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A quantum register using collective excitations in an atomic ensemble without a Rydberg blockade
by Elisha Haber, Zekai Chen, Nicholas P. Bigelow
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Elisha Haber |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09252v1 (pdf) |
| Code repository: | https://github.com/ehaber64/A_quantum_register_using_collective_excitations_in_an_atomic_ensemble_without_a_Rydberg_blockade.git |
| Date submitted: | Nov. 18, 2022, 2:13 p.m. |
| Submitted by: | Haber, Elisha |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Computational |
Abstract
A qubit made up of an ensemble of atoms is attractive due to its resistance to atom losses, and many proposals to realize such a qubit are based on the Rydberg blockade effect. In this work, we instead consider an experimentally feasible protocol to coherently load a spin-dependent optical lattice from a spatially overlapping Bose-Einstein condensate. Identifying each lattice site as a qubit, with an empty or filled site as the qubit basis, we discuss how high-fidelity single qubit operations, two-qubit gates between arbitrary pairs of qubits, and nondestructive measurements could be performed. In this setup, the effect of atom losses has been mitigated, and we never need to remove the atoms from the computational basis in the ground state manifold, both of which can be significant sources of decoherence in other types of atomic qubits.
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Report #1 by Anonymous (Referee 1) on 2023-1-11 (Invited Report)
- Cite as: Anonymous, Report on arXiv:2211.09252v1, delivered 2023-01-11, doi: 10.21468/SciPost.Report.6503
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In their manuscript the authors propose a protocol that utilizes collective atomic excitations in order to create single qubit and entangling gates in a cold atom quantum register. An emphasis is made on the point that no Rydberg blockade is needed.
As far as I understand the idea is to create a state-dependent lattice within a BEC and to encode qubits in the individual lattice sites. Entangling gates between qubits are then mediated via the BEC.
I think the idea can be interesting, but in my view the paper is incomprehensible in its current form and cannot be accepted for publication. Here are some examples/reasons explaining why I arrive at this conclusion:
1) The current way in which the paper is written, i.e. the decomposition into small sections and small appendices, does not work. I think the appendices have to be combined with the main text in order to enhance readability.
2) I question the choice of equations that are shown in the manuscript: What do I need Eq. (1) for? Also, I think it would be good to see details of the derivation of Eq. (4), which appears to be the most important one of the paper.
3) I find the notation confusing. In Eq. (5) you define \Omega_si^rj, but actually you are using \Omega_0, \Omega_1, \Omega_2 in the text. I think this can be fine, but I think the more appropriate choice would be to formulate the theory in terms of a minimal model that only contains the states which are really necessary? This would make the whole discussion far more comprehensible and would also avoid rather cumbersome equations such as Eq. (5).
4) Another example for the lack of detail is a statement in Sec. IV: "...for the lattice sites farthest from the center of the trap, is 1/364." As a reader one wonders where this comes from and what the significance of this statement is.
5) A further example is given by the way the magnetic field is discussed: it is introduced in Eq. (1), then it is mentioned in the context of spin-changing collision and later it is mentioned again in the context of the single qubit rotations. When reading the text one actually wonders whether this is always the same magnetic field or not because the story is not told in a coherent way.
I think that this is all fixable. My suggestion is to write the paper in a way in which one introduces the general system at the beginning and then develops an effective few-level model from which the theory should be derived in a comprehensible fashion.
I also have a technical question: How come that in the inequality \Omega_0 << U/hbar (Sec IV) there is no enhancement factor \sqrt{N} appearing?
A final comment: the authors may want to include the following reference: Collectively encoded Rydberg qubit, Physical Review Letters 127, 063604 (2021)