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Journal articleDriver T, Averbukh V, Frasiński LJ, et al., 2021,
Two-dimensional partial covariance mass spectrometry for the top-down analysis of intact proteins.
, Analytical Chemistry, Vol: 93, Pages: 10779-10788, ISSN: 0003-2700Two-dimensional partial covariance mass spectrometry (2D-PC-MS) exploits the inherent fluctuations of fragment ion abundances across a series of tandem mass spectra, to identify correlated pairs of fragment ions produced along the same fragmentation pathway of the same parent (e.g., peptide) ion. Here, we apply 2D-PC-MS to the analysis of intact protein ions in a standard linear ion trap mass analyzer, using the fact that the fragment-fragment correlation signals are much more specific to the biomolecular sequence than one-dimensional (1D) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) signals at the same mass accuracy and resolution. We show that from the distribution of signals on a 2D-PC-MS map it is possible to extract the charge state of both parent and fragment ions without resolving the isotopic envelope. Furthermore, the 2D map of fragment-fragment correlations naturally separates the products of the primary decomposition pathways of the molecular ions from those of the secondary ones. We access this spectral information using an adapted version of the Hough transform. We demonstrate the successful identification of highly charged, intact protein molecules bypassing the need for high mass resolution. Using this technique, we also perform the in silico deconvolution of the overlapping fragment ion signals from two co-isolated and co-fragmented intact proteins, demonstrating a viable new method for the concurrent mass spectrometric identification of a mixture of intact protein ions from the same fragment ion spectrum.
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Journal articleLee S-W, Im D-G, Kim Y-H, et al., 2021,
Quantum teleportation is a reversal of quantum measurement
, Physical Review Research, Vol: 3, Pages: 1-16, ISSN: 2643-1564We introduce a generalized concept of quantum teleportation in the framework of quantum measurement and reversing operation. Our framework makes it possible to find an optimal protocol for quantum teleportation enabling a faithful transfer of unknown quantum states with maximum success probability up to the fundamental limit of the no-cloning theorem. Moreover, an optimized protocol in this generalized approach allows us to overcome noise in quantum channel beyond the reach of existing teleportation protocols without requiring extra qubit resources. Our proposed framework is applicable to multipartite quantum communications and primitive functionalities in scalable quantum architectures.
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Journal articleStickler BA, Hornberger K, Kim MS, 2021,
Quantum rotations of nanoparticles
, NATURE REVIEWS PHYSICS, Vol: 3, Pages: 589-597- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 34
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Journal articleMori T, Zhao H, Mintert F, et al., 2021,
Rigorous Bounds on the Heating Rate in Thue-Morse Quasiperiodically and Randomly Driven Quantum Many-Body Systems
, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Vol: 127, ISSN: 0031-9007- Cite
- Citations: 10
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Journal articleSelf CN, Khosla KE, Smith AWR, et al., 2021,
Variational quantum algorithm with information sharing
, npj Quantum Information, Vol: 7, ISSN: 2056-6387We introduce an optimisation method for variational quantum algorithms and experimentally demonstrate a 100-fold improvement in efficiency compared to naive implementations. The effectiveness of our approach is shown by obtaining multi-dimensional energy surfaces for small molecules and a spin model. Our method solves related variational problems in parallel by exploiting the global nature of Bayesian optimisation and sharing information between different optimisers. Parallelisation makes our method ideally suited to the next generation of variational problems with many physical degrees of freedom. This addresses a key challenge in scaling-up quantum algorithms towards demonstrating quantum advantage for problems of real-world interest.
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Journal articleLiu W, Li Z-P, Yang Y-Z, et al., 2021,
Temperature-Dependent Energy-Level Shifts of Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
, ACS Photonics, Vol: 8, Pages: 1889-1895, ISSN: 2330-4022 -
Journal articleLing Y, Mintert F, 2021,
Deterministic preparation of nonclassical states of light in cavity optomechanics
, Physical Review Research, Vol: 3, ISSN: 2643-1564Cavity-optomechanics is an ideal platform for the generation non-Gaussian quantum states due to the anharmonic interaction between the light field and the mechanical oscillator, but it is exactly this interaction that also impedes the preparation of pure states of the light field. In this paper we derive a driving protocol that helps to exploit the anharmonic interaction for state preparation and that ensures that the state of the light field remains close to pure. This shall enable the deterministic preparation of photon Fock states or coherent superpositions thereof.
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Journal articleLi S, Driver T, Al Haddad A, et al., 2021,
Two-dimensional correlation analysis for x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol: 54, Pages: 1-9, ISSN: 0953-4075X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measures the binding energy of core-level electrons, which are well-localised to specific atomic sites in a molecular system, providing valuable information on the local chemical environment. The technique relies on measuring the photoelectron spectrum upon x-ray photoionisation, and the resolution is often limited by the bandwidth of the ionising x-ray pulse. This is particularly problematic for time-resolved XPS, where the desired time resolution enforces a fundamental lower limit on the bandwidth of the x-ray source. In this work, we report a novel correlation analysis which exploits the correlation between the x-ray and photoelectron spectra to improve the resolution of XPS measurements. We show that with this correlation-based spectral-domain ghost imaging method we can achieve sub-bandwidth resolution in XPS measurements. This analysis method enables XPS for sources with large bandwidth or spectral jitter, previously considered unfeasible for XPS measurements.
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Journal articleJurgilas S, Chakraborty A, Rich C, et al., 2021,
Collisions in a dual-species magneto-optical trap of molecules and atoms
, New Journal of Physics, Vol: 23, ISSN: 1367-2630We study inelastic collisions between CaF molecules and ⁸⁷Rb atoms in a dual-species magneto-optical trap. The presence of atoms increases the loss rate of molecules from the trap. By measuring the loss rates and density distributions, we determine a collisional loss rate coefficient k₂ = (1.43 ± 0.29) × 10‾¹⁰cm³/s at a temperature of 2.4 mK. We show that this is not substantially changed by light-induced collisions or by varying the populations of excited-state atoms and molecules. The observed loss rate is close to the universal rate expected in the presence of fast loss at short range, and can be explained by rotation-changing collisions in the ground electronic state.
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Journal articleGreenaway S, Sauvage F, Khosla KE, et al., 2021,
Efficient assessment of process fidelity
, Physical Review Research, Vol: 3, Pages: 1-15, ISSN: 2643-1564The accurate implementation of quantum gates is essential for the realisation of quantum algorithms and digital quantum simulations. This accuracy may be increased on noisy hardware through the variational optimisation of gates, however the experimental realisation of such a protocol is impeded by the large effort required to estimate the fidelity of an implemented gate. With a hierarchy of approximations we find a faithful approximation to the quantum process fidelity that can be estimated experimentally with reduced effort. Its practical use is demonstrated with the optimisation of a three-qubit quantum gate on a commercially available quantum processor.
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Journal articleQvarfort S, Vanner MR, Barker PF, et al., 2021,
Master-equation treatment of nonlinear optomechanical systems with optical loss
, PHYSICAL REVIEW A, Vol: 104, ISSN: 2469-9926- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 7
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Journal articleArmstrong GSJ, Khokhlova MA, Labeye M, et al., 2021,
Dialogue on analytical and ab initio methods in attoscience
, The European Physical Journal D, Vol: 75, ISSN: 1434-6060<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The perceived dichotomy between analytical and ab initio approaches to theory in attosecond science is often seen as a source of tension and misconceptions. This Topical Review compiles the discussions held during a round-table panel at the ‘Quantum Battles in Attoscience’ <jats:sc>cecam</jats:sc> virtual workshop, to explore the sources of tension and attempt to dispel them. We survey the main theoretical tools of attoscience—covering both analytical and numerical methods—and we examine common misconceptions, including the relationship between ab initio approaches and the broader numerical methods, as well as the role of numerical methods in ‘analytical’ techniques. We also evaluate the relative advantages and disadvantages of analytical as well as numerical and ab initio methods, together with their role in scientific discovery, told through the case studies of two representative attosecond processes: non-sequential double ionisation and resonant high-harmonic generation. We present the discussion in the form of a dialogue between two hypothetical theoreticians, a numericist and an analytician, who introduce and challenge the broader opinions expressed in the attoscience community.</jats:p>
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Journal articleHofsaess S, Doppelbauer M, Wright SC, et al., 2021,
Optical cycling of AlF molecules
, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, Vol: 23, ISSN: 1367-2630 -
Journal articleSmith AWR, Gray J, Kim MS, 2021,
Efficient quantum state sample tomography with basis-dependent neural networks
, PRX Quantum, Vol: 2, Pages: 1-15, ISSN: 2691-3399We use a metalearning neural-network approach to analyze data from a measured quantum state. Once our neural network has been trained, it can be used to efficiently sample measurements of the state in measurement bases not contained in the training data. These samples can be used to calculate expectation values and other useful quantities. We refer to this process as “state sample tomography.” We encode the state’s measurement outcome distributions using an efficiently parameterized generative neural network. This allows each stage in the tomography process to be performed efficiently even for large systems. Our scheme is demonstrated on recent IBM Quantum devices, producing a model for a six-qubit state’s measurement outcomes with a predictive accuracy (classical fidelity) greater than 95% for all test cases using only 100 random measurement settings as opposed to the 729 settings required for standard full tomography using local measurements. This reduction in the required number of measurements scales favorably, with training data in 200 measurement settings, yielding a predictive accuracy greater than 92% for a ten-qubit state where 59 049 settings are typically required for full local measurement-based quantum state tomography. A reduction in the number of measurements by a factor, in this case, of almost 600 could allow for estimations of expectation values and state fidelities in practicable times on current quantum devices.
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Journal articlePetiziol F, Sameti M, Carretta S, et al., 2021,
Quantum Simulation of Three-Body Interactions in Weakly Driven Quantum Systems
, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Vol: 126, ISSN: 0031-9007- Cite
- Citations: 7
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Journal articleFitch N, Tarbutt M, 2021,
Laser-cooled molecules
, Advances in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, ISSN: 1049-250X -
Journal articleDriver T, Bachhawat N, Frasinski L, et al., 2021,
Chimera spectrum diagnostics for peptides using two-dimensional partial covariance mass spectrometry
, Molecules, Vol: 26, ISSN: 1420-3049The rate of successful identification of peptide sequences by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) is adversely affected by the common occurrence of co-isolation and co-fragmentation of two or more isobaric or isomeric parent ions. This results in so-called `chimera spectra’, which feature peaks of the fragment ions from more than a single precursor ion. The totality of the fragment ion peaks in chimera spectra cannot be assigned to a single peptide sequence, which contradicts a fundamental assumption of the standard automated MS/MS spectra analysis tools, such as protein database search engines. This calls for a diagnostic method able to identify chimera spectra to single out the cases where this assumption is not valid. Here, we demonstrate that, within the recently developed two-dimensional partial covariance mass spectrometry (2D-PC-MS), it is possible to reliably identify chimera spectra directly from the two-dimensional fragment ion spectrum, irrespective of whether the co-isolated peptide ions are isobaric up to a finite mass accuracy or isomeric. We introduce ‘3-57 chimera tag’ technique for chimera spectrum diagnostics based on 2D-PC-MS and perform numerical simulations to examine its efficiency. We experimentally demonstrate the detection of a mixture of two isomeric parent ions, even under conditions when one isomeric peptide is at one five-hundredth of the molar concentration of the second isomer.
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Journal articleShamailov S, Brown DJ, Haase TA, et al., 2021,
Computing the eigenstate localisation length at very low energies from Localisation Landscape Theory
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Journal articleKissin Y, Ruberti M, Kolorenc P, et al., 2021,
Attosecond pump-attosecond probe spectroscopy of Auger decay
, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, Vol: 23, Pages: 12376-12386, ISSN: 1463-9076- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 3
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Journal articleToros M, Van De Kamp TW, Marshman RJ, et al., 2021,
Relative acceleration noise mitigation for nanocrystal matter-wave interferometry: Applications to entangling masses via quantum gravity
, Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research, Vol: 3, Pages: 1-14, ISSN: 1554-9178Matter-wave interferometers with large momentum transfers, irrespective of specific implementations, will face a universal dephasing due to relative accelerations between the interferometric mass and the associated apparatus. Here we propose a solution that works even without actively tracking the relative accelerations: putting both the interfering mass and its associated apparatus in a freely falling capsule, so that the strongest inertial noise components vanish due to the equivalence principle. In this setting, we investigate two of the most important remaining noise sources: (a) the noninertial jitter of the experimental setup and (b) the gravity-gradient noise. We show that the former can be reduced below desired values by appropriate pressures and temperatures, while the latter can be fully mitigated in a controlled environment. We finally apply the analysis to a recent proposal for testing the quantum nature of gravity [S. Bose et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 240401 (2017)] through the entanglement of two masses undergoing interferometry. We show that the relevant entanglement witnessing is feasible with achievable levels of relative acceleration noise.
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Working paperSturges TJ, McDermott T, Buraczewski A, et al., 2021,
Quantum simulations with multiphoton Fock states
, Publisher: NATURE RESEARCH- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 5
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Journal articleIm D-G, Lee C-H, Kim Y, et al., 2021,
Optimal teleportation via noisy quantum channels without additional qubit resources
, npj Quantum Information, Vol: 7, Pages: 1-7, ISSN: 2056-6387Quantum teleportation exemplifies how the transmission of quantum information starkly differs from that of classical information and serves as a key protocol for quantum communication and quantum computing. While an ideal teleportation protocol requires noiseless quantum channels to share a pure maximally entangled state, the reality is that shared entanglement is often severely degraded due to various decoherence mechanisms. Although the quantum noise induced by the decoherence is indeed a major obstacle to realizing a near-term quantum network or processor with a limited number of qubits, the methodologies considered thus far to address this issue are resource-intensive. Here, we demonstrate a protocol that allows optimal quantum teleportation via noisy quantum channels without additional qubit resources. By analyzing teleportation in the framework of generalized quantum measurement, we optimize the teleportation protocol for noisy quantum channels. In particular, we experimentally demonstrate that our protocol enables to teleport an unknown qubit even via a single copy of an entangled state under strong decoherence that would otherwise preclude any quantum operation. Our work provides a useful methodology for practically coping with decoherence with a limited number of qubits and paves the way for realizing noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing and quantum communication.
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Journal articleThekkadath GS, Sempere-Llagostera S, Bell BA, et al., 2021,
Single-shot discrimination of coherent states beyond the standard quantum limit
, OPTICS LETTERS, Vol: 46, Pages: 2565-2568, ISSN: 0146-9592- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 2
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Conference paperSchofield RC, Boissier S, Jin L, et al., 2021,
Coupling a Single Molecule to an Interrupted Nanophotonic Waveguide
Single organic molecules have recently seen increased interest for use as single photon sources [1]. They emit photons with high efficiency and at favourable wavelengths for coupling to other quantum systems. While the excitation of molecules and their subsequent radiative emission is efficient [2] , the generated photons can be difficult to efficiently collect. There is therefore a large amount of ongoing work on coupling organic molecules to nanophotonic structures to modify their emission. Evanescent coupling to nanophotonic [3] , [4] and hybrid plasmonic [5] waveguides has shown promise but has limitations; the molecules must be very close to the waveguide to be in the evanescent field of the guided mode which can cause the molecules to become unstable. Here I will present our recent work on coupling organic molecules to interrupted waveguides using on chip micro-capillaries [6].
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Journal articleAyres NJ, Ban G, Bienstman L, et al., 2021,
The design of the n2EDM experiment nEDM Collaboration
, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, Vol: 81, ISSN: 1434-6044 -
Journal articleSameti M, Lishman J, Mintert F, 2021,
Strong-coupling quantum logic of trapped ions
, PHYSICAL REVIEW A, Vol: 103, ISSN: 2469-9926- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 2
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Conference paperEnzian G, Price JJ, Freisem L, et al., 2021,
Brillouin optomechanics in whispering-gallery-mode microresonators: From strong coupling to single-phonon addition and subtraction
We experimentally explore backward Brillouin scattering with high-frequency acoustic fields for optomechanics applications. We (i) demonstrate strong coupling between the optical and acoustic fields and (ii) perform single-phonon addition and subtraction operations.
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Journal articleRuberti M, 2021,
Quantum electronic coherences by attosecond transient absorption spectroscopy: <i>ab initio</i> B-spline RCS-ADC study
, FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, Vol: 228, Pages: 286-311, ISSN: 1359-6640- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 12
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Journal articleNyman RA, Dhar HS, Rodrigues JD, et al., 2021,
Phase transitions of light in a dye-filled microcavity: observations and simulations
, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol: 1919, Pages: 012006-012006, ISSN: 1742-6588<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Photon thermalisation and condensation in dye-filled microcavities is a growing area of scientific interest, at the intersection of photonics, quantum optics and statistical physics. We give here a short introduction to the topic, together with an explanation of some of our more important recent results. A key result across several projects is that we have a model based on a detailed physical description which has been used to accurately describe experimental observations. We present a new open-source package in Python called PyPBEC which implements this model. The aim is to enable the reader to readily simulate and explore the physics of photon condensates themselves, so this article also includes a working example code which can be downloaded from the GitHub repository.</jats:p>
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Journal articleAshfold M, Chergui M, Fischer I, et al., 2021,
Time-resolved ultrafast spectroscopy: general discussion
, FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, Vol: 228, Pages: 329-348, ISSN: 1359-6640- Author Web Link
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- Citations: 1
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