An effective teleportation scheme for an unknown ionic internal state via trapped ions is proposed without joint Bell-state measurement (BSM). In the constructed quantum channel process, we make use of entanglement ...An effective teleportation scheme for an unknown ionic internal state via trapped ions is proposed without joint Bell-state measurement (BSM). In the constructed quantum channel process, we make use of entanglement swapping to avoid decrease in entanglement during the distributing of particles. Thus our scheme provides new prospects for quantum teleportatlon in a longer distance. The distinct advant.age of our scheme is insensitive to the heating of vibrational mode. Furthermore, our scheme has no any individual optical access, and the successful probability also can reach 1.展开更多
We propose a scheme for the preparation of one-dimensional and two-dimensional cluster states by using hot trapped ions. The scheme is based on the interaction between two ions and bichromatic radiation. The vibration...We propose a scheme for the preparation of one-dimensional and two-dimensional cluster states by using hot trapped ions. The scheme is based on the interaction between two ions and bichromatic radiation. The vibrational mode in our protocol is only virtually excited so that the system is insensitive to the thermal field. In addition, we only use two levels of ions as qubits and the successful probability may achieve 100%.展开更多
Beyond the Lamb-Dicke limit, this paper investigates the squeezing properties of the trapped ion in the travelling- wave laser. It shows that the squeezing properties of the trapped ion in the travelling-wave laser ar...Beyond the Lamb-Dicke limit, this paper investigates the squeezing properties of the trapped ion in the travelling- wave laser. It shows that the squeezing properties of the trapped ion in the travelling-wave laser are strongly affected by the sideband number k, the Lamb-Dicke parameter η and the initial average phonon number.展开更多
In the system with two two-level ions confined in a linear trap, this paper presents a simple scheme to realize the quantum phase gate (QPG) and the swap gate beyond the Lamb Dicke (LD) limit. These two-qubit quan...In the system with two two-level ions confined in a linear trap, this paper presents a simple scheme to realize the quantum phase gate (QPG) and the swap gate beyond the Lamb Dicke (LD) limit. These two-qubit quantum logic gates only involve the internal states of two trapped ions. The scheme does not use the vibrational mode as the data bus and only requires a single resonant interaction of the ions with the lasers. Neither the LD approximation nor the auxiliary atomic level is needed in the proposed scheme. Thus the scheme is simple and the interaction time is very short, which is important in view of decoherence. The experimental feasibility for achieving this scheme is also discussed.展开更多
We propose a scheme for the realization of unconventional geometric two-qubit phase gates with two identical two-level ions, In the present scheme, the two ions are simultaneously illuminated by a standing-wave laser ...We propose a scheme for the realization of unconventional geometric two-qubit phase gates with two identical two-level ions, In the present scheme, the two ions are simultaneously illuminated by a standing-wave laser pulse with its pulse frequency being tuned to the ionic transition. The gate operation time can be much shorter, making the system robust against decoherence. In addition, we choose the appropriate experimental parameters to construct the geometric phase gate in one step, and thus avoid implementing the pure geometric single qubit operation.展开更多
Vibrational degrees of freedom in trapped-ion systems have recently been gaining attention as a quantum resource,beyond the role as a mediator for entangling quantum operations on internal degrees of freedom,because o...Vibrational degrees of freedom in trapped-ion systems have recently been gaining attention as a quantum resource,beyond the role as a mediator for entangling quantum operations on internal degrees of freedom,because of the large available Hilbert space.The vibrational modes can be represented as quantum harmonic oscillators and thus offer a Hilbert space with infinite dimensions.Here we review recent theoretical and experimental progress in the coherent manipulation of the vibrational modes,including bosonic encoding schemes in quantum information,reliable and efficient measurement techniques,and quantum operations that allow various quantum simulations and quantum computation algorithms.We describe experiments using the vibrational modes,including the preparation of non-classical states,molecular vibronic sampling,and applications in quantum thermodynamics.We finally discuss the potential prospects and challenges of trapped-ion vibrational-mode quantum information processing.展开更多
We propose a scheme to implement two-qubit controlled quantum phase gate(CQPG) via a single trapped two-level ion located in the standing wave field of a quantum cavlty, in which the trap works beyond the Lamb--Dick...We propose a scheme to implement two-qubit controlled quantum phase gate(CQPG) via a single trapped two-level ion located in the standing wave field of a quantum cavlty, in which the trap works beyond the Lamb--Dicke limit. When the light field is resonant with the atomic transition |g) →← |e) of the ion located at the antinode of the standing wave, we can perform CQPG between the internal and external states of the trapped ion; while the frequency of the light field is chosen to be resonant with the first red sideband of the collective vibrational mode of the ion located at the node of the standing wave, we can perform CQPG between the cavity mode and the collective vibrational mode of the trapped ion. Neither the Lamb--Dicke approximation nor the assistant classical laser is needed. Also we can generate a GHZ state if assisted with a classical laser.展开更多
We present a protocol to realize topological discrete-time quantum walks,which comprise a sequence of spindependent flipping displacement operations and quantum coin tossing operations,with a single trapped ion.It is...We present a protocol to realize topological discrete-time quantum walks,which comprise a sequence of spindependent flipping displacement operations and quantum coin tossing operations,with a single trapped ion.It is demonstrated that the information of bulk topological invariants can be extracted by measuring the average projective phonon number when the walk takes place in coherent state space.Interestingly,the specific chiral symmetry owned by our discrete-time quantum walks simplifies the measuring process.Furthermore,we prove the robustness of such bulk topological invariants by introducing dynamical disorder and decoherence.Our work provides a simple method to measure bulk topological features in discrete-time quantum walks,which can be experimentally realized in the system of single trapped ions.展开更多
We present a sub-Doppler cooling scheme of a two-trapped-ion crystal by quantum feedback control method. In the scheme, we obtain the motional information by continuously measuring the spontaneous emission photons fro...We present a sub-Doppler cooling scheme of a two-trapped-ion crystal by quantum feedback control method. In the scheme, we obtain the motional information by continuously measuring the spontaneous emission photons from one single ion of the crystal, and then apply a feedback force to cool the whole chain down.We derive the cooling dynamics of the cooling scheme using quantum feedback theory and quantum regression theorem. The result shows that with experimentally achievable parameters, our scheme can achieve lower temperature and faster cooling rate than Doppler cooling.展开更多
A scheme is presented for teleporting an unknown state in a trapped ion system. The scheme only requires a single laser beam. It allows the trap to be in any state with a few phonons, e.g. a thermal motion. Furthermor...A scheme is presented for teleporting an unknown state in a trapped ion system. The scheme only requires a single laser beam. It allows the trap to be in any state with a few phonons, e.g. a thermal motion. Furthermore, it works in the regime, where the Rabi frequency of the laser is on the order of the trap frequency. Thus, the teleportation speed is greatly increased, which is important for decreasing the decoherence effect. This idea can also be used to teleport an unknown ionic entangled state.展开更多
A scheme is presented for teleportation of an unknown entangled ionic state between ions kept in two wellseparated traps,which is induced by means of two dispersive laser excitations.The scheme is insensitive to the t...A scheme is presented for teleportation of an unknown entangled ionic state between ions kept in two wellseparated traps,which is induced by means of two dispersive laser excitations.The scheme is insensitive to the thermalmotion and its successful probability can reach 1.展开更多
We propose a fast scheme to generate the quantum-interference states of N trapped ions. In the scheme the ions are driven by a standing-wave laser beam whose carrier frequency is tuned such that the ion transition can...We propose a fast scheme to generate the quantum-interference states of N trapped ions. In the scheme the ions are driven by a standing-wave laser beam whose carrier frequency is tuned such that the ion transition can take place. We also propose a simple and fast scheme to produce the GHZ state of N hot trapped ions and this scheme is insensitive to the heating of vibrational motion, which is important from the viewpoint of decoherence.展开更多
This paper presents a very simple scheme for generating quantum controlled phase-shift gate with only one step by using the two vibrational modes of a trapped ion as the two qubits. The scheme couples two vibration de...This paper presents a very simple scheme for generating quantum controlled phase-shift gate with only one step by using the two vibrational modes of a trapped ion as the two qubits. The scheme couples two vibration degrees of freedom coupled with a suitable chosen laser excitation via the ionic states.展开更多
We experimentally demonstrate the quantum anti-Zeno effect in a two-level system based on a single trapped ion ^(40)Ca~+. In the large detuning regime, we show that the transfer from the ground state to the excited...We experimentally demonstrate the quantum anti-Zeno effect in a two-level system based on a single trapped ion ^(40)Ca~+. In the large detuning regime, we show that the transfer from the ground state to the excited state can be remarkably enhanced by the inserted projection measurements. The inserted measurements in our experiment are realized by the electron shelving technique. Compared to the ideal projection measurement, which makes the quantum state collapse instantaneously, a practical electron shelving process needs a finite time duration. The minimum time for this collapse process is shown to be inversely proportional to the square of the coupling strength between the measurement laser and the system.展开更多
We demonstrate a fiber Fabry-Pérot cavity in the ultraviolet range, which covers the florescence wavelength for the <sup>2</sup>P to <sup>2</sup>S transition of Yb and is designed in the b...We demonstrate a fiber Fabry-Pérot cavity in the ultraviolet range, which covers the florescence wavelength for the <sup>2</sup>P to <sup>2</sup>S transition of Yb and is designed in the bad cavity limit for florescence collection. Benefiting from both the small cavity mode volume and the large atom dipole, a cavity with moderate finesse and high transmission still supports a good cooperativity, which is made and tested in experiment. Based on the measured experimental parameters, simulation performed on the cavity and ion shows a Purcell factor better than 2.5 and a single-mode fiber collection efficiency over 10%. This technology can support ultra-bright single photon sources based on trapped ions and can provide the possibility to link remote atoms as a quantum network.展开更多
Cancer cell spheroids(CCS) are a valuable three-dimensional cell model in cancer studies because they could replicate numerous characteristics of solid tumors. Increasing researches have used matrix-assisted laser des...Cancer cell spheroids(CCS) are a valuable three-dimensional cell model in cancer studies because they could replicate numerous characteristics of solid tumors. Increasing researches have used matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging(MALDI-MSI) to investigate the spatial distribution of endogenous compounds(e.g., lipids) in CCS. However, only limited lipid species can be detected owing to a low ion yield by using MALDI. Besides, it is still challenging to fully characterize the structural diversity of lipids due to the existence of isomeric/isobaric species. Here, we carried out the initial application of MALDI coupled with laser-postionization(MALDI-2) and trapped ion mobility spectrometry(TIMS) imaging in HCT116 colon CCS to address these challenges. We demonstrated that MALDI-2 is capable of detecting more number and classes of lipids in HCT116 colon CCS with higher signal intensities than MALDI. TIMS could successfully separate numerous isobaric/isomeric species of lipids in CCS. Interestingly, we found that some isomeric/isobaric species have totally different spatial distributions in colon CCS. Further MS/MS imaging analysis was employed to determine the compositions of fatty acid chains for isomeric species by examining disparities in signal intensities and spatial distributions of product ions. This work stresses the robust ability of TIMS and MALDI-2 imaging in analyzing endogenous lipids in CCS, which could potentially become powerful tools for future cancer studies.展开更多
The Kibble-Zurek(KZ)mechanism has played a fundamental role in defect formation with universal scaling laws in nonequilibrium phase transitions.However,this theory may not accurately predict the scaling laws in inhomo...The Kibble-Zurek(KZ)mechanism has played a fundamental role in defect formation with universal scaling laws in nonequilibrium phase transitions.However,this theory may not accurately predict the scaling laws in inhomogeneous systems and slow quenching processes.Here,we present a generalized KZ mechanism for the defect formation in trapped ions with the freeze-out condition gt=b0τ(t),where g is a universal quenching velocity function and b0 is a constant.We derived a differential equationφ(x,t)to account for the frozen correlation length of a kink in an inhomogeneous system and demonstrated a smooth crossover from a fast quenching process to a slow quenching process,which agrees well with the experiments performed by Ulm et al.[Nat.Commun.4,2290(2013)]and Pyka et al.[Nat.Commun.4,2291(2013)].Furthermore,we confirmed our theoretical model using molecular dynamics simulation by solving the stochastic differential equation,showing excellent agreement with the results from the differential equation.Our theory provides a general theoretical framework for studying KZ physics in inhomogeneous systems,which has applications in other nonequilibrium platforms studied experimentally.展开更多
Cold trapped ions can be excellent sensors for ultra-precision detection of physical quantities,which strongly depends on the measurement situation at hand.The stylus ion trap,formed by two concentric cylinders over a...Cold trapped ions can be excellent sensors for ultra-precision detection of physical quantities,which strongly depends on the measurement situation at hand.The stylus ion trap,formed by two concentric cylinders over a ground plane,holds the promise of relatively simple structure and larger solid angle for optical access and fluorescence collection in comparison with the conventional ion traps.Here we report our fabrication and characterization of the first stylus ion trap constructed in China,aiming for studying quantum optics and sensing weak electric fields in the future.We have observed the stable confinement of the ion in the trapping potential for more than two hours and measured the heating rate of the trap to be dε/dt=7.10±0.13 meV/s by the Doppler recooling method.Our work starts a way to building practical quantum sensors with high efficiency of optical collection and with ultimate goal for contributing to future quantum information technology.展开更多
[Objectives]The paper was to establish an ultra high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/linear ion trap complex mass spectrometry for the determination of 10 kinds ofα2-receptor agonists in animal derived f...[Objectives]The paper was to establish an ultra high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/linear ion trap complex mass spectrometry for the determination of 10 kinds ofα2-receptor agonists in animal derived food.[Methods]The samples were extracted with sodium carbonate buffer solution and ethyl acetate,and analyzed by mass spectrometry after solid phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography separation.[Results]Ten kinds ofα2-receptor agonists showed a good linear relationship in the range of 1-100μg/mL,with the average recovery of over 69%and the relative standard deviation less than 8.32%.The detection limit of 10 kinds of α_(2)-receptor agonists was up to 1μg/kg.[Conclusions]The method has good selectivity and strong anti-interference ability,and can meet the requirements of 10 kinds ofα2-receptor agonists residues in animal derived food.展开更多
This paper proposes a simple scheme to generate a four-atom entangled cluster state in cavity quantum electrodynamics. With the assistantce of a strong classical field the cavity is only virtually excited and no quant...This paper proposes a simple scheme to generate a four-atom entangled cluster state in cavity quantum electrodynamics. With the assistantce of a strong classical field the cavity is only virtually excited and no quantum information will be transferred from the atoms to the cavity during the preparation for a four-atom entangled cluster state, and thus the scheme is insensitive to the cavity field states and cavity decay. Assuming that deviation of laser intensity is 0.01 and that of simultaneity for the interaction is 0.01, it shows that the fidelity of the resulting four-atom entangled cluster state is about 0.9886. The scheme can also be used to generate a four-ion entangled cluster state in a hot trapped-ion system. Assuming that deviation of laser intensity is 0.01, it shows that the fidelity of the resulting four-ion entangled cluster state is about 0.9990. Experimental feasibility for achieving this scheme is also discussed.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10374025).
文摘An effective teleportation scheme for an unknown ionic internal state via trapped ions is proposed without joint Bell-state measurement (BSM). In the constructed quantum channel process, we make use of entanglement swapping to avoid decrease in entanglement during the distributing of particles. Thus our scheme provides new prospects for quantum teleportatlon in a longer distance. The distinct advant.age of our scheme is insensitive to the heating of vibrational mode. Furthermore, our scheme has no any individual optical access, and the successful probability also can reach 1.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10574022), and the Funds of the Natural . Science of Fujian Province, China (Grant No Z0512006).
文摘We propose a scheme for the preparation of one-dimensional and two-dimensional cluster states by using hot trapped ions. The scheme is based on the interaction between two ions and bichromatic radiation. The vibrational mode in our protocol is only virtually excited so that the system is insensitive to the thermal field. In addition, we only use two levels of ions as qubits and the successful probability may achieve 100%.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10374025).
文摘Beyond the Lamb-Dicke limit, this paper investigates the squeezing properties of the trapped ion in the travelling- wave laser. It shows that the squeezing properties of the trapped ion in the travelling-wave laser are strongly affected by the sideband number k, the Lamb-Dicke parameter η and the initial average phonon number.
基金Project supported by the Important Program of Hunan Provincial Education Department (Grant No 06A038)Department of Education of Hunan Province (Grant No 06C080)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (Grant No 07JJ3013)Postdoctoral Fund of China (Grant No 20070420825)
文摘In the system with two two-level ions confined in a linear trap, this paper presents a simple scheme to realize the quantum phase gate (QPG) and the swap gate beyond the Lamb Dicke (LD) limit. These two-qubit quantum logic gates only involve the internal states of two trapped ions. The scheme does not use the vibrational mode as the data bus and only requires a single resonant interaction of the ions with the lasers. Neither the LD approximation nor the auxiliary atomic level is needed in the proposed scheme. Thus the scheme is simple and the interaction time is very short, which is important in view of decoherence. The experimental feasibility for achieving this scheme is also discussed.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10574022), and the Funds of the Natural Science of Fujian Province, China (Grant Nos Z0512006 and A0210014).
文摘We propose a scheme for the realization of unconventional geometric two-qubit phase gates with two identical two-level ions, In the present scheme, the two ions are simultaneously illuminated by a standing-wave laser pulse with its pulse frequency being tuned to the ionic transition. The gate operation time can be much shorter, making the system robust against decoherence. In addition, we choose the appropriate experimental parameters to construct the geometric phase gate in one step, and thus avoid implementing the pure geometric single qubit operation.
文摘Vibrational degrees of freedom in trapped-ion systems have recently been gaining attention as a quantum resource,beyond the role as a mediator for entangling quantum operations on internal degrees of freedom,because of the large available Hilbert space.The vibrational modes can be represented as quantum harmonic oscillators and thus offer a Hilbert space with infinite dimensions.Here we review recent theoretical and experimental progress in the coherent manipulation of the vibrational modes,including bosonic encoding schemes in quantum information,reliable and efficient measurement techniques,and quantum operations that allow various quantum simulations and quantum computation algorithms.We describe experiments using the vibrational modes,including the preparation of non-classical states,molecular vibronic sampling,and applications in quantum thermodynamics.We finally discuss the potential prospects and challenges of trapped-ion vibrational-mode quantum information processing.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10374025).
文摘We propose a scheme to implement two-qubit controlled quantum phase gate(CQPG) via a single trapped two-level ion located in the standing wave field of a quantum cavlty, in which the trap works beyond the Lamb--Dicke limit. When the light field is resonant with the atomic transition |g) →← |e) of the ion located at the antinode of the standing wave, we can perform CQPG between the internal and external states of the trapped ion; while the frequency of the light field is chosen to be resonant with the first red sideband of the collective vibrational mode of the ion located at the node of the standing wave, we can perform CQPG between the cavity mode and the collective vibrational mode of the trapped ion. Neither the Lamb--Dicke approximation nor the assistant classical laser is needed. Also we can generate a GHZ state if assisted with a classical laser.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0304203)the National Natural National Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11604392 and 11674200)+1 种基金the Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in Universities of Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.IRT 17R70)the Fund for Shanxi“1331 Project”Key Subjects Construction,and the 111 Project,China(Grant No.D18001).
文摘We present a protocol to realize topological discrete-time quantum walks,which comprise a sequence of spindependent flipping displacement operations and quantum coin tossing operations,with a single trapped ion.It is demonstrated that the information of bulk topological invariants can be extracted by measuring the average projective phonon number when the walk takes place in coherent state space.Interestingly,the specific chiral symmetry owned by our discrete-time quantum walks simplifies the measuring process.Furthermore,we prove the robustness of such bulk topological invariants by introducing dynamical disorder and decoherence.Our work provides a simple method to measure bulk topological features in discrete-time quantum walks,which can be experimentally realized in the system of single trapped ions.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11504430,61205108,and 11304387)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0301903)
文摘We present a sub-Doppler cooling scheme of a two-trapped-ion crystal by quantum feedback control method. In the scheme, we obtain the motional information by continuously measuring the spontaneous emission photons from one single ion of the crystal, and then apply a feedback force to cool the whole chain down.We derive the cooling dynamics of the cooling scheme using quantum feedback theory and quantum regression theorem. The result shows that with experimentally achievable parameters, our scheme can achieve lower temperature and faster cooling rate than Doppler cooling.
基金Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant No T0650006)the Science Foundation of Educational Committee of Fujian Province of China (Grant No JB06037)
文摘A scheme is presented for teleporting an unknown state in a trapped ion system. The scheme only requires a single laser beam. It allows the trap to be in any state with a few phonons, e.g. a thermal motion. Furthermore, it works in the regime, where the Rabi frequency of the laser is on the order of the trap frequency. Thus, the teleportation speed is greatly increased, which is important for decreasing the decoherence effect. This idea can also be used to teleport an unknown ionic entangled state.
基金the Science Foundation of Educational Committee of Fujian Province under Grant No.JB06037
文摘A scheme is presented for teleportation of an unknown entangled ionic state between ions kept in two wellseparated traps,which is induced by means of two dispersive laser excitations.The scheme is insensitive to the thermalmotion and its successful probability can reach 1.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10374025) and the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 06JJ4003).
文摘We propose a fast scheme to generate the quantum-interference states of N trapped ions. In the scheme the ions are driven by a standing-wave laser beam whose carrier frequency is tuned such that the ion transition can take place. We also propose a simple and fast scheme to produce the GHZ state of N hot trapped ions and this scheme is insensitive to the heating of vibrational motion, which is important from the viewpoint of decoherence.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10574001)the Program of the Education Department of Anhui Province (2004kj029) of China+1 种基金the Talent Foundation of Anhui University of Chinathe Youth Program of Fuyang Teachers College of China (Grant Nos 2005LQ03 and 2005LQ04)
文摘This paper presents a very simple scheme for generating quantum controlled phase-shift gate with only one step by using the two vibrational modes of a trapped ion as the two qubits. The scheme couples two vibration degrees of freedom coupled with a suitable chosen laser excitation via the ionic states.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0301903)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11174370,11304387,61632021,11305262,11574398,and N 61205108)the Research Plan Project of National University of Defense Technology,China(Grant No.ZK16-03-04)
文摘We experimentally demonstrate the quantum anti-Zeno effect in a two-level system based on a single trapped ion ^(40)Ca~+. In the large detuning regime, we show that the transfer from the ground state to the excited state can be remarkably enhanced by the inserted projection measurements. The inserted measurements in our experiment are realized by the electron shelving technique. Compared to the ideal projection measurement, which makes the quantum state collapse instantaneously, a practical electron shelving process needs a finite time duration. The minimum time for this collapse process is shown to be inversely proportional to the square of the coupling strength between the measurement laser and the system.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11274289,11325419,11474267,11404319,61327901,61225025 and 1147426the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant Nos WK2470000018 and WK2030020019+2 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program(B)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No XDB01030300the National Youth Top Talent Support Program of National High-level Personnel of Special Support Program under Grant No BB2470000005the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation under Grant No 1608085QA22
文摘We demonstrate a fiber Fabry-Pérot cavity in the ultraviolet range, which covers the florescence wavelength for the <sup>2</sup>P to <sup>2</sup>S transition of Yb and is designed in the bad cavity limit for florescence collection. Benefiting from both the small cavity mode volume and the large atom dipole, a cavity with moderate finesse and high transmission still supports a good cooperativity, which is made and tested in experiment. Based on the measured experimental parameters, simulation performed on the cavity and ion shows a Purcell factor better than 2.5 and a single-mode fiber collection efficiency over 10%. This technology can support ultra-bright single photon sources based on trapped ions and can provide the possibility to link remote atoms as a quantum network.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.22036001, 22276034 and 22106130)。
文摘Cancer cell spheroids(CCS) are a valuable three-dimensional cell model in cancer studies because they could replicate numerous characteristics of solid tumors. Increasing researches have used matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging(MALDI-MSI) to investigate the spatial distribution of endogenous compounds(e.g., lipids) in CCS. However, only limited lipid species can be detected owing to a low ion yield by using MALDI. Besides, it is still challenging to fully characterize the structural diversity of lipids due to the existence of isomeric/isobaric species. Here, we carried out the initial application of MALDI coupled with laser-postionization(MALDI-2) and trapped ion mobility spectrometry(TIMS) imaging in HCT116 colon CCS to address these challenges. We demonstrated that MALDI-2 is capable of detecting more number and classes of lipids in HCT116 colon CCS with higher signal intensities than MALDI. TIMS could successfully separate numerous isobaric/isomeric species of lipids in CCS. Interestingly, we found that some isomeric/isobaric species have totally different spatial distributions in colon CCS. Further MS/MS imaging analysis was employed to determine the compositions of fatty acid chains for isomeric species by examining disparities in signal intensities and spatial distributions of product ions. This work stresses the robust ability of TIMS and MALDI-2 imaging in analyzing endogenous lipids in CCS, which could potentially become powerful tools for future cancer studies.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11904099,and 11774328)Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China(Grant No.2021JJ30210)Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant Nos.2021ZD0301600,2021ZD0301200,and 2021ZD0301500)。
文摘The Kibble-Zurek(KZ)mechanism has played a fundamental role in defect formation with universal scaling laws in nonequilibrium phase transitions.However,this theory may not accurately predict the scaling laws in inhomogeneous systems and slow quenching processes.Here,we present a generalized KZ mechanism for the defect formation in trapped ions with the freeze-out condition gt=b0τ(t),where g is a universal quenching velocity function and b0 is a constant.We derived a differential equationφ(x,t)to account for the frozen correlation length of a kink in an inhomogeneous system and demonstrated a smooth crossover from a fast quenching process to a slow quenching process,which agrees well with the experiments performed by Ulm et al.[Nat.Commun.4,2290(2013)]and Pyka et al.[Nat.Commun.4,2291(2013)].Furthermore,we confirmed our theoretical model using molecular dynamics simulation by solving the stochastic differential equation,showing excellent agreement with the results from the differential equation.Our theory provides a general theoretical framework for studying KZ physics in inhomogeneous systems,which has applications in other nonequilibrium platforms studied experimentally.
基金Project supported by the Special Project for Research and Development in Key Areas of Guangdong Province,China (Grant No.2020B0303300001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.U21A20434,12074346,12074390,11835011,11804375,and 11804308)+2 种基金the Fund from the Key Laboratory of Guangzhou for Quantum Precision Measurement (Grant No.202201000010)the Science and Technology Projects in Guangzhou (Grant No.202201011727)the Nansha Senior Leading Talent Team Technology Project (Grant No.2021CXTD02)。
文摘Cold trapped ions can be excellent sensors for ultra-precision detection of physical quantities,which strongly depends on the measurement situation at hand.The stylus ion trap,formed by two concentric cylinders over a ground plane,holds the promise of relatively simple structure and larger solid angle for optical access and fluorescence collection in comparison with the conventional ion traps.Here we report our fabrication and characterization of the first stylus ion trap constructed in China,aiming for studying quantum optics and sensing weak electric fields in the future.We have observed the stable confinement of the ion in the trapping potential for more than two hours and measured the heating rate of the trap to be dε/dt=7.10±0.13 meV/s by the Doppler recooling method.Our work starts a way to building practical quantum sensors with high efficiency of optical collection and with ultimate goal for contributing to future quantum information technology.
基金Supported by Scientific Research Project of Dalian Customs(2022DK09).
文摘[Objectives]The paper was to establish an ultra high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole/linear ion trap complex mass spectrometry for the determination of 10 kinds ofα2-receptor agonists in animal derived food.[Methods]The samples were extracted with sodium carbonate buffer solution and ethyl acetate,and analyzed by mass spectrometry after solid phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography separation.[Results]Ten kinds ofα2-receptor agonists showed a good linear relationship in the range of 1-100μg/mL,with the average recovery of over 69%and the relative standard deviation less than 8.32%.The detection limit of 10 kinds of α_(2)-receptor agonists was up to 1μg/kg.[Conclusions]The method has good selectivity and strong anti-interference ability,and can meet the requirements of 10 kinds ofα2-receptor agonists residues in animal derived food.
基金Project supported by the Postdoctal Foundation of Central South University of Chinathe Important Program of Hunan Provincial Education Department of China (Grant No. 06A038)+1 种基金Department of Education of Hunan Province of China (Grant No. 06C080)Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation,China (Grant No. 07JJ3013)
文摘This paper proposes a simple scheme to generate a four-atom entangled cluster state in cavity quantum electrodynamics. With the assistantce of a strong classical field the cavity is only virtually excited and no quantum information will be transferred from the atoms to the cavity during the preparation for a four-atom entangled cluster state, and thus the scheme is insensitive to the cavity field states and cavity decay. Assuming that deviation of laser intensity is 0.01 and that of simultaneity for the interaction is 0.01, it shows that the fidelity of the resulting four-atom entangled cluster state is about 0.9886. The scheme can also be used to generate a four-ion entangled cluster state in a hot trapped-ion system. Assuming that deviation of laser intensity is 0.01, it shows that the fidelity of the resulting four-ion entangled cluster state is about 0.9990. Experimental feasibility for achieving this scheme is also discussed.