Simultaneous measurements of global vibrational spectra and dephasing times of molecular vibrational modes by broadband time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectrography

In broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering （CARS） spectroscopy with supercontinuum （SC）, the simultaneously detectable spectral coverage is limited by the spectral continuity and the simultaneity of various spectral components of SC in an enough bandwidth. By numerical simulations, the optimal experimental conditions for improving the SC are obtained. The broadband time-resolved CARS spectrography based on the SC with required temporal and spectral distributions is realised. The global molecular vibrational spectrum with well suppressed nonresonant background noise can be obtained in a single measurement. At the same time, the measurements of dephasing times of various molecular vibrational modes can be conveniently achieved from intensities of a sequence of time-resolved CARS signals. It will be more helpful to provide a complete picture of molecular vibrations, and to exhibit a potential to understand not only both the solvent dynamics and the solute-solvent interactions, but also the mechanisms of chemical reactions in the fields of biology, chemistry and material science.

Entanglement and non-Markovianity of a spin-S system in a dephasing environment

We study the entanglement （measured by negativity） evolution and the non-Markovianity for the dynamical process of a spin-S system embedded in dephasing environments. The exact analytical solution is presented, which shows that the decoherence function governs the evolutions of coherence, entanglement, and the non-Markovianity of the correspond- ing dynamical processes. For Ohmic and sub-Ohmic reservoirs, the negativity decreases monotonically in time and the corresponding dynamics is Markovian. While for super-Ohmic reservoirs with non-monotonic decoherence function, the negativity appears as the phenomenon of revival and the corresponding dynamics is non-Markovian. The relation between non-Markovianity and the system dimension is studied.

Role of phase fluctuation and dephasing in the enhancing continuous variable entanglement of a two-photon coherent beat laser

A steady state analysis of the nonclassical features and statistical properties of the cavity radiation of a two- photon coherent beat laser is presented. Results show that the degree of two-mode squeezing, detectable entanglement and intensity of the cavity radiation can increase with the deviation of the phase fluctuations of the laser employed in preparing the atoms, but decrease with the increasing rate at which the induced coherence superposition decays. Although it is found that varying the phase fluctuations and dephasing can lead to modification in the quantum features and statistical properties of the radiation, it does not alter the similarity in the nature of the degree of entanglement detectable by the criteria following from Duan-Giedke-Cirac Zoller and logarithmic negativity in a perceivable manner. Since the intensity and quantum features can be readily enhanced, this system is expected to be a viable source of a strong robust entangled （squeezed） light under various conditions. Moreover, comparison of the mean number of photon pairs with intensity difference shows that the chance of inciting a two-photon process can be enhanced by changing the rate of dephasing and phase fluctuations.

Quantum speed limit of the double quantum dot in pure dephasing environment under measurement

The quantum speed limit(QSL)of the double quantum dot(DQD)system has been theoretically investigated by adopting the detection of the quantum point contact(QPC)in the pure dephasing environment.The Mandelstam–Tamm(MT)type of the QSL bound which is based on the trace distance has been extended to the DQD system for calculating the shortest evolving time.The increase of decoherence rate can weaken the capacity for potential speedup(CPS)and delay the evolving process due to the frequently measurement localizing the electron in the DQD system.The system needs longer time to evolve to the target state as the enhancement of dephasing rate,because the strong interaction between pure dephasing environment and the DQD system could vary the oscillation of the electron.Increasing the dephasing rate can sharp the QSL bound,but the decoherence rate would weaken the former effect and vice versa.Moreover,the CPS would be raised by increasing the energy displacement,while the enhancement of the coupling strength between two quantum dots can diminish it.It is interesting that there has an inflection point,when the coupling strength is less than the value of the point,the increasing effect of the CPS from the energy displacement is dominant,otherwise the decreasing tendency of the CPS is determined by the coupling strength and suppress the action of the energy displacement if the coupling strength is greater than the point.Our results provide theoretical reference for studying the QSL time in a semiconductor device affected by numerous factors.

Quantum parameter estimation in a spin-boson dephasing quantum system by periodical projective measurements

In this paper,we explore how to estimate the phase damping parameter γ and the tunneling amplitude parameter ？from a spin-boson dephasing quantum model by periodical projective measurements.The preparation of initial states is accomplished by performing the period measurements in our scheme.The parameter γ can be always estimated when projective measurement bases are chosen as θ = π/2 and φ = 0.Based on the estimated value of γ and the interval information of ？,we can select another measurement bases（θ = π/4 and φ = π/2） to obtain the estimated value of ？.A coherent control is indispensable to estimate ？ if γ is in the interval of ？;whereas the control is not necessary if γ is out of the known interval of ？.We establish the relation between the optimal period time and the parameter γ or ？ in terms of Fisher information.Although the optimal measurement period cannot be selected beforehand,the aforementioned relation can be utilized to adjust the measurement period to approach the optimal one.

Dephasing of quantum tunnelling in molecular nanomagnets

Dephasing mechanism of quantum tunnelling in molecular magnets has been studied by means of the spin-coherentstate path integral in a mean field approximation. It is found that the fluctuating uncompensated transverse field from the dipolar-dipolar interaction between molecular magnets contributes a random phase to the quantum interference phase. The resulting transition rate is determined by the average tunnel splitting over the random phase. Such a dephasing process leads to the suppression of quenching due to the quantum phase interference, and to the steps due to odd resonances in hysteresis loop survived, which is in good agreement with experimental observations in molecular nanomagnets Fes and Mn12.

Traveling-wave parametric amplifiere-induced qubit dephasing:analysis and mitigation

The mitigation of dephasing poses a significant challenge toimproving the performance of error-prone superconducting quantum computing systems.Here,the dephasing of a transmon qubit ina dispersive readout regime was investigated by adopting aJosephson traveling-wave parametric amplifier as the preamplifier.Our findings reveal that the potent pump leakage from the preamplifier may lead to severe dephasing.This could be attributed to amixture of measurement-induced dephasing,ac Stark effect,andheating.It is showed that pulse-mode readout is a promising measurement scheme to mitigate qubit dephasing while minimizing theneed for bulky circulators.Our work provides key insights intomitigating decoherence from microwave-pumped preamplifiers,which will be critical for advancing large-scale quantum computers.

Experimental demonstration of suppressing residual geometric dephasing

The geometric phase is regarded as a promising strategy in fault tolerance quantum information processing(QIP) domain due to its phase only depending on the geometry of the path executed. However, decoherence caused by environmental noise will destroy the geometric phase. Traditional dynamic decoupling sequences can eliminate dynamic dephasing but can not reduce residual geometric dephasing, which is still vital for high-precision quantum manipulation. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate effective suppression of residual geometric dephasing with modified dynamic decoupling schemes,using a single trapped171 Ybtion. The experimental results show that the modified schemes can reduce dephasing rate up to more than one order of magnitude compared with traditional dynamic decoupling schemes, where residual geometric dephasing dominates. Besides, we also investigate the impact of intensity and correlation time of the low-frequency noise on coherence of the quantum system. And we confirm these methods can be used in many cases.

Rotational dephasing of the molecular alignment by centrifugal distortion [Invited]

The dephasing of molecular alignment can lead to the deformation of the alignment signal during its periodic revivals.Most studies are concentrated on the first few rotational revival periods of the molecular alignment and neglect the dephasing effect.However,study of the alignment dephasing is still of great significance for both the long-term dynamics of the molecular alignment and the dephasing itself.In this work,we theoretically demonstrate that the dephasing effect is correlated with both the rotational temperature and the rotational revival period of the molecules.The results present that the dephasing is especially significant for those molecules with long rotational revival period at high rotational temperatures.The physics behind it is explored by taking advantage of the coherence of the rotational quantum state population.This work deepens our understanding of rotational dynamics and rotational spectroscopy in molecular alignment.

Ultrafast dephasing of interband transitions in semiconductors

Two basic types of dephasing mechanisms, carrier-carrier and carrier-phonon scattering including hole-hole and hole-phonon scattering are proposed in the theory of ultrafast polarization dephasing of continuum transitions in bulk semiconductors. The contribution of optical phonon scattering to the dephasing rate is the average of the scattering rates for electrons and holes. A weighting factor that reflects the change in the momentum of the particle in a collision is introduced into the usual integral of the carrier-carrier scattering rate to describe the contribution of carrier-carrier scattering to the dephasing rate for the case of static screening interaction. The theoretical calculations are in quantitative agreement with the reported experimental results.

Dephasing eflfects in topological insulators

Topological insulators,a class of typical topological materials in both two dimensions and three dimensions,are insulating in bulk and metallic at surface.The spin-momentum locked surface states and peculiar transport properties exhibit promising potential applications on quantum devices,which generate extensive interest in the last decade.Dephasing is the process of the loss of phase coherence,which inevitably exists in a realistic sample.In this review,we focus on recent progress in dephasing effects on the topological insulators.In general,there are two types of dephasing processes:normal dephasing and spin dephasing.In two-dimensional topological insulators,the phenomenologically numerical investigation shows that the longitudinal resistance plateaus is robust against normal dephasing but fragile with spin dephasing.Several microscopic mechanisms of spin dephasing are then discussed.In three-dimensional topological insulators,the helical surface states exhibit a helical spin texture due to the spin-momentum locking mechanism.Thus,normal dephasing has close connection to spin dephasing in this case,and gives rise to anomalous "gap-like" feature.Dephasing effects on properties of helical surface states are investigated.

^(13)C NMR SPECTROSCOPY OF KEROGEN——APPLICATION OF DIPOLAR DEPHASING TECHNIQUE

Solid state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance （NMR）with cross polarization （CP）and magic angle spinning （MAS） techniques have made possible a direct measurement of organic carbon distribution in kerogens, which is helpful to characterization of the kerogen types, ma-

Prefect Protection of Quantum-Enhanced Metrology from Dephasing Noise

One of the main obstacles for quantum-enhanced metrology is that the estimation accuracy enhanced by non-classical states is likely to be obliterated by noises. Here, we consider a scenario of phase estimation suffering from pure dephasing noise which is taken into account after the phase parameter being imprinted, and propose a scheme to effectively protect the quantum enhancement from both correlated and uncorrelated dephasing sources by performing a rotation operation prior to the noise. By invoking the Fisher information approach, we strictly prove that a π/2 rotation is the ideal one which can completely resist the influence of the phase noise for all real symmetric pure states and the optimal measurement approaching the ultimate sensitivity set by quantum Cramér–Rao bound is presented.Additionally, we numerically study the availability of the scheme with arbitrary angle rotation for different probe states and show that our scheme will still robust for general symmetric pure states even with non-ideal rotation operation.

Quantum to classical crossover under dephasing effects in a two-dimensional percolation model

Scaling theory predicts complete localization in d = 2 in quantum systems belonging to the orthogonal class(i.e., with timereversal symmetry and spin-rotation symmetry). The conductance g behaves as g^exp(-L/l) with system size L and localization length l in the strong disorder limit. However, classical systems can always have metallic states in which Ohm’s law shows a constant g in d=2. We study a two-dimensional quantum percolation model by controlling dephasing effects. The numerical investigation of g aims at simulating a quantum-to-classical percolation evolution. An unexpected metallic phase, where g increases with L, generates immense interest before the system becomes completely classical. Furthermore, the analysis of the scaling plot of g indicates a metal-insulator crossover.

Hygrothermal Study of a House Made of Local Biosourced Materials Based on Clay: Experimental Study

The purpose of this study is to experimentally analyze the thermal behavior of the walls of a prototype experimental house. A Datalogger and thermocouples were used on the experimental house to determine the temperatures of the exterior and interior walls. Also, “MSR” type HygroPuce was used to determine the exterior and interior temperatures and relative humidity of the habitat. The results show that a wall made of bio-based materials with a mixture of “earth + Hibiscus cannabinus L. fibers” allows reducing the fluctuations of the interior temperatures. We observe the peaks of temperatures on the external walls at 11:00 am and for the interior walls, the peaks are observed at 5:00 pm. The maximum thermal phase shift between the peaks of the external and internal temperatures is about 7.5 hours, and the maximum damping factor is 0.9. Also, we note that the thermal performance of the material used in the design of the envelope of the house is determined by the improvement of the response of the envelope in front of the external thermal solicitations.

Monte Carlo simulation of in-plane spin-polarized transport in GaAs/GaAlAs quantum well in the three-subband approximation

We develop a Monte Carlo （MC） tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model to investigate the in-plane spln-polarized transport in GaAs/GaAlAs quantum well. Using the tool, the effects of the electron occupation of higher subbands and the intersuhband scattering on the spin dephasing have been studied. Compared with the corresponding results of the simple one-snbband approximation model, the spin dephasing length is reduced four times under 0.125 kV/cm of driving electric field at 300K by the MC tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model, indicating that the three-subbarld approximation model predicts significantly shorter spin dephasing length with temperature increasing. Our simulation results suggest that the effects of the electron occupation of higher subbands and the intersubband scattering on the spln-dependent transport of GaAs 2-dhuensional electron gas need to be considered when the driving electric field exceeds the moderate value and the lattice temperature is above 100K. The simulation by using the MC tool incorporated with the three-subband approximation model also indicates that, under a eertain driving electric field and lattice temperature, larger channel widths cause spins to be depolarized faster. Ranges of the three components of the spins are different for three different injected spin polarizations due to the anisotropy of spin-orbit interaction.

Phase effect on dynamics of quantum discord modulated by interaction between qubits

We study the effects of the interaction strength and the initial phase on the dynamics of quantum discord in a twoqubit system under both spontaneous emission and dephasing noisy channels. It is shown that the time evolution of quantum discord displays quicker oscillations with increasing inter-qubit interaction strength but the effect of the initial phase closely depends on the interaction between the qubits. Only for non-zero inter-qubit interaction cases, the evolution of quantum discord is affected by the initial phase and its oscillating amplitude increases with increasing initial phase. A comparison between evolutions of quantum discord and entanglement is also made.

Simulation of the influence of imperfections on dynamical decoupling of a superconducting qubit

Dynamical decoupling is widely used in many quantum computing systems to combat decoherence. In a practical superconducting quantum system, imperfections can plague decoupling performance. In this work, imperfections in a superconducting qubit and its control system are modeled via modified Hamiltonian and collapse operator. A master equation simulation is carried out on the qubit under 1/f environment noise spectrum. The average dephasing rate of qubit is extracted to characterize the impact of different imperfections on the decoupling from dephasing. We find that the precision of pulse position, on–off ratio, and filtering effect are most critical. Bounded pulses have weaker impact,while variation in pulse width and qubit relaxation are insignificant. Consequently, alternative decoupling protocols, jitter mitigation, cascaded mixers, and pulse shaping can be conducive to the performance of decoupling. This work may assist the analysis and optimization of dynamical decoupling on noisy superconducting quantum systems.

Quantum speed limit for the maximum coherent state under the squeezed environment

The quantum speed limit time for quantum system under squeezed environment is studied.We consider two typical models,the damped Jaynes-Cummings model and the dephasing model.For the damped Jaynes-Cummings model under squeezed environment,we find that the quantum speed limit time becomes larger with the squeezed parameter r increasing and indicates symmetry about the phase parameter valueθ=π.Meanwhile,the quantum speed limit time can also be influenced by the coupling strength between the system and environment.However,the quantum speed limit time for the dephasing model is determined by the dephasing rate and the boundary of acceleration region that interacting with vacuum reservoir can be broken when the squeezed environment parameters are appropriately chosen.

Theoretical and experimental investigations of coherent phonon dynamics in sapphire crystal using femto-second time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering

We report on the theoretical and the experimental investigations of the coherent phonon dynamics in sapphire crystal using the femtosecond time-resolved coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering （fs-CARS） technique. The temporal chirped white-light continuum （WLC） is used for the Stokes pulse, therefore we can perform the selective excitation of the phonon modes without using a complicated laser system. The expected quantum beat phenomenon is clearly observed. The theoretical formulas consist very well with the experimental results. The dephasing times of the excited phonon modes, the wavenumber difference, and the phase shift between the simultaneously excited modes are obtained and discussed. This work opens up a way to study directly high-frequency coherent phonon dynamics in bulk crystals on a femtosecond time scale and is especially helpful for understanding the nature of coherent phonons.