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arXiv:2303.13275 · PRX Quantum

Universal and Ultrafast Quantum Computation Based on Free-Electron-Polariton Blockade

Aviv Karnieli, Shai Tsesses, Renwen Yu, Nicholas Rivera, Ady Arie, Ido E. Kaminer, Shanhui Fan

Published Mar 6, 2024• 20 citations
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Abstract

Cavity QED, wherein a quantum emitter is coupled to electromagnetic cavity modes, is a powerful platform for implementing quantum sensors, memories, and networks. However, due to the fundamental trade-off between gate fidelity and execution time, as well as limited scalability, the use of cavity QED for quantum computation was overtaken by other architectures. Here, we introduce a new element into cavity QED—a free charged particle, acting as a flying qubit. Using free electrons as a specific example, we demonstrate that our approach enables ultrafast, deterministic, and universal discrete-variable quantum computation in a cavity-QED-based architecture, with potentially improved scalability. Our proposal hinges on a novel excitation blockade mechanism in a resonant interaction between a free-electron and a cavity polariton. This nonlinear interaction is faster by several orders of magnitude with respect to current photon-based cavity-QED gates, enjoys wide tunability and can demonstrate fidelities close to unity. Furthermore, our scheme is ubiquitous to any cavity nonlinearity, either due to light-matter coupling as in the Jaynes-Cummings model or due to photon-photon interactions as in a Kerr-type many-body system. In addition to promising advancements in cavity-QED quantum computation, our approach paves the way towards ultrafast and deterministic generation of highly entangled photonic graph states and is applicable to other quantum technologies involving cavity QED. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

DOI
10.1103/prxquantum.5.010339

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