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quant-ph2014★ 35 cited

Dilation of states and processes in operational-probabilistic theories

Giulio Chiribella

This paper provides a concise summary of the framework of operational-probabilistic theories, aimed at emphasizing the interaction between category-theoretic and probabilistic stru…

quant-ph2014★ 15 cited

Replicating the benefits of closed timelike curves without breaking causality

Xiao Yuan, Syed M. Assad, Jayne Thompson +6

In general relativity, closed timelike curves can break causality with remarkable and unsettling consequences. At the classical level, they induce causal paradoxes disturbing enoug…

quant-ph2014★ 11 cited

Limits of optimal control yields achievable with quantum controllers

Re-Bing Wu, Constantin Brif, Matthew R. James +1

In quantum optimal control theory, kinematic bounds are the minimum and maximum values of the control objective achievable for any physically realizable system dynamics. For a give…

quant-ph2014★ 398 cited

Squeezed Optomechanics with Phase-matched Amplification and Dissipation

Xin-You Lü, Ying Wu, J. R. Johansson +3

We investigate the nonlinear interaction between a squeezed cavity mode and a mechanical mode in an optomechanical system (OMS) that allows us to selectively obtain either a radiat…

quant-ph2014★ 27 cited

Universal super-replication of unitary gates

G. Chiribella, Y. Yang, C. Huang

Quantum states obey an asymptotic no-cloning theorem, stating that no deterministic machine can reliably replicate generic sequences of identically prepared pure states. In stark c…

quant-ph2014★ 32 cited

Experimental entanglement-assisted quantum delayed-choice experiment

Tao Xin, Hang Li, Bi-Xue Wang +1

The puzzling properties of quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality, entanglement and superposition, were dissected experimentally at past decades. However, hidden-variable (HV) mo…

quant-ph2014★ 65 cited

Experimental Estimation of Average Fidelity of a Clifford Gate on a 7-qubit Quantum Processor

Dawei Lu, Hang Li, Denis-Alexandre Trottier +8

Quantum gates in experiment are inherently prone to errors that need to be characterized before they can be corrected. Full characterization via quantum process tomography is impra…

quant-ph2014★ 4 cited

Quantum Simulation of Pairing Hamiltonians with Nearest-Neighbor Interacting Qubits

Zhixin Wang, Xiu Gu, Lian-Ao Wu +1

Although a universal quantum computer is still far from reach, the tremendous advances in controllable quantum devices, in particular with solid-state systems, make it possible to…

quant-ph2014★ 374 cited

Experimental Realization of Universal Geometric Quantum Gates with Solid-State Spins

C. Zu, W. -B. Wang, L. He +4

Experimental realization of a universal set of quantum logic gates is the central requirement for implementation of a quantum computer. An all-geometric approach to quantum computa…

quant-ph2014★ 6 cited

Conservation of information and the foundations of quantum mechanics

G. Chiribella, C. M. Scandolo

We review a recent approach to the foundations of quantum mechanics inspired by quantum information theory. The approach is based on a general framework, which allows one to addres…

quant-ph2014★ 293 cited

Optomechanically-Induced Transparency in partiy-time-symmetric microresonators

H. Jing, S. K. Özdemir, Z. Geng +5

Optomechanically-induced transparency (OMIT) and the associated slowing of light provide the basis for storing photons in nanoscale devices. Here we study OMIT in parity-time (PT)-…

quant-ph2014★ 3 cited

Realistic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and Encounter-Delayed-Choice Experiment

Gui-Lu Long, Wei Qin, Zhe Yang +1

A realistic interpretation(REIN) of wave function in quantum mechanics is briefly presented in this work. In REIN, the wave function of a microscopic object is just its real existe…

quant-ph2014

Experimental Quantum Hamiltonian Identification from Measurement Time Traces

Shi-yao Hou, Hang Li, Gui-Lu Long

Identifying Hamiltonian of a quantum system is of vital importance for quantum information processing. In this Letter, we realized and benchmarked a quantum Hamiltonian identificat…

quant-ph2014★ 111 cited

Improved statistical fluctuation analysis for measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with three-intensity decoy-state method

Zong-Wen Yu, Yi-Heng Zhou, Xiang-Bin Wang

We present an improved statistical fluctuation analysis for measurement device independent quantum key distribution with three-intensity decoy-state method. Taking the statistical…

quant-ph2014★ 101 cited

Discrete-phase-randomized coherent state source and its application in quantum key distribution

Zhu Cao, Zhen Zhang, Hoi-Kwong Lo +1

Coherent state photon sources are widely used in quantum information processing. In many applications, such as quantum key distribution (QKD), a coherent state is functioned as a m…

quant-ph2014★ 25 cited

Randomness Requirement on CHSH Bell Test in the Multiple Run Scenario

Xiao Yuan, Zhu Cao, Xiongfeng Ma

The Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality test is widely used as a mean of invalidating the local deterministic theories and a tool of device independent quantum cryptographic task…

quant-ph2014★ 395 cited

Experimental Test of Quantum Jarzynski Equality with a Trapped Ion System

Shuoming An, Jing-Ning Zhang, Mark Um +6

The past two decades witnessed important developments in the field of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Among these developments, the Jarzynski equality, being a milestone fol…

quant-ph2014★ 177 cited

Quasi-quantization: classical statistical theories with an epistemic restriction

Robert W. Spekkens

A significant part of quantum theory can be obtained from a single innovation relative to classical theories, namely, that there is a fundamental restriction on the sorts of statis…

quant-ph2014★ 36 cited

Time Reversal and Charge Conjugation in an Embedding Quantum Simulator

Xiang Zhang, Yangchao Shen, Junhua Zhang +6

The understanding of symmetry operations has brought enormous advancements in physics, ranging from elementary particle to condensed matter systems. In quantum mechanics, symmetry…

quant-ph2014

Decoherence of interacting Majorana modes

H. T. Ng

We study the decoherence of Majorana modes of a fermion chain, where the fermions interact with their nearest neighbours. We investigate the effect of dissipation and dephasing on…

quant-ph2014★ 15 cited

Quantum thermodynamics for a model of an expanding universe

Nana Liu, John Goold, Ivette Fuentes +3

We investigate the thermodynamical properties of quantum fields in curved spacetime. Our approach is to consider quantum fields in curved spacetime as a quantum system undergoing a…

quant-ph2014★ 62 cited

No-Signalling Assisted Zero-Error Capacity of Quantum Channels and an Information Theoretic Interpretation of the Lovasz Number

Runyao Duan, Andreas Winter

We study the one-shot zero-error classical capacity of a quantum channel assisted by quantum no-signalling correlations, and the reverse problem of exact simulation of a prescribed…

quant-ph2014★ 25 cited

High fidelity quantum state transfer in electromechanical systems with intermediate coupling

Jian Zhou, Yong Hu, Zhang-qi Yin +3

Hybrid quantum systems usually consist of two or more subsystems, which may take the advantages of the different systems. Recently, the hybrid system consisting of circuit electrom…

quant-ph2014★ 12 cited

An experimental proposal to observe non-abelian statistics of Majorana-Shockley fermions in an optical lattice

Dong-Ling Deng, Sheng-Tao Wang, Kai Sun +1

We propose an experimental scheme to observe non-abelian statistics with cold atoms in a two dimensional optical lattice. We show that the Majorana-Schockley modes associated with…