Shortcuts to adiabaticity: Concepts, methods, and applications
Shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) are fast routes to the final results of slow, adiabatic changes
of the controlling parameters of a system. The shortcuts are designed by a set of analytical …
of the controlling parameters of a system. The shortcuts are designed by a set of analytical …
Stimulated Raman adiabatic passage in physics, chemistry, and beyond
The technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP), which allows efficient and
selective population transfer between quantum states without suffering loss due to …
selective population transfer between quantum states without suffering loss due to …
Shortcuts to adiabaticity
Quantum adiabatic processes—that keep constant the populations in the instantaneous
eigenbasis of a time-dependent Hamiltonian—are very useful to prepare and manipulate …
eigenbasis of a time-dependent Hamiltonian—are very useful to prepare and manipulate …
Speeding up adiabatic quantum state transfer by using dressed states
We develop new pulse schemes to significantly speed up adiabatic state transfer protocols.
Our general strategy involves adding corrections to an initial control Hamiltonian that …
Our general strategy involves adding corrections to an initial control Hamiltonian that …
Boron nitride nanostructures: fabrication, functionalization and applications
Boron nitride (BN) structures are featured by their excellent thermal and chemical stability
and unique electronic and optical properties. However, the lack of controlled synthesis of …
and unique electronic and optical properties. However, the lack of controlled synthesis of …
Experimental realization of nonadiabatic shortcut to non-Abelian geometric gates
When a quantum system is driven slowly through a parametric cycle in a degenerate Hilbert
space, the state would acquire a non-Abelian geometric phase, which is stable and forms …
space, the state would acquire a non-Abelian geometric phase, which is stable and forms …
Classifying gauge anomalies through symmetry-protected trivial orders and classifying gravitational anomalies through topological orders
XG Wen - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and …, 2013 - APS
In this paper, we systematically study gauge anomalies in bosonic and fermionic weak-
coupling gauge theories with gauge group G (which can be continuous or discrete) in d …
coupling gauge theories with gauge group G (which can be continuous or discrete) in d …
Intrinsic and emergent anomalies at deconfined critical points
It is well known that theorems of Lieb-Schultz-Mattis type prohibit the existence of a trivial
symmetric gapped ground state in certain systems possessing a combination of internal and …
symmetric gapped ground state in certain systems possessing a combination of internal and …
Classifying symmetry-protected topological phases through the anomalous action of the symmetry on the edge
DV Else, C Nayak - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
It is well known that (1+ 1)-dimensional [(1+ 1)-D] bosonic symmetry-protected topological
(SPT) phases with symmetry group G can be identified by the projective representation of …
(SPT) phases with symmetry group G can be identified by the projective representation of …
Geometric speed limit of accessible many-body state preparation
We analyze state preparation within a restricted space of local control parameters between
adiabatically connected states of control Hamiltonians. We formulate a conjecture that the …
adiabatically connected states of control Hamiltonians. We formulate a conjecture that the …