Qubits from tight knots, bent nano-bars and nano-tubes

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.12.044MaRDI QIDQ649720zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Victor Atanasov, Rossen Dandoloff

Publication date 5 December 2011

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3139

zbMATH Keywords

curvaturequbitstwo-level systemquantum effective potentialtrefoil knot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

Abstract: We propose a novel mechanism for creating a qubit based on a tight knot, that is a nano-quantum wire system so small and so cold as to be quantum coherent with respect to curvature-induced effects. To establish tight knots as legitimate candidates for qubits, we propose an effective curvature-induced potential that produces the two-level system and identify the tunnel coupling between the two local states. We propose also a different design of nano-mechanical qubit based on twisted nano-rods. We describe how both devices can be manipulated. Also we outline possible decoherence channels, detection schemes and experimental setups.

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• Topology and Geometry in Condensed Matter
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