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Scattering into one-dimensional waveguides from a coherently-driven quantum-optical system

Kevin A. Fischer, Rahul Trivedi, Vinay Ramasesh, Irfan Siddiqi, and Jelena Vučković,

Quantum 2, 69 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-28-69

We develop a new computational tool and framework for characterizing the scattering of photons by energy-nonconserving Hamiltonians into unidirectional (chiral) waveguides, for example, with…

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Scalable Neural Network Decoders for Higher Dimensional Quantum Codes

Nikolas P. Breuckmann and Xiaotong Ni,

Quantum 2, 68 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-24-68

Machine learning has the potential to become an important tool in quantum error correction as it allows the decoder to adapt to the error distribution of a quantum chip. An additional motiva…

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Coarse-grained distinguishability of field interactions

Cédric Bény,

Quantum 2, 67 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-24-67

Information-theoretical quantities such as statistical distinguishability typically result from optimisations over all conceivable observables. Physical theories, however, are not generally…

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Fluctuation-dissipation theorem for non-equilibrium quantum systems

Mohammad Mehboudi, Anna Sanpera, and Juan M. R. Parrondo,

Quantum 2, 66 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-24-66

The fluctuation-dissipation theorem (FDT) is a central result in statistical physics, both for classical and quantum systems. It establishes a relationship between the linear response of a s…

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Anticoncentration theorems for schemes showing a quantum speedup

Dominik Hangleiter, Juan Bermejo-Vega, Martin Schwarz, and Jens Eisert,

Quantum 2, 65 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-22-65

One of the main milestones in quantum information science is to realise quantum devices that exhibit an exponential computational advantage over classical ones without being universal quantu…

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Distribution of entanglement and correlations in all finite dimensions

Christopher Eltschka and Jens Siewert,

Quantum 2, 64 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-22-64

The physics of a many-particle system is determined by the correlations in its quantum state. Therefore, analyzing these correlations is the foremost task of many-body physics. Any 'a priori…

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Causation does not explain contextuality

Sally Shrapnel and Fabio Costa,

Quantum 2, 63 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-18-63

Realist interpretations of quantum mechanics presuppose the existence of elements of reality that are independent of the actions used to reveal them. Such a view is challenged by several no-…

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Lattice Surgery with a Twist: Simplifying Clifford Gates of Surface Codes

Daniel Litinski and Felix von Oppen,

Quantum 2, 62 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-05-04-62

We present a planar surface-code-based scheme for fault-tolerant quantum computation which eliminates the time overhead of single-qubit Clifford gates, and implements long-range multi-target…

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Precision and Work Fluctuations in Gaussian Battery Charging

Nicolai Friis and Marcus Huber,

Quantum 2, 61 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-04-23-61

One of the most fundamental tasks in quantum thermodynamics is extracting energy from one system and subsequently storing this energy in an appropriate battery. Both of these steps, work ext…

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Gauge invariant information concerning quantum channels

Łukasz Rudnicki, Zbigniew Puchała, and Karol Zyczkowski,

Quantum 2, 60 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-04-11-60

Motivated by the gate set tomography we study quantum channels from the perspective of information which is invariant with respect to the gauge realized through similarity of matrices repres…

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Additivity of entropic uncertainty relations

René Schwonnek,

Quantum 2, 59 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-03-30-59

We consider the uncertainty between two pairs of local projective measurements performed on a multipartite system. We show that the optimal bound in any linear uncertainty relation, formulat…

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Dissipative stabilization of entangled cat states using a driven Bose-Hubbard dimer

M. Mamaev, L. C. G. Govia, and A. A. Clerk,

Quantum 2, 58 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-03-27-58

We analyze a modified Bose-Hubbard model, where two cavities having on-site Kerr interactions are subject to two-photon driving and correlated dissipation. We derive an exact solution for th…

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Non-Shannon inequalities in the entropy vector approach to causal structures

Mirjam Weilenmann and Roger Colbeck,

Quantum 2, 57 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-03-14-57

A causal structure is a relationship between observed variables that in general restricts the possible correlations between them. This relationship can be mediated by unobserved systems, mod…

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Magic state parity-checker with pre-distilled components

Earl T. Campbell and Mark Howard,

Quantum 2, 56 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-03-14-56

Magic states are eigenstates of non-Pauli operators. One way of suppressing errors present in magic states is to perform parity measurements in their non-Pauli eigenbasis and postselect on e…

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Sandwiched Rényi Convergence for Quantum Evolutions

Alexander Müller-Hermes and Daniel Stilck Franca,

Quantum 2, 55 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-02-27-55

We study the speed of convergence of a primitive quantum time evolution towards its fixed point in the distance of sandwiched Rényi divergences. For each of these distance measures the conve…

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Quantum Horn’s lemma, finite heat baths, and the third law of thermodynamics

Jakob Scharlau and Markus P. Mueller,

Quantum 2, 54 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-02-22-54

Interactions of quantum systems with their environment play a crucial role in resource-theoretic approaches to thermodynamics in the microscopic regime. Here, we analyze the possible state t…

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Flag fault-tolerant error correction with arbitrary distance codes

Christopher Chamberland and Michael E. Beverland,

Quantum 2, 53 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-02-08-53

In this paper we introduce a general fault-tolerant quantum error correction protocol using flag circuits for measuring stabilizers of arbitrary distance codes. In addition to extending flag…

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Elementary Thermal Operations

Matteo Lostaglio, Álvaro M. Alhambra, and Christopher Perry,

Quantum 2, 52 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-02-08-52

To what extent do thermodynamic resource theories capture physically relevant constraints? Inspired by quantum computation, we define a set of elementary thermodynamic gates that only act on…

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Characterization of linear maps on $M_n$ whose multiplicity maps have maximal norm, with an application in quantum information

Daniel Puzzuoli,

Quantum 2, 51 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-02-05-51

Given a linear map $\Phi : M_n \rightarrow M_m$, its multiplicity maps are defined as the family of linear maps $\Phi \otimes \textrm{id}_{k} : M_n \otimes M_k \rightarrow M_m \otimes M_k$,…

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Bond dimension witnesses and the structure of homogeneous matrix product states

Miguel Navascues and Tamas Vertesi,

Quantum 2, 50 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-31-50

For the past twenty years, Matrix Product States (MPS) have been widely used in solid state physics to approximate the ground state of one-dimensional spin chains. In this paper, we study ho…

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ProjectQ: an open source software framework for quantum computing

Damian S. Steiger, Thomas Häner, and Matthias Troyer,

Quantum 2, 49 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-31-49

We introduce ProjectQ, an open source software effort for quantum computing. The first release features a compiler framework capable of targeting various types of hardware, a high-performanc…

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Machine-learning-assisted correction of correlated qubit errors in a topological code

Paul Baireuther, Thomas E. O’Brien, Brian Tarasinski, and Carlo W. J. Beenakker,

Quantum 2, 48 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-29-48

A fault-tolerant quantum computation requires an efficient means to detect and correct errors that accumulate in encoded quantum information. In the context of machine learning, neural netwo…

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Randomized benchmarking with gate-dependent noise

Joel J. Wallman,

Quantum 2, 47 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-29-47

We analyze randomized benchmarking for arbitrary gate-dependent noise and prove that the exact impact of gate-dependent noise can be described by a single perturbation term that decays expon…

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Vacuum source-field correlations and advanced waves in quantum optics

Adam Stokes,

Quantum 2, 46 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-18-46

The solution to the wave equation as a Cauchy problem with prescribed fields at an initial time $t=0$ is purely retarded. Similarly, in the quantum theory of radiation the specification of H…

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Separability of diagonal symmetric states: a quadratic conic optimization problem

Jordi Tura, Albert Aloy, Ruben Quesada, Maciej Lewenstein, and Anna Sanpera,

Quantum 2, 45 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-12-45

We study the separability problem in mixtures of Dicke states i.e., the separability of the so-called Diagonal Symmetric (DS) states. First, we show that separability in the case of DS in $C^d\otimes C^d$…

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BQP-completeness of scattering in scalar quantum field theory

Stephen P. Jordan, Hari Krovi, Keith S. M. Lee, and John Preskill,

Quantum 2, 44 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-08-44

Recent work has shown that quantum computers can compute scattering probabilities in massive quantum field theories, with a run time that is polynomial in the number of particles, their ener…

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Fault-tolerant quantum computing in the Pauli or Clifford frame with slow error diagnostics

Christopher Chamberland, Pavithran Iyer, and David Poulin,

Quantum 2, 43 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-04-43

We consider the problem of fault-tolerant quantum computation in the presence of slow error diagnostics, either caused by measurement latencies or slow decoding algorithms. Our scheme offers…

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Cavity assisted measurements of heat and work in optical lattices

Louis Villa and Gabriele De Chiara,

Quantum 2, 42 (2018). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2018-01-04-42

We propose a method to experimentally measure the internal energy of a system of ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices by coupling them to the fields of two optical cavities. We show t…

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Zero-knowledge convincing protocol on quantum bit is impossible

Pawel Horodecki, Michal Horodecki, and Ryszard Horodecki,

Quantum 1, 41 (2017). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2017-12-23-41

Consider two parties: Alice and Bob and suppose that Bob is given a qubit system in a quantum state $\phi$, unknown to him. Alice knows $\phi$ and she is supposed to convince Bob that she kn…

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A nonequilibrium quantum phase transition in strongly coupled spin chains

Eduardo Mascarenhas, Giacomo Giudice, and Vincenzo Savona,

Quantum 1, 40 (2017). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2017-12-20-40

We study spin transport in a boundary driven XXZ spin chain. Driving at the chain boundaries is modeled by two additional spin chains prepared in oppositely polarized states. Emergent behavi…

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