TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiqubit entanglement and quantum phase gates with epsilon-near-zero plasmonic waveguides
AU - Li, Ying
AU - Argyropoulos, Christos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Author(s).
PY - 2021/11/22
Y1 - 2021/11/22
N2 - Multiqubit entanglement is extremely important to perform truly secure quantum optical communication and computing operations. However, the efficient generation of long-range entanglement over extended time periods between multiple qubits randomly distributed in a photonic system remains an outstanding challenge. This constraint is mainly due to the detrimental effects of decoherence and dephasing. To alleviate this issue, we present engineered epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) nanostructures that can maximize the coherence of light-matter interactions at room temperature. We investigate a practical ENZ plasmonic waveguide system, which simultaneously achieves multiqubit entanglement in elongated distances, extended time periods, and, even more importantly, independent of the emitters' positions. More specifically, we present efficient transient entanglement between three and four optical qubits mediated by ENZ with results that can be easily generalized to an arbitrary number of emitters. The entanglement between multiple qubits is characterized by computing the negativity metric applied to the proposed nanophotonic ENZ configuration. The ENZ response is found to be substantially advantageous to boost the coherence between multiple emitters compared to alternative plasmonic waveguide schemes. Finally, the super-radiance collective emission response at the ENZ resonance is utilized to design a high fidelity two-qubit quantum phase gate that can be used in various emerging quantum computing applications.
AB - Multiqubit entanglement is extremely important to perform truly secure quantum optical communication and computing operations. However, the efficient generation of long-range entanglement over extended time periods between multiple qubits randomly distributed in a photonic system remains an outstanding challenge. This constraint is mainly due to the detrimental effects of decoherence and dephasing. To alleviate this issue, we present engineered epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) nanostructures that can maximize the coherence of light-matter interactions at room temperature. We investigate a practical ENZ plasmonic waveguide system, which simultaneously achieves multiqubit entanglement in elongated distances, extended time periods, and, even more importantly, independent of the emitters' positions. More specifically, we present efficient transient entanglement between three and four optical qubits mediated by ENZ with results that can be easily generalized to an arbitrary number of emitters. The entanglement between multiple qubits is characterized by computing the negativity metric applied to the proposed nanophotonic ENZ configuration. The ENZ response is found to be substantially advantageous to boost the coherence between multiple emitters compared to alternative plasmonic waveguide schemes. Finally, the super-radiance collective emission response at the ENZ resonance is utilized to design a high fidelity two-qubit quantum phase gate that can be used in various emerging quantum computing applications.
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U2 - 10.1063/5.0071797
DO - 10.1063/5.0071797
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120360579
SN - 0003-6951
VL - 119
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
IS - 21
M1 - 211104
ER -