the photon to a very small volume and being able to hold on to that photon for an extended period of time.
• Both requirements are achieved by confining photons into a small, high-finesse resonator.
F = 2√R/(1 – R), where R is mirror reflectivity
power incirculating power
loss
Microwave resonatorsMicrowave resonators
S. Haroche, “Normal Superior School”
• Microwave photons can be confined in a cavity made of good metal. Main source of photon loss (other than dirt) is electrical resistance.
• Better yet, use superconductors! Cavity quality factors (~ the finesse) reach ~ few × 108 for microwave photons at several to several tens of GHz.
• Microwave cavities can be used to couple to highly-excited atoms in Rydberg states. There are proposals to do quantum computation with Rydberg state atoms and cavities.
The optical cavityThe optical cavity• The optical cavity is usually a standard Fabry-Perot optical resonator that consists of two very good concave mirrors separated by a small distance.
G. G. RempeRempe -- MPQMPQ
• The length of the cavity is stabilized to have a standing wave of light resonant or hear-resonant with the atomic transition of interest.
• Making a good cavity is part black magic, part sweat and blood...
M. Chapman - GATech
• These cavities need to be phenomenally good to get into a regime where single photons trapped inside interact strongly with the atoms.
The technology: mirrorsThe technology: mirrors
• To make g >> κ we need:
• a small-volume cavity to increase g
• a very high-finesse cavity to reduce κ
• “clean” cavity to reduce other losses
• Strong-coupling cavities use super-polished mirrors (surface roughness less order of 1 Å, flatness λ/100) to reduce losses due to scattering at the surface.
• Mirrors have highly-reflective multi-layer dielectric coatings (reflectivity at central wavelength better than 0.999995, meaning finesse higher than 500000).
• Mirrors have radius of curvature of 1 – 5 cm, and small diameter. Mirror spacing is 100 micron down to 30 micron. These features of the cavities make for stronger confinement of photons for higher g.
M. Chapman - GATech
Qubits: single atoms or ionsQubits: single atoms or ions(also, artificial atoms)(also, artificial atoms)
• A cavity QED system is usually
combined with and atom or ion trap
• Two-level system formed by either the hyperfine splitting of the ground state (“hyperfine” qubit) or by the ground state and a metastable excited state (“optical” qubit)
• The atom can interact with the laser field (“classical” field) and the cavity field (“quantum” field)
• Qubit state preparation and detection techniques are well established and robust
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Qubit preparation and detectionQubit preparation and detection
S1/214.5 GHz
P3/2
P1/2
Cycling transition
(cooling/detection)
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• Initialization of the qubits state is via optical pumping: applying a laser
light that is decoupled from a single quantum state
• Detection by selectively exciting one of the qubit states into a fast cycling transition and measuring photon rate. May also start by “shelving” one of the qubit states to a metastable excited state, then applying resonant laser light. The qubit state that ends upscattering laser light appears as“bright”, while the other stateappears as “dark”.
• Both the preparation and thedetection steps have beendemonstrated to work with over99% efficiency with trapped ions.
Other qubits: photonsOther qubits: photons
• Cavity QED quantum computing makes use of photons to both mediate the atomic qubit entanglement and to transfer quantum information over long distances.
• Photon detection: PBS (polarization beam splitter) and single photon counters
Note on polarization. Photon polarizationPhoton polarizationPhoton polarizationPhoton polarization is the quantum mechanicaldescription of the classical polarized sinusoidal plane electromagnetic wave.
Note on polarizationNote on polarization
Photon polarization is the quantum mechanical
description of the classical polarized sinusoidal plane
electromagnetic wave. In electrodynamics, polarizationis the property of electromagnetic waves, such as light,
that describes the direction of their transverse electric
field.
The electric field vector may be arbitrarily divided into
two perpendicular components labelled x and y (with zindicating the direction of travel). For a simple harmonic
wave, where the amplitude of the electric vector
varies in a sinusoidal manner, the two components
have exactly the same frequency. However, these
components have two other defining characteristics that
can differ. First, the two components may not
have the same amplitude. Second, the two components
may not have the same phase, that is they may not
reach their maxima and minima at the same time. WikipediaWikipediaWikipediaWikipedia
Note on polarizationNote on polarizationThe shape traced out in a fixed plane by the electric vector as such a plane wave
passes over it, is a description of the polarization state. The following figures show
some examples of the evolution of the electric field vector (blue) with time
(the vertical axes), along with its x and y components (red/left and green/right), and
the path traced by the tip of the vector in the plane (purple).
WikipediaWikipediaWikipediaWikipedia
Notes on polarization
The polarization of a classical sinusoidal plane wave traveling
in the z direction can be characterized by the Jones vector
where the angle θ describes the relation between the
amplitudes of the electric fields in the x and y directions.
Polarization applet http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet_resources/dav_optics/Examples/polarization.html
Combining atom trapping and cavity
~100 µm
Thin ion trap inside a cavity (Monroe/Chapman, Blatt)
Optical lattice confining atoms inside a cavity (M. Chapman)
Cavity field used to trap atoms (G. Rempe)
Other cavities: whispering gallery resonatorsOther cavities: whispering gallery resonators
Whispering cavity resonator laser(http://physics.okstate.edu/shopova/research.html)
• Quality factors of 108 and greater
• Simple (sort-of) technology – just make a nice, smooth glass sphere ~50 micron in diameter...
• Evanescent field extends only a fraction of the wavelength (i.e. ~100 nm) outside the sphere – need to place atoms close to the surface.
• “Artificial atoms” such as quantum dots can be used...
J. Kimble (Caltech)
Challenges of cavity QED QCChallenges of cavity QED QC• Cavity QED quantum computing attempts to combine two
very hard experimental techniques: the high-finesse optical
cavity and the single ion/atom trapping. This is not just
doubly-very-hard, but may well be (very-hard)2
• Assuming “hard” > 1, we have “very hard” >> 1,
and (“very hard”)2 >> “very hard”
• However, the benefits of cavity QED, namely, the connection of static qubits to flying qubits, are very exciting
and are well worth working hard for.
Strengths
1. Ability to interconvert material and photonic
qubits.
2. Source of deterministic single photons and
entangled photons.
3. Cavity QED systems provide viable platforms for
distributed quantum computing implementations
for both neutral atom and trapped ions.
4. Well understood systems from a theoretical
standpoint. The cavity QED system has been an
important paradigm of quantum optics.
Weakness1. Ultimate performance of systems is dependent on advances in mirror coating and polishing technologies.
Current mirror reflectivities, while adequate to achieve the
strong coupling limit, are still ~!100 times lower than the theoretical limit imposed by Rayleigh scattering in the
coating. Additionally, smaller mirror curvature would provide for large coherent coupling rates.
2. The role of the atomic motional degree of freedom in the
cavity gate operation and subsequent evolution needs to be
better understood both experimentally and theoretically.
3. Need to combine two already very hard to implement technologies.
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