Dominic Reinhardt, Julia Heupel, Cyril Popov, Ralf Wunderlich
{"title":"Laser Beam Induced Charge Collection for Defect Mapping and Spin State Readout in Diamond","authors":"Dominic Reinhardt, Julia Heupel, Cyril Popov, Ralf Wunderlich","doi":"10.1002/qute.202400237","DOIUrl":"10.1002/qute.202400237","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The detection of laser-induced photo-currents in diamond is shown with about 100 fA resolution in the pico- to nanoampere range. A micro-electronic approach enables to work without using lock-in techniques. For that purpose, a commercially available and low-cost precision integrating amplifier is utilized on a home-built printed circuit board. This technique is applied to three different diamond samples with different defect concentrations. Two ultra-pure diamond samples with shallow implanted defects, predominantly nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers and substitutional nitrogen (P1 centers), are investigated. The third sample is an electron-irradiated type Ib diamond with a much higher intrinsic defect concentration. For all samples, spatially resolved photo-current maps as well as laser power and bias voltage-dependent measurements are recorded. Furthermore, photo-currents are successfully recorded without an applied bias voltage. Finally, the technique is used to perform continuous wave photoelectric detection of magnetic resonances (PDMR) using NV centers. The presented approach paves the way for time-resolved photo-current measurements of individual defects and pulsed PDMR measurements without lock-in technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":72073,"journal":{"name":"Advanced quantum technologies","volume":"7 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/qute.202400237","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142227430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spontaneous Disentanglement of Indistinguishable Particles","authors":"Eyal Buks","doi":"10.1002/qute.202400248","DOIUrl":"10.1002/qute.202400248","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A master equation containing a nonlinear term that gives rise to disentanglement has been recently explored. Here, a modified version, which is applicable for indistinguishable particles, is proposed, and studied for both the Bose–Hubbard and the Fermi–Hubbard models. It is found for both Bosons and Fermions that disentanglement can give rise to quantum phase transitions.</p>","PeriodicalId":72073,"journal":{"name":"Advanced quantum technologies","volume":"7 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/qute.202400248","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongxiang Shen, Yuxing He, Zeyu Han, Zongyuan Li, Wenhui Luo, Lan Cheng, Yanyi Luo, Bo Jing, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
{"title":"Front Cover: Generating Microwave Signals with Enhancive Amplitudes Using Superconductor Single Flux Quantum Pulses for Controlling Quantum Bit (Adv. Quantum Technol. 8/2024)","authors":"Hongxiang Shen, Yuxing He, Zeyu Han, Zongyuan Li, Wenhui Luo, Lan Cheng, Yanyi Luo, Bo Jing, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa","doi":"10.1002/qute.202470020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/qute.202470020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This cover image illustrates the generation of microwave waveforms for qubit control by transforming superconducting single-flux-quantum (SFQ) pulses through a filtering network. The output microwave can be modulated by managing the condition of an SFQ pulse pair. Specifically, the reverse-polarity pulse-pair (RPPP) method enables maximum output amplitude and precise control over the initial phase of the microwave. This approach facilitates on-chip qubit control in a cryogenic environment, significantly reducing thermal noise and interconnecting cables, which is crucial for large-scale quantum computing. For further details see article number 2400001 by Hongxiang Shen, Yuxing He, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa, and co-workers.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":72073,"journal":{"name":"Advanced quantum technologies","volume":"7 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/qute.202470020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141986109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ksenia Weber, Simon Thiele, Mario Hentschel, Alois Herkommer, Harald Giessen
{"title":"Positional Accuracy of 3D Printed Quantum Emitter Fiber Couplers","authors":"Ksenia Weber, Simon Thiele, Mario Hentschel, Alois Herkommer, Harald Giessen","doi":"10.1002/qute.202400135","DOIUrl":"10.1002/qute.202400135","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Precise positioning of optical elements plays a key role in the performance of optical systems. While additive manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing enable the creation of entire complex micro-objectives in one step, thus rendering lens alignment unnecessary, certain applications require precise positional alignment of the printing process with respect to the substrate. For example, in order to efficiently couple quantum emitters to single-mode fibers, which is a crucial step in the development of real world quantum networks, precise alignment between the emitter, the coupling optics, and the single-mode fiber is of utmost importance. In this work, the positioning accuracy of a Photonics Professional GT (Nanoscribe GmbH) 3D printing machine is evaluated by using the integrated piezo stage to align to gold markers that is manufactured via e-beam lithography. By running a statistical analysis of 38 printing cycles, a mean positional error of only 80 nm is determined. Additionally, an entire system is 3D printed that can couple quantum emitters to optical single-mode fibers. Examining the focal spot of the 3D printed micro-optics, a positional accuracy of ≈ 1 µm in all three dimensions is found, as well as excellent quality of the focal spot.</p>","PeriodicalId":72073,"journal":{"name":"Advanced quantum technologies","volume":"7 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/qute.202400135","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Back Cover: Nonreciprocal Unconventional Photon Blockade with Kerr Magnons (Adv. Quantum Technol. 8/2024)","authors":"Xiao-Hong Fan, Yi-Ning Zhang, Jun-Po Yu, Ming-Yue Liu, Wen-Di He, Hai-Chao Li, Wei Xiong","doi":"10.1002/qute.202470022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/qute.202470022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In article number 2400043, Hai-Chao Li, Wei Xiong, and co-workers first propose to achieve nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade with Kerr magnons. By tuning the direction of the biased magnetic field, the Kerr coefficient can be opposite, giving rise to nonreciprocity. With such a nonreciprocal nonlinearity, direction-dependent unconventional photon blockade, destructively interfering between two transition paths, can be realized in single- and two-sphere cavity–magnon systems. By tuning magnon–photon coupling, reciprocal and nonreciprocal photon blockade can be arbitrarily switched for two-sphere setup. This study offers a potential platform for investigating nonreciprocal photon blockade effect with Kerr magnons.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":72073,"journal":{"name":"Advanced quantum technologies","volume":"7 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/qute.202470022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141985997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pietro Lombardi, Hristina Georgieva, Franziska Hirt, Juergen Mony, Rocco Duquennoy, Ramin Emadi, Maria Guadalupe Aparicio, Maja Colautti, Marco López, Stefan Kück, Costanza Toninelli
{"title":"Advances in Quantum Metrology with Dielectrically Structured Single Photon Sources Based on Molecules","authors":"Pietro Lombardi, Hristina Georgieva, Franziska Hirt, Juergen Mony, Rocco Duquennoy, Ramin Emadi, Maria Guadalupe Aparicio, Maja Colautti, Marco López, Stefan Kück, Costanza Toninelli","doi":"10.1002/qute.202400107","DOIUrl":"10.1002/qute.202400107","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the realm of fundamental quantum science and technologies, non-classical states of light, such as single-photon Fock states, are widely studied. However, current standards and metrological procedures are not optimized for low light levels. Progress in this crucial scientific domain depends on innovative metrology approaches, utilizing reliable devices based on quantum effects. A new generation of molecule-based single-photon sources is presented, combining their integration in a polymeric micro-lens with pulsed excitation schemes, thereby realizing suitable resources in quantum radiometry. The strategy enhances the efficiency of generated single photon pulses and improves stability, providing a portable source at 784.7 nm that maintains consistent performance even through a cooling and heating cycle. The calibration of a single-photon avalanche detector is demonstrated using light sources with different photon statistics, and the advantages of the single-molecule device are discussed. A relative uncertainty on the intrinsic detection efficiency well below 1% is attained, representing a new benchmark in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":72073,"journal":{"name":"Advanced quantum technologies","volume":"7 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/qute.202400107","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multiparty Quantum Key Agreement Based on \u0000 \u0000 d\u0000 $d$\u0000 -dimensional Bell States","authors":"Ya-Xi Shu, Chen-Ming Bai, Wan-Li Hong, Sujuan Zhang","doi":"10.1002/qute.202400204","DOIUrl":"10.1002/qute.202400204","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, on the design process of a multiparty quantum key agreement protocol within a <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>d</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$d$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-dimensional Hilbert space is elaborated upon. A circular-type multiparty quantum key agreement protocol based on the generalized Bell state is introduced. To enhance security against external attacks, <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>n</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$n$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> decoy states into the transmission process is incorporated. Transmission sequences of the generalized Bell state and decoy states are passed between participants. The participants then encode their secret information into the corresponding particles. Ultimately, all participants are able to derive the same key. In addition, a combination of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>d</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$d$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-dimensional Pauli operators is utilized, making the proposed protocol feasible with current technology. Analysis and protection against intercept-resend attack, entangle-measure attack and dishonest participants attacks, demonstrating the feasibility of the protocol in a <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>d</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$d$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-dimensional Hilbert space. The protocol has certain advantages over other protocols in terms of a comprehensive consideration of security and efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":72073,"journal":{"name":"Advanced quantum technologies","volume":"7 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}