Universal quantum computation with trapped ions in thermal motion by adiabatic passage

We propose a universal quantum computation scheme for trapped ions in thermal motion via the technique of adiabatic passage, which incorporates the advantages of both the adiabatic passage and the model of trapped ions in thermal motion. Our scheme is immune from the decoherence due to spontaneous emission from excited states as the system in our scheme evolves along a dark state. In our scheme the vibrational degrees of freedom are not required to be cooled to their ground states because they are only virtually excited. It is shown that the fidelity of the resultant gate operation is still high even when the magnitude of the effective Rabi frequency moderately deviates from the desired value.

Nonadiabatic geometric quantum computation with trapped ions

We propose a nonadiabatic scheme for geometric quantum computation with trapped ions. By making use of the Aharonov-Anandan phase, the proposed scheme not only preserves the globally geometric nature in quantum computation, but also provides the advantage of nonadiabaticity that overcomes the problem of slow evolution in the existing adiabatic schemes. Moreover, the present scheme requires only two atomic levels in each ion, making it an appealing candidate for quantum computation.

Cluster assistant generation of C2+ and C3+ ions in nanosecond laser ionization of seeded benzene beam

Cluster assisted photoionization processes of benzene, which was seeded in argon, induced by an intense 25 ns Nd-YAG laser has been studied by means of time-of-flight mass spectrometry. At the laser intensity of 10(11) W/cm(2), multicharged ions Cq+ (q = 2-3) with kinetic energy up to 150 eV were observed in the mass spectra. Strong evidences Support that these ions are formed in the Coulomb explosion of multicharged benzene cluster ions. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

ESR STUDY OF SUPERHYPERFINE INTERACTION OF I-127 IN [CU(IO5OH)(2)](5-) ION COMPLEX

ESR method has been used to study superhyperfine. interaction of I-127 in [Cu (IO5OH)(2)](5-) ion for Na4KCu(IO5OH)(2) . 12H(2)O single crystal. The main purpose of this paper is to confirm the existence of unpaired electron spin on iodine atom and to find a reasonable explanation for the spin delocalization of CU2+ ions. Based on the ESR parameters of paramagnetic [Cu(IO5OH)(2)](5-) ions, the calculated results show that about 0.77% of the unpaired eletron spin is located on each iodine atom.

Evaluation of holonomic quantum computation: Adiabatic versus nonadiabatic

Based on the analytical solution to the time-dependent Schrodinger equations, we evaluate the holonomic quantum computation beyond the adiabatic limit. Besides providing rigorous confirmation of the geometrical prediction of holonomies, the present dynamical resolution offers also a practical means to study the nonadiabaticity induced effects for the universal qubit operations.

Quantum computation with coupled quantum dots embedded in optical microcavities

Based on an idea that spatial separation of charge states can enhance quantum coherence, we propose a scheme for a quantum computation with the quantum bit (qubit) constructed from two coupled quantum dots. Quantum information is stored in the electron-hole pair state with the electron and hole located in different dots, which enables the qubit state to be very long-lived. Universal quantum gates involving any pair of qubits are realized by coupling the quantum dots through the cavity photon which is a hopeful candidate for the transfer of long-range information. The operation analysis is carried out by estimating the gate time versus the decoherence time.

Effects of helium and oxygen common implantation in silicon wafer

Defect engineering for SiO2] precipitation is investigated using He-ion implantation as the first stage of separation by implanted oxygen (STMOX). Cavities are created in Si by implantation with helium ions. After thermal annealing at different temperatures, the sample is implanted with 120keV 8.0 x 10(16) cm(-2) O ions. The O ion energy is chosen such that the peak of the concentration distribution is centred at the cavity band. For comparison, another sample is implanted with O ions alone. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM), Fourier transform infrared absorbance spectrometry (FTIR) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements are used to investigate the samples. The results show that a narrow nano-cavity layer is found to be excellent nucleation sites that effectively assisted SiO2 formation and released crystal lattice strain associated with silicon oxidation.

快重离子在SiO2基材料中引起的强电子激发效应研究

具有特殊结构的SiO2基材料与Si平面工艺具有好的兼容性，在光电技术中的发光二极管、固体显示屏等器件的研制方面有巨大的潜在应用价值。本论文以快重离子与物质相互作用的特点为依据，选择具有重要应用价值的SiO2基材料，研究快重离子辐照在SiO2基材料中引起的强电子激发效应，特别是辐照相变等现象，探索制备具有特殊功能的新型材料的方法，主要开展了如下研究： 1）在单晶Si衬底上通过高温湿法氧化一层SiO2薄膜，制备出SiO2/Si样品；在室温条件下，用能量为100 keV的碳离子注入样品，注入剂量分别为2.0×1017、5.0×1017和1.2×1018 ions/cm2，使样品SiO2薄膜中一定区域内C、Si和O原子达到适当的原子浓度配比；再用能量为308 MeV的Xe和853 MeV的Pb离子在室温下对注碳后的SiO2/Si样品进行辐照，Xe离子辐照是在兰州重离子加速器国家实验室的扇聚焦回旋加速器（HIRFL-SFC）的重离子辐照终端上完成，辐照剂量分别为1.0×1012、5.0×1012、1.0×1013、1.0×1014 Xe-ions/cm2，Pb离子辐照实验是在法国重离子激光交叉学科研究中心(CIRIL,Caen)的中能离子辐照终端（IRASME）完成的，辐照剂量分别为5.0×1011、1.0×1012、2.0×1012、5.0×1012 Pb-ions/cm2；最后用荧光光谱、红外吸收光谱、拉曼光谱和透射电子显微镜分析等技术对样品进行了表征。研究了样品发光与注碳剂量、辐照剂量和离子在薄膜中电子能损值的依赖关系，辐照引起SiO2薄膜中微结构改变与实验参数的依赖关系。发现快重离子辐照能显著改变注碳SiO2/Si样品的发光特性，如在5.0×1012 Pb-ions/cm2辐照的注碳2.0×1017 ions/cm2的样品中，探测到了很强的位于456、484和563nm的发光；在电镜照片中观察到了8H-SiC纳米晶及其他微结构的形成。基于实验结果，对薄膜发光特性与微结构改变之间的关系进行了初步探讨。 2）利用磁控溅射在单晶SiO2表面沉积Ni薄膜，制备了Ni/SiO2样品；在室温下用能量为308MeV的Xe和853MeV的Pb离子辐照Ni/SiO2样品，离子穿透Ni薄膜和Ni/SiO2界面，Xe、Pb离子辐照分别在HIRFL-SFC和法国CIRIL的IRASME辐照终端上完成，辐照剂量为1.0×1012、5.0×1012 Xe/cm2和5.0×1011Pb/cm2；用卢瑟福背散射技术和X射线衍射谱对样品进行了分析，研究了界面原子混合及相变效应与辐照剂量、电子能损值的依赖关系。发现快重离子辐照能引起Ni/SiO2样品界面处原子的混合，并导致界面形成NiSi2或Ni3Si新相，且原子扩散量随辐照剂量和电子能损值的增大而增大。 3）以热峰模型原理为基础，对实验观测到的快重离子辐照效应特别是电子能损效应的产生机理进行了探讨

Investigation of a series of synthetic cationic porphyrins using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) was used to study a series of synthetic cationic porphyrins as the perchlorate and bromide salts. This work presents the analytical results for the porphyrins obtained using 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHB) and 1,8,9-anthratriol as matrices. The selective use of matrix affects ion formation from these porphyrins. By using DHB as the matrix, we not only observed [M - nCIO(4)](+) (n = 1-4) ions, but also obtained [2M - nCIO(4)](+) (n = 2-7) ions from the synthetic cationic porphyrins. The space volume of the side chains (R groups) and the nature of the anions (Br- or CIO4-) affected the relative importance of monomeric and dimeric ions of the porphyrin. The possible mechanisms of desorption and ionization of these cationic porphyrins were also considered in this study. MALDI-TOFMS proved to be a very useful method for obtaining structural information on these synthetic cationic porphyrins. Copyright (C) 1999 John Whey & Sons, Ltd.

Polarized spectral analysis of Ho3+ ions in biaxial YAlO3 crystal for 2 mu m lasers

An Ho3+-doped YAlO3 (Ho : YAP) single crystal has been grown by the Czochralski technique. The polarized absorption spectra, polarized fluorescence spectra and fluorescence decay curve of the crystal are measured at room temperature. The spectroscopic parameters are calculated based on Judd-Ofelt theory, and the effective phenomenological intensity parameters Omega(2,eff), Omega(4,eff) and Omega(6,eff) are obtained to be 2.89 x 10(-20), 2.92 x 10(-20) and 1.32 x 10(-20) cm(2), respectively. The room-temperature fluorescence lifetime of the Ho3+ 5I(7) -> I-5(8) transition is measured to be 8.1 ms. Values of the absorption and emission cross-sections with different polarizations are presented for the I-5(7) manifold, and the polarized gain cross-section curves are also provided and discussed.

Photodegradation of 2-naphthol in aqueous solutions in the presence of humic acid and ferric ions

In this work, the photodegradation of the carcinogenic pollutant 2-naphthol in aqueous solution containing Aldrich humic acid (HA) and ferric ions (Fe(III)) under 125 W and 250 W high pressure mercury lamp (HPML, lambda >= 365 nm) irradiation was investigated. The photooxidation efficiencies were dependent on the pH values, light intensities and Fe(III)/HA concentration in the water, with higher efficiency at pHs 3-4, and 50 mu mol l(-1) Fe(III) with 20 mg l(-1) HA under 250 W HPML. The initial rate of photooxidation increases with increasing, the initial concentration of 2-naphthol from 10 mu mol l(-1) to 100 mu mol l(-1), while do not change at 50 and 100 mu mol l(-1). However, higher removal efficiency of 2-naphthol is achieved at its lower initial concentration of 10 mu mol l(-1), and initial rate of photooxidation is 0.193 mu mol l(-1) min(-1). Dissolved oxygen (DO) plays an important role in the system containing Fe(III)-HA complexes in which Fenton and photo-Fenton reactions were enhanced in the environment. Hydroxyl radicals produced in HA solution with or without ferric ions were determined by using benzene as free radical scavenger and phenol as scavenging products proportional to hydroxyl radicals. By using UV-Vis and excited fluorescence spectrum techniques, the main photooxidation products, which have higher absorption in the region of 240-340 nm, were found, and the mechanisms for the oxidative degradation is proposed.