Free‐Electron Qubits

DOI10.1002/ANDP.202000254arXiv1907.10281OpenAlexW3113306330MaRDI QIDQ6088095FDOQ6088095

Authors: Morgan H. Lynch, Ido Kaminer 

Publication date: 16 November 2023

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Free-electron interactions with laser-driven nanophotonic nearfields can quantize the electrons' energy spectrum and provide control over this quantized degree of freedom. We propose to use such interactions to promote free electrons as carriers of quantum information and find how to create a qubit on a free electron. We find how to implement the qubit's non-commutative spin-algebra, then control and measure the qubit state with a universal set of 1-qubit gates. These gates are within the current capabilities of femtosecond-pulsed laser-driven transmission electron microscopy. Pulsed laser driving promise configurability by the laser intensity, polarizability, pulse duration, and arrival times.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.10281

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum informationqubitsfemtosecond laserselectron-light interactionsfree-electron physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

Cites Work

• The physical implementation of quantum computation.
• Single qudit realization of the Deutsch algorithm using superconducting many-level quantum circuits
• Electron spin resonance (ESR) based quantum computing

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