A novel quantum memory scheme is proposed for quantum data buses in scalable quantum computers by using adjustable interaction. Our investigation focuses on a hybrid quantum system including coupled flux qubits and a nitrogen–vacancy center ensemble. In our scheme, the transmission and storage (retrieval) of quantum state are performed in two separated steps, which can be controlled by adjusting the coupling strength between the computing unit and the quantum memory. The scheme can be used not only to reduce the time of quantum state transmission, but also to increase the robustness of the system with respect to detuning caused by magnetic noises. In comparison with the previous memory scheme, about 80% of the transmission time is saved. Moreover, it is exemplified that in our scheme the fidelity could achieve 0.99 even when there exists detuning, while the one in the previous scheme is 0.75.
We propose how to realize high-fidelity quantum storage using a hybrid quantum architecture including two coupled flux qubits and a nitrogen-vacancy center ensemble (NVE). One of the flux qubits is considered as the quantum-computing processor and the NVE serves as the quantum memory. By separating the computing and memory units, the influence of the quantum-computing process on the quantum memory can be effectively eliminated, and hence the quantum storage of an arbitrary quantum state of the computing qubit could be achieved with high fidelity. Furthermore, the present proposal is robust with respect to fluctuations of the system parameters, and it is experimentally feasible with currently available technology.
We demonstrate a scheme for realizing quantum-information storage (retrieval) into (from) a quantum memory using a hybrid quantum system, which consists of
N nitrogen-vacancy (N-
V) centers (as memory),
N transmission line resonators (TLRs) (as data bus), and
N current-biased Josephson-junction (CBJJ) superconducting phase qubits (as heads of read and write). By virtually exciting the vibrational modes of the TLRs, this can produce an effective coupling between the N-
V centers and the CBJJs in the system. Because the operation time ($\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}8}$ s) is much shorter than the decoherence time of the CBJJ ($\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}5}$ s), the quantum information can be transferred between the N-
V centers and the CBJJs easily. Owing to the strong-coupling condition $[\ensuremath{\lambda}/2\ensuremath{\pi}\ensuremath{\gg}({\ensuremath{\gamma}}_{eg},\ensuremath{\Gamma},{\ensuremath{\gamma}}_{\ensuremath{\phi}})]$ and the long coherence time ($\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3}$ s) of the N-
V centers, the quantum information can be stored in the memory steadily, and it can be retrieved with a high fidelity (
>96). This scheme provides a scalable way of exchanging quantum information between different quantum interfaces, and has the experimental feasibility with currently available experimental technology.
We have built a hybrid system composed of a superconducting flux qubit (the processor) and an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond (the memory) that can be directly coupled to one another, and demonstrated how information can be transferred from the flux qubit to the memory, stored, and subsequently retrieved. We have established the coherence properties of the memory and succeeded in creating an entangled state between the processor and memory, demonstrating how the entangled state's coherence is preserved. Our results are a significant step towards using an electron spin ensemble as a quantum memory for superconducting qubits.
We study a hybrid quantum computing system using a nitrogen-vacancy center ensemble (NVE) as quantum memory, a current-biased Josephson junction (CBJJ) superconducting qubit fabricated in a transmission line resonator (TLR) as the quantum computing processor, and the microwave photons in TLR as the quantum data bus. The storage process is seriously treated by considering all kinds of decoherence mechanisms. Such a hybrid quantum device can also be used to create multiqubit
W states of NVEs through a common CBJJ. The experimental feasibility is achieved using currently available technology.
We propose a quantum memory scheme to transfer and store the quantum state of a superconducting flux qubit (FQ) into the electron spin of a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond via yttrium iron garnet (YIG), a ferromagnet. Unlike an ensemble of NV centers, the YIG moderator can enhance the effective FQ-NV-center coupling strength without introducing additional appreciable decoherence. We derive the effective interaction between the FQ and the NV center by tracing out the degrees of freedom of the collective mode of the YIG spins. We demonstrate the transfer, storage, and retrieval procedures, taking into account the effects of spontaneous decay and pure dephasing. Using realistic experimental parameters for the FQ, NV center and YIG, we find that a combined transfer, storage, and retrieval fidelity higher than 0.9, with a long storage time of 10 ms, can be achieved. This hybrid system not only acts as a promising quantum memory, but also provides an example of enhanced coupling between various systems through collective degrees of freedom.
In this paper, we demonstrate how information can be transferred among the long-distance memory units in a hybrid solid architecture, which consists the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) ensemble acting as the memory unit, the LC circuit acting as the transmitter (receiver), and the flux qubit acting as the interface. Numerical simulation demonstrates that the high-fidelity quantum information transfer between memory unit and transmitter (receiver) can be implemented, and this process is robust to both the LC circuit decay and NV ensemble spontaneous emission.