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Full-Text Articles in Quantum Physics
Control And Thermodynamics Of Superconducting Qubits With Non-Hermitian Dynamics, Serra Erdamar
Control And Thermodynamics Of Superconducting Qubits With Non-Hermitian Dynamics, Serra Erdamar
McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations
As quantum systems are understood better from a fundamental physics perspective, we are gaining more insight and ideas for their many applications. Among them are quantum computation, sensing, and materials. Some difficulties that have been encountered are short lifetimes and coupling to unwanted modes while attempting to control these systems, resulting in error propagation. Previously, physicists have pursued Hermitian descriptions of systems to preserve unitary evolution and real-valued measurements. However, non-Hermitian systems not only provide a realistic description of physical systems within larger environments, but also a rich topological landscape from their complex energy spectrum. In this thesis, we will …
Josephson Junctions: Fabrication And Applications For The Axion Dark Matter Experiment, Jonah M. Sachs
Josephson Junctions: Fabrication And Applications For The Axion Dark Matter Experiment, Jonah M. Sachs
Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses
The observation of axions could revolutionize the world of physics. Through microwave frequency cavity readout of the photons associated with these axions, the ADMX project at WashU utilizes multiple different forms of the Josephson junction (JJ), a superconductive circuit element. The physics behind the JJ are essential to understanding its operation for resonant cavity readout in addition to parametric amplification. Parametric amplifiers produced using JJs can approach the signal-to-noise ratio set by quantum mechanics, and prove essential for the amplification chain used by the ADMX experiment for axionic detection. The limits of these amplifiers are set by the noise tuning …
Mutual Interaction Induced Multi-Particle Physics In Qed Systems – Cooperative Spontaneous Emission And Photonic Dimer Enhanced Two-Photon Excitation, Yao Zhou
McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations
In recent years, the study of quantum electrodynamics (QED) in light-matter interactions has discovered various interesting phenomenons that orient many applications. However, due to the ambient entanglement among photons and atoms, few-particle dynamics remains challenging to analyze precisely and limits the progress in several fields. In few-particle systems, different number of atoms interacting with the light field generates drastically different results, even when there is only a single photon involved in the system. The interference between individual atom’s spontaneous emission wavefunctions can cooperatively alter the effective atom-light coupling strength. Depending on the spatial distance between individual of atoms and the …
Quantum Nanophotonics: Deterministic Photon-Based Quantum Logic Gate By Exploiting Few-Photon Nonlinearity, Zihao Chen
Quantum Nanophotonics: Deterministic Photon-Based Quantum Logic Gate By Exploiting Few-Photon Nonlinearity, Zihao Chen
McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations
Photon-based quantum logic gate has substantial advantages over conventional atom-based designs as a result of a longer coherence time and an inherent compatibility with quantum communication protocol of flying qubits, photons. As a vital logic gate for universal quantum computing, the two-photon controlled-phase gate demands a few-photon nonlinearity, which historically suffers from either an indeterministic nature in the linear optics regime, or a weak nonlinearity within naturally-occurring materials in the nonlinear optics regime. It is intriguing yet challenging to deliver a logic gate design by exploiting a genuine fewphoton nonlinearity. In this dissertation, we study a particular one-dimensional quantum nanophotonic …
Toward Devices For Exploring Pt-Symmetry In Electronic Transport Of Graphene, Michael Carovillano
Toward Devices For Exploring Pt-Symmetry In Electronic Transport Of Graphene, Michael Carovillano
Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses
Parity-time symmetry, or PT -symmetry is the principle that in quantum mechanics a non- Hermitian Hamiltonian is capable of returning real eigenstates and real spectra.Recent research has demonstrated real world observation of PT -symmetry in electronics and optics. We aim to expand the regime of observed PT -symmetry through measurement of the electronic transport of graphene devices. Drawing from analogous experiments, we plan to use balanced ohmic resistance acting as both loss and relative gain to induce the required unbroken PT -symmetry regime. This paper analyzes techniques used in fabrication of such devices as well as the basis of the …
Elements Of The Mathematical Formulation Of Quantum Mechanics, Keunjae Go
Elements Of The Mathematical Formulation Of Quantum Mechanics, Keunjae Go
Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses
In this paper, we will explore some of the basic elements of the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics. In the first section, I will list the motivations for introducing a probability model that is quite different from that of the classical probability theory, but still shares quite a few significant commonalities. Later in the paper, I will discuss the quantum probability theory in detail, while paying a brief attention to some of the axioms (by Birkhoff and von Neumann) that illustrate both the commonalities and differences between classical mechanics and quantum mechanics. This paper will end with a presentation of …
Topological Transitions In A Superconducting Qubit, Arman Guerra
Topological Transitions In A Superconducting Qubit, Arman Guerra
Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters
Topology, as it pertains to quantum objects, has become an important area of research because of recent discoveries of topological phases and insulators in condensed matter physics. It can be used as a tool to accurately describe phenomena in many different quantum systems. I present my study of topology as it relates to two level systems, and experiments to probe the topology of transmon qubits. These simple quantum circuits allow for a high level of control which makes them good candidates to study topological properties and to model more complicated systems. Specifically, topological transitions of the first Chern number arise …
Superfluidity In Neutron Stars, Samuel J. Witte
Superfluidity In Neutron Stars, Samuel J. Witte
Undergraduate Theses—Unrestricted
Nucleon pairing is studied with specific considerations directed toward the possible influence on neutron star cooling. We present an in-depth analysis of BCS theory using realistic nuclear potentials and consider the impact short-range correlations can have on the gap. Gap calculations are incorporated into neutron star cooling simulations and the significance of the 3P2 −3F2 channel in various hadronic cooling models is closely examined. An analysis of the 1S0 gap in neutron matter suggests short-range correlations can drastically alter the magnitude, density range, and temperature dependence of the gap. While the newly constructed 1S0 gap does not significantly alter the …