When does reinforcement learning stand out in quantum control? A comparative study on state preparation

XM Zhang, Z Wei, R Asad, XC Yang, X Wang - npj Quantum Information, 2019 - nature.com
Reinforcement learning has been widely used in many problems, including quantum control
of qubits. However, such problems can, at the same time, be solved by traditional, non …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum confinement in Si and Ge nanostructures: Theory and experiment

EG Barbagiovanni, DJ Lockwood, PJ Simpson… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The role of quantum confinement (QC) in Si and Ge nanostructures (NSs) including quantum
dots, quantum wires, and quantum wells is assessed under a wide variety of fabrication …

Analytically solvable driven time-dependent two-level quantum systems

E Barnes, S Das Sarma - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
Analytical solutions to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation describing a driven two-
level system are invaluable to many areas of physics, but they are also extremely rare. Here …

Dissipative preparation of the exciton and biexciton in self-assembled quantum dots on picosecond time scales

PL Ardelt, L Hanschke, KA Fischer, K Müller… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Pulsed resonant fluorescence is used to probe ultrafast phonon-assisted exciton and
biexciton preparation in individual self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots. By driving the …

Deterministic writing and control of the dark exciton spin using single short optical pulses

I Schwartz, ER Schmidgall, L Gantz, D Cogan, E Bordo… - Physical Review X, 2015 - APS
We demonstrate that the quantum dot-confined dark exciton forms a long-lived integer spin
solid-state qubit that can be deterministically on-demand initiated in a pure state by one …

Resonant laser spectroscopy of localized excitons in monolayer WSe2

S Kumar, M Brotóns-Gisbert, R Al-Khuzheyri, A Branny… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Coherent quantum control and resonance fluorescence of few-level quantum systems is
integral for quantum technologies. Here we perform resonance and near-resonance …

On-demand source of maximally entangled photon pairs using the biexciton-exciton radiative cascade

R Winik, D Cogan, Y Don, I Schwartz, L Gantz… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We perform full time-resolved tomographic measurements of the polarization state of pairs of
photons emitted during the radiative cascade of the confined biexciton in a semiconductor …

Control of excitonic population inversion in a coupled semiconductor quantum dot–metal nanoparticle system

E Paspalakis, S Evangelou, AF Terzis - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2013 - APS
We study the potential for controlled population inversion in a coupled system comprised of
a semiconductor quantum dot and a metal nanoparticle. We show that the widely used …

Analytically solvable two-level quantum systems and Landau-Zener interferometry

E Barnes - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2013 - APS
A simple algorithm is presented based on a type of partial reverse engineering that
generates an unlimited number of exact analytical solutions to the Schrödinger equation for …

Depolarization of electronic spin qubits confined in semiconductor quantum dots

D Cogan, O Kenneth, NH Lindner, G Peniakov… - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Quantum dots are arguably the best interface between matter spin qubits and flying photonic
qubits. Using quantum dot devices to produce joint spin-photonic states requires the …