Preparation of spin squeezed state in SiV centers coupled by diamond waveguide

Spin squeezing is a fascinating manifestation of many-particle entanglement and one of the most promising quantum resources.In this paper,we propose a novel realization of a solid-state quantum spin squeezing by applying SiV centers embedded in a diamond waveguide with the help of a microwave field.The phenomena about the generation of spin squeezing are analyzed numerically in Markovian environments.Our analysis shows that spin squeezing can be generated with the microwave field’s help under some realistic conditions,despite the presence of dephasing and mechanical damping.This solid-state spin squeezing based on SiV centers in diamonds might be applied to magnetometers,interferometry,and other precise measurements.

Dynamics of quantum zeno and anti-zeno efects in an open system

We provide a general dynamical approach for the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects in an open quantum system under repeated non-demolition measurements. In our approach the repeated measurements are described by a general dynamical model without the wave function collapse postulation. Based on that model, we further study both the short-time and long-time evolutions of the open quantum system under repeated non-demolition measurements, and derive the measurement-modified decay rates of the excited state. In the cases with frequent ideal measurements at zero-temperature, we re-obtain the same decay rate as that from the wave function collapse postulation （Nature, 2000, 405： 546）. The correction to the ideal decay rate is also obtained under the non-ideal measurements. Especially, we find that the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects are possibly enhanced by the non-ideal natures of measurements. For the open system under measurements with arbitrary period, we generally derive the rate equation for the long-time evolution for the cases with arbitrary temperature and noise spectrum, and show that in the long-time evolution the noise spectrum is effectively tuned by the repeated measurements. Our approach is also able to describe the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects given by the phase modulation pulses, as well as the relevant quantum control schemes.

Near-infrared 3D imaging with upconversion detection

We demonstrate a photon-sensitive,three-dimensional(3D)camera by active near-infrared illumination and fast time-of-flight gating.It uses picosecond pump pulses to selectively upconvert the backscattered photons according to their spatiotemporal modes via sum-frequency generation in a χ^(2) nonlinear crystal,which are then detected by an electron-multiplying CCD with photon sensitive detection.As such,it achieves sub-millimeter depth resolution,exceptional noise suppression,and high detection sensitivity.Our results show that it can accurately reconstruct the surface profiles of occluded targets placed behind highly scattering and lossy obscurants of14 optical depth(round trip),using only milliwatt illumination power.This technique may find applications in biomedical imaging,environmental monitoring,and wide-field light detection and ranging.

Numerical Simulation of Free Surface by an Area-Preserving Level Set Method

We apply in this study an area preserving level set method to simulate gas/water interface flow.For the sake of accuracy,the spatial derivative terms in the equations of motion for an incompressible fluid flow are approximated by the fifthorder accurate upwinding combined compact difference(UCCD)scheme.This scheme development employs two coupled equations to calculate the first-and second-order derivative terms in the momentum equations.For accurately predicting the level set value,the interface tracking scheme is also developed to minimize phase error of the first-order derivative term shown in the pure advection equation.For the purpose of retaining the long-term accurate Hamiltonian in the advection equation for the level set function,the time derivative term is discretized by the sixth-order accurate symplectic Runge-Kutta scheme.Also,to keep as a distance function for ensuring the front having a finite thickness for all time,the re-initialization equation is used.For the verification of the optimized UCCD scheme for the pure advection equation,two benchmark problems have been chosen to investigate in this study.The level set method with excellent area conservation property proposed for capturing the interface in incompressible fluid flows is also verified by solving the dam-break,Rayleigh-Taylor instability,two-bubble rising in water,and droplet falling problems.

Development of an Explicit Symplectic Scheme that Optimizes the Dispersion-Relation Equation of the Maxwell’s Equations

In this paper an explicit finite-difference time-domain scheme for solving the Maxwell’s equations in non-staggered grids is presented.The proposed scheme for solving the Faraday’s and Amp`ere’s equations in a theoretical manner is aimed to preserve discrete zero-divergence for the electric and magnetic fields.The inherent local conservation laws in Maxwell’s equations are also preserved discretely all the time using the explicit second-order accurate symplectic partitioned Runge-Kutta scheme.The remaining spatial derivative terms in the semi-discretized Faraday’s and Amp`ere’s equations are then discretized to provide an accurate mathematical dispersion relation equation that governs the numerical angular frequency and the wavenumbers in two space dimensions.To achieve the goal of getting the best dispersive characteristics,we propose a fourth-order accurate space centered scheme which minimizes the difference between the exact and numerical dispersion relation equations.Through the computational exercises,the proposed dual-preserving solver is computationally demonstrated to be efficient for use to predict the long-term accurate Maxwell’s solutions.

Semiclassical Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Rarefied Circular Pipe Flows

Computations of microscopic circular pipe flow in a rarefied quantum gas are presented using a semiclassical axisymmetric lattice Boltzmann method.The method is first derived by directly projecting the Uehling-Uhlenbeck Boltzmann-BGK equations in two-dimensional rectangular coordinates onto the tensor Hermite polynomials using moment expansion method and then the forcing strategy of Halliday et al.[Phys.Rev.E.,64(2001),011208]is adopted by adding forcing terms into the resulting microdynamic evolution equation.The determination of the forcing terms is dictated by yielding the emergent macroscopic equations toward a particular target form.The correct macroscopic equations of the incompressible axisymmetric viscous flows are recovered through the Chapman-Enskog expansion.The velocity profiles and the mass flow rates of pipe flows with several Knudsen numbers covering different flow regimes are presented.It is found the Knudsen minimum can be captured in all three statistics studied.The results also indicate distinct characteristics of the effects of quantum statistics.