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Perfect state transfers by selective quantum interferences within complex spin networks

Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Mor Mishkovsky, Ernesto P. Danieli, Patricia R. Levstein, Horacio M. Pastawski, and Lucio Frydman
Phys. Rev. A 81, 060302(R) – Published 15 June 2010

Abstract

We present a method that implements directional, perfect state transfers within a branched spin network by exploiting quantum interferences in the time domain. This method provides a tool for isolating subsystems from a large and complex one. Directionality is achieved by interrupting the spin-spin coupled evolution with periods of free Zeeman evolutions, whose timing is tuned to be commensurate with the relative phases accrued by specific spin pairs. This leads to a resonant transfer between the chosen qubits and to a detuning of all remaining pathways in the network, using only global manipulations. Since the transfer is perfect when the selected pathway is mediated by two or three spins, distant state transfers over complex networks can be achieved by successive recouplings among specific pairs or triads of spins. These effects are illustrated with a quantum simulator involving C13 NMR on leucine’s backbone; a six-spin network.

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  • Received 14 August 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.060302

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Gonzalo A. Álvarez1,*, Mor Mishkovsky2,†, Ernesto P. Danieli1,‡, Patricia R. Levstein1, Horacio M. Pastawski1, and Lucio Frydman2,§

  • 1Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina
  • 2Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Sciences, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

  • *Present address: Fakultät Physik, Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany.
  • Present address: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Present address: ITMC, RWTH Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.
  • §Corresponding author: Lucio.Frydman@weizmann.ac.il

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Vol. 81, Iss. 6 — June 2010

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