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Non-Gaussian quantum states of mechanical motion exhibiting Wigner negativity offer promising capabilities for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. Within the field of cavity quantum optomechanics, deterministic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 Jack Clarke , Pascal Neveu , Ewold Verhagen , Michael R. Vanner

We examine the possibility of coherent, reversible information transfer between solid-state superconducting qubits and ensembles of ultra-cold atoms. Strong coupling between these systems is mediated by a microwave transmission line…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-04-15 D. Petrosyan , G. Bensky , G. Kurizki , I. Mazets , J. Majer , J. Schmiedmayer

Quantum squeezed states, with reduced quantum noise, have been widely utilized in quantum sensing and quantum error correction applications. However, generating and manipulating these nonclassical states with a large squeezing degree…

We demonstrate that the Wigner function of a pure quantum state is a wave function in a specially tuned Dirac bra-ket formalism and argue that the Wigner function is in fact a probability amplitude for the quantum particle to be at a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-20 Denys I. Bondar , Renan Cabrera , Dmitry V. Zhdanov , Herschel A. Rabitz

We employ a machine learning-enabled approach to quantum state engineering based on evolutionary algorithms. In particular, we focus on superconducting platforms and consider a network of qubits -- encoded in the states of artificial atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-26 Jonathon Brown , Mauro Paternostro , Alessandro Ferraro

Measurement incompatibility and the negativity of quasiprobability distribution functions are well-known non-classical aspects of quantum systems. Both of them are widely accepted resources in quantum information processing. We acquaint an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Jatin Ghai , Gautam Sharma , Sibasish Ghosh

This study explores robust entangled states described using the framework of discrete Wigner functions. Notably, these states are known to outperform the Bell state in measures of entanglement in the presence of non-Markovian noise. Our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Jai Lalita , Pavithran Iyer , Subhashish Banerjee

Wigner function tomography is indispensable for characterizing quantum states, but its commonly used version, balanced homodyne detection, suffers from several weaknesses. First, it requires efficient detection, which is critical for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-25 Mahmoud Kalash , Maria V. Chekhova

The quasi-probabilistic Wigner distributions are the quantum mechanical analog of the classical phase-space distributions. We investigate quark Wigner distributions for a quark state dressed with a gluon, which can be thought of as a simple…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-05-09 Jai More , Asmita Mukherjee , Sreeraj Nair

We show deterministic generation of Werner states as a steady state of the collective decay dynamics of a pair of neutral atom coupled to a leaky cavity and strong coherent drive. We also show how the scheme can be extended to generate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Girish S. Agarwal , Kishore T. Kapale

We measure complete and continuous Wigner functions of a two-level cesium atom in both a nearly pure state and highly mixed states. We apply the method [T. Tilma et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 180401 (2016)] of strictly constructing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-26 Yali Tian , Zhihui Wang , Pengfei Zhang , Gang Li , Jie Li , Tiancai Zhang

We present a theoretical investigation of optical cavity QED systems, as described by the driven, open Jaynes-Cummings model and some of its variants, as potential sources of steady-state Wigner-negative light. We consider temporal modes in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 Alex Elliott , Scott Parkins

We propose and demonstrate a technique for quantum random number generation based on the random population of the output spatial modes of a beam splitter when both inputs are simultaneously fed with indistinguishable weak coherent states.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-19 T. Ferreira da Silva , G. B. Xavier , G. C. Amaral , G. P. Temporão , J. P. von der Weid

Simulations are increasingly employing explicit reservoirs - internal, finite regions - to drive electronic or particle transport. This naturally occurs in simulations of transport via ultracold atomic gases. Whether the simulation is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-08 Michael Zwolak

We propose a superconducting qutrit-resonator chain model, and analytically work out forms of its topological edge states. The existence of the zero-energy mode enables to generate a state transfer between two ends of the chain, accompanied…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Jin-Xuan Han , Jin-Lei Wu , Yan Wang , Yan Xia , Yong-Yuan Jiang , Jie Song

Precisely engineered mechanical oscillators keep time, filter signals, and sense motion, making them an indispensable part of today's technological landscape. These unique capabilities motivate bringing mechanical devices into the quantum…

It has recently been shown that it is possible to represent the complete quantum state of any system as a phase-space quasi-probability distribution (Wigner function) [Phys Rev Lett 117, 180401]. Such functions take the form of expectation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 R. P. Rundle , P. W. Mills , Todd Tilma , J. H. Samson , M. J. Everitt

Generating macroscopic non-classical quantum states is a long-standing challenge in physics. Anharmonic dynamics is an essential ingredient to generate these states, but for large mechanical systems, the effect of the anharmonicity tends to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-25 Christian A. Rosiek , Massimiliano Rossi , Albert Schliesser , Anders S. Sørensen

In this paper, we introduced circuits for three- and four-particle quantum systems to generate W states with any arbitrary coefficients and phases. Subsequently, each qubit was transmitted separately through a four-qubit entangled channel.…

We define the Wigner entropy of a quantum state as the differential Shannon entropy of the Wigner function of the state. This quantity is properly defined only for states that possess a positive Wigner function, which we name…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Zacharie Van Herstraeten , Nicolas J. Cerf