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Qi-Ming Chen

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arXiv2017

Pulse Width Modulation method for quantum control design

Illuminated by the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) technology in classical control engineering, we propose the PWM approximation which transforms continuous and bang-bang control into each other. This method works by squeezing the approximation error into high-frequency components above a prescribed cutoff frequency $Ω$, which can be tailored by modulating the switch time of the bang-bang control. Because the quantum dynamics under bang-bang control can be efficiently calculated, PWM allows us to speed up quantum control design particularly in large dimensional systems with small number of control variables. Moreover, PWM paves the way to implement various bang-bang control protocols in the literature with an arbitrary waveform, which is more desirable in laboratory.

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arXiv2016

Fast Quantum Communication in Linear Networks

Here we consider the speed at which quantum information can be transferred between the nodes of a linear network. Because such nodes are linear oscillators, this speed is also important in the cooling and state preparation of mechanical oscillators, as well as frequency conversion. We show that if there is no restriction on the size of the linear coupling between two oscillators, then there exist control protocols that will swap their respective states with high fidelity within a time much less than a single oscillation period. Standard gradient search methods fail to find these fast protocols. We were able to do so by augmenting standard search methods with a path-tracing technique, demonstrating that this technique has remarkable power to solve time-optimal control problems, as well as confirming the highly challenging nature of these problems. As a further demonstration of the power of path-tracing, first introduced by Moore-Tibbets et al. [Phys. Rev. A 86, 062309 (2012)], we apply it to the generation of entanglement in a linear network.

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arXiv2016

Mini-Orange Spectrometer at CIAE

A Mini-Orange spectrometer used for in-beam measurements of internal conversion electrons, which consists of a Si(Li) detector and different sets of SmO$_5$ permanent magnets for filtering and transporting the conversion electrons to the Si(Li) detector, has been developed at China Institute of Atomic Energy. The working principle and configuration of the Mini-Orange spectrometer are described. The performance of the setup is illustrated by measured singles conversion electron spectra using the Mini-Orange spectrometer.

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