Schrodinger＇s thought experiment to prepare a cat in a superposition of both alive and dead states reveals profound consequences of quantum mechanics and has attracted enormous interests. Here we propose a straight- ...Schrodinger＇s thought experiment to prepare a cat in a superposition of both alive and dead states reveals profound consequences of quantum mechanics and has attracted enormous interests. Here we propose a straight- forward method to create quantum superposition states of a living microorganism by putting a small cryopreserved bacterium on top of an electromechanical oscillator. Our proposal is based on recent developments that the center- of-mass oscillation of a 15-pro-diameter aluminum mem- brane has been cooled to its quantum ground state （Teufel et al. in Nature 475：359, 2011）, and entangled with a microwave field （Palomaki et al. in Science 342：710, 2013）. A microorganism with a mass much smaller than the mass of the electromechanical membrane will not signifi- cantly affect the quality factor of the membrane and can be cooled to the quantum ground state together with themembrane. Quantum superposition and teleportation of its center-of-mass motion state can be realized with the help of superconducting microwave circuits. More importantly, the internal states of a microorganism, such as the electron spin of a glycine radical, can be entangled with its center-of- mass motion and teleported to a remote microorganism. Our proposal can be realized with state-of-the-art tech- nologies. The proposed setup is a quantum-limited mag- netic resonance force microscope. Since internal states of an organism contain information, our proposal also pro- vides a scheme for teleporting information or memories between two remote organisms.展开更多
The spin in a rotating frame has attracted a lot of attentions recently,as it deeply relates to both fundamental physics such as pseudo-magnetic field and geometric phase,and applications such as gyroscopic sensors.Ho...The spin in a rotating frame has attracted a lot of attentions recently,as it deeply relates to both fundamental physics such as pseudo-magnetic field and geometric phase,and applications such as gyroscopic sensors.However,previous studies only focused on adiabatic limit,where the rotating frequency is much smaller than the spin frequency.Here we propose to use a levitated nano-diamond with a built-in nitrogen-vacancy(NV)center to study the dynamics and the geometric phase of a rotating electron spin without adiabatic approximation.We find that the transition between the spin levels appears when the rotating frequency is comparable to the spin frequency at zero magnetic field.Then we use Floquet theory to numerically solve the spin energy spectrum,study the spin dynamics and calculate the geometric phase under a finite magnetic field,where the rotating frequency to induce resonant transition could be greatly reduced.展开更多
We study the role of Franck-Condon(F-C) principle in the dynamics of a central spin system, which is coupled to an Ising chain in transverse field. The transition process of energy levels caused by the excited central...We study the role of Franck-Condon(F-C) principle in the dynamics of a central spin system, which is coupled to an Ising chain in transverse field. The transition process of energy levels caused by the excited central spin is studied to manifest the quantum critical effect through the Franck-Condon principle. The super-sensitivity of this quantum critical system is demonstrated clearly from the properties of Franck-Condon factors. We analytically show how spin numbers, coupling strength and order parameter of the Ising chain sensitively effect on the energy level populations in dynamical evolution near the critical point. This super-sensitivity and criticality are explicitly displayed in absorption spectrum.展开更多
基金the support from Purdue University and helpful discussions with G.Csathy,F.Robicheaux, C.Greene,and V.ShalaevZQY is funded by the National Basic Research Program of China (2011CBA00300 and 2011CBA00302)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11105136, 11474177 and 61435007)
文摘Schrodinger＇s thought experiment to prepare a cat in a superposition of both alive and dead states reveals profound consequences of quantum mechanics and has attracted enormous interests. Here we propose a straight- forward method to create quantum superposition states of a living microorganism by putting a small cryopreserved bacterium on top of an electromechanical oscillator. Our proposal is based on recent developments that the center- of-mass oscillation of a 15-pro-diameter aluminum mem- brane has been cooled to its quantum ground state （Teufel et al. in Nature 475：359, 2011）, and entangled with a microwave field （Palomaki et al. in Science 342：710, 2013）. A microorganism with a mass much smaller than the mass of the electromechanical membrane will not signifi- cantly affect the quality factor of the membrane and can be cooled to the quantum ground state together with themembrane. Quantum superposition and teleportation of its center-of-mass motion state can be realized with the help of superconducting microwave circuits. More importantly, the internal states of a microorganism, such as the electron spin of a glycine radical, can be entangled with its center-of- mass motion and teleported to a remote microorganism. Our proposal can be realized with state-of-the-art tech- nologies. The proposed setup is a quantum-limited mag- netic resonance force microscope. Since internal states of an organism contain information, our proposal also pro- vides a scheme for teleporting information or memories between two remote organisms.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61771278 and 61435007)the Joint Foundation of Ministry of Education of China(6141A02011604)supported by NSF under Grant No.PHY-1555035
文摘The spin in a rotating frame has attracted a lot of attentions recently,as it deeply relates to both fundamental physics such as pseudo-magnetic field and geometric phase,and applications such as gyroscopic sensors.However,previous studies only focused on adiabatic limit,where the rotating frequency is much smaller than the spin frequency.Here we propose to use a levitated nano-diamond with a built-in nitrogen-vacancy(NV)center to study the dynamics and the geometric phase of a rotating electron spin without adiabatic approximation.We find that the transition between the spin levels appears when the rotating frequency is comparable to the spin frequency at zero magnetic field.Then we use Floquet theory to numerically solve the spin energy spectrum,study the spin dynamics and calculate the geometric phase under a finite magnetic field,where the rotating frequency to induce resonant transition could be greatly reduced.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant Nos.2016YFA0301201 and 2014CB921403,NSFC under Grant No.11534002 and NSAF under Grant Nos.U1730449 and U1530401
文摘We study the role of Franck-Condon(F-C) principle in the dynamics of a central spin system, which is coupled to an Ising chain in transverse field. The transition process of energy levels caused by the excited central spin is studied to manifest the quantum critical effect through the Franck-Condon principle. The super-sensitivity of this quantum critical system is demonstrated clearly from the properties of Franck-Condon factors. We analytically show how spin numbers, coupling strength and order parameter of the Ising chain sensitively effect on the energy level populations in dynamical evolution near the critical point. This super-sensitivity and criticality are explicitly displayed in absorption spectrum.
