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We argue that quantum phase slips (QPS) may generate non-equilibrium voltage fluctuations in superconducting nanowires. In the low frequency limit we evaluate all cumulants of the voltage operator which obey Poisson statistics and show a…

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We investigate experimentally the physics of quantum phase slips in one-dimensional Josephson Junction chains. These quantum phase-slips are induced by quantum phase fluctuations occurring on single junctions of the chain. In our experiment…

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Simulations of quantum chemistry and quantum materials are believed to be among the most important potential applications of quantum information processors, but realizing practical quantum advantage for such problems is challenging. Here,…

We study the dynamics of a symmetric two-level system strongly coupled to a broadened harmonic mode. Upon mapping the problem onto a spin-boson model with peaked spectral density, we show how analytic solutions can be obtained, at arbitrary…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Nesi , M. Grifoni , E. Paladino

Period tripling in driven quantum oscillators reveals unique features absent for linear and parametric drive, but generic for all higher-order resonances. Here, we focus at zero temperature on the relaxation dynamics towards a stationary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Jennifer Gosner , Björn Kubala , Joachim Ankerhold

We propose a quantum algorithm which uses the number of qubits in an optimal way and efficiently simulates a physical model with rich and complex dynamics described by the quantum sawtooth map. The numerical study of the effect of static…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Giuliano Benenti , Giulio Casati , Simone Montangero , Dima L. Shepelyansky

The paper concerns spontaneous asymptotic phase-locking and synchronization in two-qubit systems undergoing continuous Markovian evolution described by Lindbladian dynamics with normal Lindblad operators. Using analytic methods, all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-17 Daniel Štěrba , Jaroslav Novotný , Igor Jex

In this contribution it is considered a simple and solvable model consisting of a qubit in interaction with an oscillator exposed to a very small "environment" (a second qubit). An isolated qubit-oscillator system having the oscillator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-31 A. Vidiella-Barranco

In an externally driven multilevel quantum system observation that the NEXT jump has not yet happened affects its future development. In previous work [Phys. Rev. A36, 929 (1987)] it was shown that this class of measurement makes it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-24 Massimo Porrati , Nicholas Penthorn , John Rooney , Hong Wen Jiang , Seth Putterman

We investigate quantum fluctuations in thin superconducting wires. We demonstrate that quantum phase slips dominate the system behavior at low temperatures and are well in the measurable range for sufficiently thin wires. We discuss the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. D. Zaikin , D. S. Golubev , A. van Otterlo , G. T. Zimanyi

Extending the coherence lifetime of a qubit is central to the implementation and deployment of quantum technologies, particularly in the solid-state where various noise sources intrinsic to the material host play a limiting role. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-03 Carlos A. Meriles , Pablo R. Zangara , Daniela Pagliero

Interaction with a thermal environment decoheres the quantum state of a mechanical oscillator. When the interaction is sufficiently strong, such that more than one thermal phonon is introduced within a period of oscillation, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-09 Kiran Khosla , George A. Brawley , Michael R. Vanner , Warwick P. Bowen

Amorphous dielectric materials have been known to host two-level systems (TLSs) for more than four decades. Recent developments on superconducting resonators and qubits enable detailed studies on the physics of TLSs. In particular,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-23 J. H. Béjanin , C. T. Earnest , A. S. Sharafeldin , M. Mariantoni

The efficient probing of spectral features is important for characterising and understanding the structure and dynamics of quantum materials. In this work, we establish a framework for probing the excitation spectrum of quantum many-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-11 Jinzhao Sun , Lucia Vilchez-Estevez , Vlatko Vedral , Andrew T. Boothroyd , M. S. Kim

Quantum control of engineered mechanical oscillators can be achieved by coupling the oscillator to an auxiliary degree of freedom, provided that the coherent rate of energy exchange exceeds the decoherence rate of each of the two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 E. Verhagen , S. Deléglise , S. Weis , A. Schliesser , T. J. Kippenberg

Quantum collision models allow for the dynamics of open quantum systems to be described by breaking the environment into small segments, typically consisting of non-interacting harmonic oscillators or two-level systems. This work introduces…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-10 Anton Corr , Stefano Cusumano , Gabriele De Chiara

In a two level atom, real-time quantum state holography is performed through interferences between quantum states created by a reference pulse and a chirped pulse resulting in coherent transients. A sequence of several measurements allows…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Antoine Monmayrant , Béatrice Chatel , Bertrand Girard

The long-time maintenance of quantum coherence is crucial for its practical applications. We explore decoherence process of a multiqubit system passing through a correlated channel (phase flip, bit flip, bit-phase flip, and depolarizing).…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-06 Ming-Liang Hu , Heng Fan

Discrete quantum walks are dynamical protocols for controlling a single quantum particle. Despite of its simplicity, quantum walks display rich topological phenomena and provide one of the simplest systems to study and understand…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-12-09 Takuya Kitagawa

Evolution of coherent states is considered for a particle confined to a cylinder moving in a harmonic oscillator potential. Because of the discontinuous changes as time goes by of the phase representing the position of a particle on a…

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