Engineering Superposition States and Tailored Probes for Nano-resonators Via Open-Loop Control

@article{Jacobs2008, abstract = {We show that a nano-resonator can be prepared in mesoscopic-superposition states merely by monitoring a qubit coupled to the square of the resonators position. This works for thermal initial states, and does not require a third-order nonlinearity. The required coupling can be generated using a simple open-loop control protocol, obtained with optimal control theory. We simulate the complete preparation process, including environmental noise. Our results indicate the power of open-loop control for state-engineering and measurement in quantum nano-systems.}, author = {Jacobs, Kurt and Tian, Lin and Finn, Justin }, citeulike-article-id = {3070492}, eprint = {0807.5132}, keywords = {qoc}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2008-08-04 08:47:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Engineering Superposition States and Tailored Probes for Nano-resonators Via Open-Loop Control}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.5132}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Jacobs2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3070492 TI - Engineering Superposition States and Tailored Probes for Nano-resonators Via Open-Loop Control N2 - We show that a nano-resonator can be prepared in mesoscopic-superposition states merely by monitoring a qubit coupled to the square of the resonators position. This works for thermal initial states, and does not require a third-order nonlinearity. The required coupling can be generated using a simple open-loop control protocol, obtained with optimal control theory. We simulate the complete preparation process, including environmental noise. Our results indicate the power of open-loop control for state-engineering and measurement in quantum nano-systems. KW - qoc AU - Jacobs, Kurt AU - Tian, Lin AU - Finn, Justin PY - 2008/Jul/31/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.5132 ER -