Rapid adiabatic passage without level crossing

We present a method for achieving complete population transfer in a two-state quantum system via adiabatic time evolution in which, contrary to conventional rapid adiabatic passage produced by chirped pulses, there occurs no crossing of diabatic energy curves: there is no sign change of the detuning. Instead, we use structured pulses, in which, in addition to satisfying conditions for adiabatic evolution, there occurs a sign change of the Rabi frequency when the detuning is zero. We present simulations that offer simple geometrical interpretation of the two-dimensional motion of the Bloch vector for this system, illustrating how both complete population inversion and complete population return occur for different choices of structured pulses.     

Implementing entanglement teleportation via adiabatic passage

This paper proposes a scheme for implementing teleportation of an entangled state of two trapped atoms through adiabatic passage and photonic interference. The scheme is robust against certain noise such as atomic spontaneous emission and the detector inefficiency.     

Quantum state transfer via adiabatic passage

Based on adiabatic passage, we propose a scheme for implementing the quantum transfer of an unknown atomic state. In our scheme, we utilize photons for ideal quantum transmission between two cavities with the successful probability being about 1. Meanwhile, the scheme is robust against the effects of atomic spontaneous emission. It may be useful for transferring quantum information among spatially distant atoms.     

通过绝热过程制备W态

提出一种方案制备W态,方案基于暗态绝热过程。制备过程中,所有原子都处于基态,光纤模保持在真空态,在一定条件下可以忽略腔场激发,因此,方案非常抗消相干。方案的另一个优点是：只要满足绝热条件,不必要精确调节相互作用时间。方案成功的几率随原子数的增加而增加。     

通过绝热过程制备W态

提出一种方案制备W态,方案基于暗态绝热过程.制备过程中,所有原子都处于基态,光纤模保持在真空态,在一定条件下可以忽略腔场激发,因此,方案非常抗消相干.方案的另一个优点是:只要满足绝热条件,不必要精确调节相互作用时间.方案成功的几率随原子数的增加而增加.     

Generation of four-atom Greenberger-Horn-Zeilinger state via adiabatic passage

We propose a scheme to generate a Greenberger-Horn-Zeilinger (GHZ) state of four atoms trapped in a two-mode optical cavity via an adiabatic passage. The scheme is robust against moderate fluctuations of the experimental parameters. Numerical calculations show that the excited probabilities of both the cavity modes and the atoms are tiny and depend on the pulse peaks of the classical laser fields. For certain decoherence due to the atomic spontaneous emission and the cavity decay, there exits a range of pulse peaks to get a high fidelity.     

Quantum state engineering in ion-traps via adiabatic passage

We propose two relatively robust schemes to generate entangled W states of three (or generally N) ions in ion trap systems by using adiabatic passage technique and appropriately designed ion-field couplings in a single step. In the first scheme, we apply the N-pod fractional stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (F-STIRAP) technique to generate W state of N ions using two Gaussian laser pulses. We also show that the W state of N ? 1 ions can be created via a simple N-pod standard STIRAP by two laser pulses. In the second scheme, we generate the entangled state of N ions via ??-pulse technique by a single laser pulse. We also study the population transfer of the system by numerical solutions of the master equation, considering the effect of decoherence channels due to laser intensity fluctuations and dissipation in the phonon modes.     

利用绝热过程实现远距离量子纠缠

提出利用绝热过程实现远距离量子纠缠的方案.Λ型原子和经典场、单模腔场发生相互作用,系统的绝热演化在暗态中进行.利用这种绝热演化进行远距离原子、腔场纠缠,可有效地抑制原子的自发辐射噪声.     

Fast optical switching via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

We demonstrate a new approach to fast optical switching with a technique based on stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in which a laser pulse switches the probe field on and off via another coupling pulse. This new kind of optical switching is not limited by the decay rate of an excited state and can operate in the subnanosecond time domain. The experimental observation in Rb atomic vapor is in good agreement with numerical simulations.     

Generation of multiparticle three-dimensional entanglement state via adiabatic passage

A scheme is proposed for generating a multiparticle three-dimensional entangled state by appropriately adiabatic evolutions, where atoms are respectively trapped in separated cavities so that individual addressing is needless. In the ideal case, losses due to the spontaneous transition of an atom and the excitation of photons are efficiently suppressed since atoms are all in ground states and the fields remain in a vacuum state. Compared with the previous proposals, the present scheme reduces its required operation time via simultaneously controlling four classical fields. This advantage would become even more obvious as the number of atoms increases. The experimental feasibility is also discussed. The successful preparation of a high-dimensional multiparticle entangled state among distant atoms provides better prospects for quantum communication and distributed quantum computation.     

Distributed quantum computing in decoherence-free subspace via adiabatic passage

A scheme is proposed to implement distributed quantum computation in decoherence-free subspaces (DFSs) via adiabatic passage. The logical single-qubit is encoded in two atoms trapped in a single-mode cavity and the cavities are connected by an optical fiber. Our scheme is immune from the decoherence due to dephasing in virtue of encoding scheme and the decoherence due to spontaneous emission from excited states as the system in our scheme evolves along a dark state. Furthermore, the decoherence due to photon decay is greatly suppressed since the fiber mode remains in a vacuum state and the populations of the cavities’ modes being excited can be negligible under certain condition. It is shown that the minimum fidelity of the resultant gate operation for an arbitrary input state could be over 0.97.     

Generation of atomic entangled states in a bi-mode cavity via adiabatic passage

We propose schemes to prepare atomic entangled states in a bi-mode cavity via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) and fractional stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (f-STIRAP) techniques. Our scheme should be realizable in the near future because of the existence of all experimental ingredients. Our numerical simulation shows we can entangle the atoms with high fidelities by choosing proper laser pulses.     

Population transfer via adiabatic passage in the Rydberg potassium atom

Using the time-dependent multilevel approach, we have calculated the coherent population transfer between the quantum states of potassium atom by a single frequency-chirped laser pulse. The result shows that a pair of sequential `broadband' frequency-chirped laser pulses can efficiently transfer population from the initial state of the ladder system to the target state. It is also found that the population can be efficiently transferred to a target state and trapped there by using an `intuitive' or a `counterintuitive' frequency sweep laser pulse in the case of `narrowband' frequency-chirped laser pulse. Our research shows that the complete population transfer is related to the pulse duration, chirp rate, and amplitude of the laser pulse.     

利用绝热过程制备GHZ态

提出一种利用绝热过程制备多原子GHZ态的方案.本方案可有效地抑制原子的自发辐射噪声.利用相似的方法可制备腔场GHZ态.制备成功的几率约为1.0.     

Population coherent control of Rydberg potassium atom via adiabatic passage

The time-dependent multilevel approach(TDMA) and B-spline expansion technique are used to study the coherent population transfer between the quantum states of a potassium atom by a single frequency-chirped microwave pulse.The Rydberg potassium atom energy levels of n=6-15,l=0-5 states in zero field are calculated and the results are in good agreement with other theoretical values.The time evolutions of the population transfer of the six states from n=70 to n=75 in different microwave fields are obtained.The results show that the coherent control of the population transfer from the lower states to the higher ones can be accomplished by optimizing the microwave pulse parameters.     

Two-qutrit maximally entangled states prepared via adiabatic passage in ion-trapped system

This paper considers a scheme for the preparation of two-qutrit entangled states via adiabatic passage in iontrapped system.In the proposal,the two three-level V-type ions are initially cooled to the ground states and need not be separately addressed.Moreover,only the ionic states act as memory and the system evolves in the dark space during the whole procedure,which makes the system robust against the decoherence and the fluctuation of the laser pulse.     

Robust generation of qutrit entanglement via adiabatic passage of dark states

We propose a scheme for the deterministic generation of qutrit entanglement for two atoms trapped in an optical cavity. Taking advantage of the adiabatic passage, the operation is immune to atomic spontaneous emission as the atomic excited states are never populated; under certain conditions, the probability that the cavity is excited is negligible. We also study the influences of the dissipation due to the atomic spontaneous emission and cavity decay.     

Efficient generation of short terahertz pulses via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

We have analyzed the efficiency of coherent scattering of infrared radiation in molecular gases for the production of intense, short terahertz (THz) pulses by using stimulated Raman adiabatic passage for the preparation of coherence. We show that coherently driven molecular media potentially yield strong, controllable, short pulses of THz radiation. The pulses have energies ranging from several nanojoules to microjoules and time durations from several femtoseconds to nanoseconds at room temperature.     

里德堡钾原子的布居数在受激拉曼绝热通道中的相干迁移

本文用含时多态展开方法研究了在两束部分重叠的脉冲场驱动下布居数在钾原子量子态中的相干迁移。结果表明，布居数能否实现完全迁移取决于两个脉冲的持续时间和重叠程度，当脉冲的持续时间和重叠合适时，将发生布居数的完全迁移，并形成布居数囚禁。     

Robust quantum dot exciton generation via adiabatic passage with frequency-swept optical pulses

The energy states in semiconductor quantum dots are discrete as in atoms, and quantum states can be coherently controlled with resonant laser pulses. Long coherence times allow the observation of Rabi flopping of a single dipole transition in a solid state device, for which occupancy of the upper state depends sensitively on the dipole moment and the excitation laser power. We report on the robust population inversion in a single quantum dot using an optical technique that exploits rapid adiabatic passage from the ground to an excited state through excitation with laser pulses whose frequency is swept through the resonance. This observation in photoluminescence experiments is made possible by introducing a novel optical detection scheme for the resonant electron hole pair (exciton) generation.