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Using Intelligent Agents to Assess Pervasive Computing Technologies

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
L P. Ciarletta, Alden A. Dima, V P. Iordanov
… Pervasive Computing (a.k.a. Ubiquitous or Ambient Computing) is a new field of computer science generally considered to lie at the intersection of desktop computing, networking, and embedded systems. Related to … ambient computing, cognitive agent, intelligent agent, pervasive …

Preserving quantum coherence using optimized open-loop control techniques

May 16, 2010
Author(s)
Michael J. Biercuk, Hermann Uys, Aaron Vandevender, Nobuyasu Shiga, Wayne M. Itano, John J. Bollinger
… describe experimental and theoretical studies of open-loop quantum control techniques known as dynamical decoupling (DD) for the suppression of decoherence-induced errors in quantum systems. Our experiments on trapped atomic ion qubits … -- demonstrate large gains in our ability to preserve quantum coherence in arbitrary noise. …

Cathodoluminescence Quantum Efficiency of Quantum Dot Thin Films

July 7, 2014
Author(s)
Heayoung Yoon, Christopher C. Bohn, Youngmin Lee, Seung H. Ko, Jonathan S. Steckel, Seth Coe-Sullivan, Nikolai B. Zhitenev
… A thin film of quantum dots (QD) was used to visualize the local … Quantum dot, Cathodoluminescence, Scanning electron microscopy … Cathodoluminescence Quantum Efficiency of Quantum Dot Thin Films …

White Rabbit-assisted quantum network node synchronization with quantum channel coexistence

May 7, 2022
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Ivan Burenkov, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Anouar Rahmouni, DJ Anand, FNU Hala, Oliver T. Slattery, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov
… protocol 'White Rabbit' can synchronize two distant quantum-networked nodes to within 4 ps, enabling HOM … Hong Ou Mandel interference, synchronization, White Rabbit, quantum information, quantum network … White Rabbit-assisted quantum network node synchronization with quantum channel …

Applications of single photons in quantum metrology, biology and the foundations of quantum physics

May 26, 2023
Author(s)
Christophe Couteau, Stefanie Barz, Thomas Durt, Thomas Gerrits, Jan Huwer, Robert Prevedel, John Rarity, Gregor Weihs
… With the development of photonic quantum technologies, single photons have become key for various applications including quantum communication and quantum computing, discussed in an accompanying Review. Here … Applications of single photons in quantum metrology, biology and the foundations of quantum …

Multiferroic Quantum Material Ba2Cu1-xMnxGe2O7(O?x?1) as a Potential Candidate for Frustrated Heisenberg Antiferromagnet

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Henrik Thoma, Rajesh Dutta, Vladimir Hutanu, Veronica Granata, Rosalba Fittipaldi, Qiang Zhang, Jeffrey Lynn, Petr Cermak, Nazir Khan, Shibabrata Nandi, Manuel Angst
… consists of two end-line phases separated by a potentially quantum-critical phase at x = 0.57. An AFM conical structure … Nature Partner Journals Quantum Materials … single ion anisotropy, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, Quantum Heisenberg model, neutron diffraction …

Optomechanical Quantum Correlations at Room Temperature

June 23, 2017
Author(s)
Thomas P. Purdy, Karen E. Grutter, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Jacob M. Taylor
… measurement-disturbance uncertainty relation. Such quantum effects are typically difficult to observe at room temperature where the motion driven by optical quantum intensity fluctuations is many orders of magnitude … motion from thermally driven motion, observing this quantum backaction signature up to room temperature. While it …

Single Photon Detector Comparison in a Quantum Key Distribution Link Testbed

October 25, 2006
Author(s)
Jonathan L. Habif, David S. Pearson, Robert Hadfield, Robert E. Schwall, Sae Woo Nam, Aaron J. Miller
… photon detector (SSPD) for applications in fiber-based quantum cryptography. The quantum efficiency and dark count rate were measured for each detector, and used to calculate the quantum bit error rate (QBER) for a QKD link. The results … BB84, QKD, quantum communication, quantum key distribution, …

Experimental Low-Latency Device-Independent Quantum Randomness

January 10, 2020
Author(s)
Yanbao Zhang, Lynden K. Shalm, Joshua C. Bienfang, Martin J. Stevens, Michael D. Mazurek, Sae Woo Nam, Carlos Abellan, Waldimar Amaya, Morgan Mitchell, Honghao Fu, Carl A. Miller, Alan Mink, Emanuel H. Knill
… of certified random bits on demand. Device-independent quantum randomness can produce such random bits, but existing quantum-proof protocols and experimental implementations … produce any random bits. We demonstrate device independent quantum randomness from a loophole-free Bell test with a much …

Status Report on the First Round of the Additional Digital Signature Schemes for the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

October 24, 2024
Author(s)
Gorjan Alagic, Maxime Bros, Pierre Ciadoux, David Cooper, Quynh Dang, Thinh Dang, John M. Kelsey, Jacob Lichtinger, Carl A. Miller, Dustin Moody, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Angela Robinson, Hamilton Silberg, Daniel Smith-Tone, Noah Waller, Yi-Kai Liu
… into the foreseeable future, including after the advent of quantum computers. In June 2023, 50 candidate algorithms were … of the Additional Digital Signatures for the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standardization Process. This … cryptography, digital signatures, post-quantum cryptography, quantum resistant, quantum safe …

Quantum Logic Spectroscopy with Ions in Thermal Motion

April 16, 2020
Author(s)
Daniel Kienzler, Yong Wan, Stephen Erickson, Jenny Wu, Andrew C. Wilson, David J. Wineland, Dietrich Leibfried
… geometric phase gate has been proposed for implementing quantum logic spectroscopy on trapped ions, which combines … its reduced temperature sensitivity, and observe quantum enhanced frequency sensitivity when applied to … clocks and simplified error syndrome measurements for quantum error correction. …

Towards a Reconfigurable Distributed Testbed to Enable Advanced Research and Development of Timing and Synchronization in Cyber-Physical Systems

December 8, 2015
Author(s)
Aviral Shrivastava, J C. Eidson, Marc A. Weiss, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Hugo Andrade, Patricia Derler, Kevin Stanton
… International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs … Systems, Timing and Synchronization, Reconfigurable computing, Distributed Testbed, Correct-by-construction … 2015 International Conference on Reconfigurable Computing and FPGAs …

Quantum Teleportation over 100 km of Fiber using MoSi Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

May 15, 2015
Author(s)
Hiroki Takesue, Shellee D. Dyer, Martin Stevens, Varun Verma, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
… detectors based on MoSi, we successfully achieved quantum teleportation of weak coherent states over 100 km of … for six distinct input states. (OCIS codes: (270.5565) Quantum Communications; (040.5570) Quantum detectors … superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, quantum communication, quantum optics, quantum teleportation …

Quantum algorithm for simulating the wave equation

January 15, 2019
Author(s)
Pedro C. Costa, Stephen P. Jordan, Aaron Ostrander
… We present a quantum algorithm for simulating the wave equation under … conditions. The algorithm uses Hamiltonian simulation and quantum linear system algorithms as subroutines. It relies on … quantum algorithm, partial differential equations … Quantum algorithm for simulating the wave equation …

Higgs Amplitude Mode in a Two-Dimensional Quantum Antiferromagnet near the Quantum Critical Point0

July 4, 2017
Author(s)
Tao Hong, Masashige Matsumoto, Yiming Qiu, Wangchun Chen, Thomas R. Gentile, Shannon M. Watson, Firas F. Awwadi, Mark M. Turnbull, Sachith E. Dissanayake, Harish Agrawal, Rasmus Toft-Petersen, Bastian Klemke, Kris Coester, Kai P. Schmidt, David A Tennant
… Spontaneous symmetry-breaking quantum phase transitions play an essential role in current … excitations in the broken-symmetry phase near the quantum critical point can be characterized by fluctuations … identify the Higgs amplitude mode in a two-dimensional quantum S=1/2 coupled spin ladder compound C 9 H 18 N 2 CuBr …

Resource theory of quantum uncomplexity

October 21, 2021
Author(s)
Nicole Halpern, Naga Kothakonda, Jonas Haferkamp, Anthony Munson, Jens Eisert, Philippe Faist
… Quantum complexity is emerging as a key property of many-body … including black holes, topological materials, and early quantum computers. A state's complexity quantifies the number … the more useful the state is as input to a quantum computation. Separately, resource theories -- simple …

Metrics for spin-based computing

February 27, 2026
Author(s)
Advait Madhavan
… Spin-based computing is emerging as a powerful approach for … probabilistic-bits to broader frameworks such as reservoir computing and magnetic Ising machines. We provide … and task-dependent metrics to evaluate the computing performance of spin-based components to compare …

High Fidelity Transport of Trapped-Ion Qubits through an X-Junction Trap Array

April 17, 2009
Author(s)
Brad R. Blakestad, Aaron Vandevender, Christian Ospelkaus, Jason Amini, Joseph W. Britton, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland
… ions are a useful system for studying the elements of quantum information processing. Simple alogrithms have been … ion transport, ion trap array, ion trap junction, quantum computation, quantum information processing, quantum control, trapped ions …

Computer Attacks: What They Are and How to Defend Against Them

May 26, 1999
Author(s)
Peter M. Mell
… efforts on enabling system administrators to respond to computer breaches. We focus our recent and future work on three major areas:* The Federal Computer Incident Response Capability (FedCIRC) Pilot,* A guide to create computer security incident response capabilities, and* …

Single-photon detection using a quantum dot optically gated field-effect transistor with high internal quantum efficiency

December 19, 2006
Author(s)
Mary A. Rowe, Eric Gansen, Marion Greene, Danna Rosenberg, Robert Hadfield, Todd E. Harvey, Sae Woo Nam, Mark Su, Richard Mirin
… We investigate the operation of a quantum dot, optically gated, field-effect transistor as a … sensitivity, a linear response, and an internal quantum efficiency of up to [68±18] % at 4 K. Given the noise … can be chosen so the device operates with an internal quantum efficiency of [53(+ or -)11]% and dark counts of …
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