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domenica 30 novembre 2025
# gst: apropos of Parrondo paradox, controlling quantum chaos via Parrondo strategies on noisy intermediate-scale quantum hardware
mercoledì 11 febbraio 2026
# phys: probing quantum mechanics with nanoparticle matter-wave interferometry.
lunedì 11 settembre 2017
# qubit: the flip-flop quantum processor, the begin
AA << introduce the flip-flop qubit, a combination of the electron-nuclear spin states of a phosphorus donor that can be controlled by microwave electric fields >>
<< to encode quantum information in the electron-nuclear spin states of 31P [phosphorus] donors in silicon, and to realize fast, high-fidelity, electrically driven universal quantum gates >>
<< a credible pathway to the construction of a large-scale quantum processor, where atomic-size spin qubits are integrated with silicon nanoelectronic devices, in a platform that does not require atomic-scale precision in the qubit placement [..] and, with realistic assumptions on noise and imperfections, are predicted to achieve error rates compatible with fault-tolerant quantum error correction >>
Guilherme Tosi, Fahd A. Mohiyaddin, et al. Silicon quantum processor with robust long-distance qubit couplings. Nature Comm 8, 2017; 450 Sept 06, 2017 doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00378-x
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00378-x
<< a new way to define a 'spin qubit' that uses both the electron and the nucleus of the atom. Crucially, this new qubit can be controlled using electric signals, instead of magnetic ones. Electric signals are significantly easier to distribute and localise within an electronic chip >>
Flip-flop qubits: Radical new quantum computing design invented. Sept 6, 2017
https://scienmag.com/flip-flop-qubits-radical-new-quantum-computing-design-invented/
Fiona MacDonald, Mike McRae. Breaking: An Entirely New Type of Quantum Computing Has Been Invented. "It's amazing no one had thought of it before." Sep 6, 2017
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# ai-bot: 352 predictions of when machines will make humans obsolete. Sep 2, 2017
http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/2017/09/ai-bot-352-predictions-of-when-machines.html
Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Michael Mills (R.E.M.). "Begin The Begin". In: "Lifes Rich Pageant" (1986)
mercoledì 21 maggio 2025
# gst: accelerated first detection in discrete-time quantum walks using sharp restarts.
giovedì 3 gennaio 2019
# phys: the strange world of quantum mechanics
<< In the normal world, an object such as a baseball can only be in one place at one time. But in the quantum world, a particle such as an electron can occupy an infinite number of places at the same time, existing in what physicists call a superposition of multiple states. >>
<< in the quantum world, two individual particles, such as photons can be entangled, such that the mere act of sensing one photon with a detector instantaneously forces the other photon, no matter how far away, to assume a particular state. >>
<< evidence is mounting from the world of plant physiology that some biological processes that rely on quantum superposition occur at normal temperatures, raising the possibility that unimaginably strange world of quantum mechanics may indeed intrude into the every day workings of other biological systems, such as our nervous systems. >>
<< Evolution, in its relentless quest to engineer the most energy-efficient life forms, appears to have ignored physicists’ belief that useful quantum effects can’t happen in the warm, wet environments of biology. >>
Eric Haseltine. Why You Should Care About Quantum Neuroscience.
Hints of an incredibly exciting future. Dec 31, 2018
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davanti a una immagine di "enzima allosterico" qualsiasi bravo scientist sa immediatamente con cosa avra' a che fare: avra' a che fare con il caos, vale a dire con oggetti che possono generare dinamiche senz'altro confinate purtuttavia bizzarre, jazz, funky, fuzzy; invece davanti a concetti quali i due citati sopra (superposition, entanglement), e gli ipotetici effetti immaginabili all'interno di strutture biologiche, neurobiologiche, informatiche, ho idea che chiunque potrebbe sentirsi vagamente disorientato (qui si sottolinea "vagamente") ...
venerdì 25 settembre 2020
# biophys: to sense 'fever' in tiny bio-entities (worms C. elegans)
martedì 12 luglio 2016
# s-phys: "entanglement entropy of a qubit", the begin ...
<< All systems are fundamentally quantum systems (..) but the means of describing in a quantum sense the chaotic behavior of, say, air molecules in an evacuated room, remains limited >>
<< To investigate, [AA] devised an experiment using three quantum bits, the basic computational units of the quantum computer >>
<< By manipulating these qubits with electronic pulses, [AA] caused them to interact, rotate and evolve in the quantum analog of a highly sensitive classical [chaotic] system >>
<< The result is a map of entanglement entropy of a qubit that, over time, comes to strongly resemble that of classical dynamics — the regions of entanglement in the quantum map resemble the regions of chaos on the classical map >>
Sonia Fernandez. Researchers at UCSB blur the line between classical and quantum physics by connecting chaos and entanglement. Monday, July 11, 2016
http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2016/017014/entanglement-chaos
C. Neill, P. Roushan, et al. Ergodic dynamics and thermalization in an isolated quantum system. Nature Physics (2016) DOI: doi:10.1038/nphys3830. Published online 11 July 2016
http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys3830.html
venerdì 31 marzo 2023
# gst: influence of disorder on the spreading and entanglement properties of coined quantum walks.
mercoledì 4 settembre 2024
# gst: attractive-repulsive interaction in coupled qu-oscillators, when a symmetry-breaking state could be a prominent state.
mercoledì 27 novembre 2019
# phys: the qu-wave of the natural antibiotic gramicidin
giovedì 23 luglio 2020
# physics: SQUID, a probe at the boundary between 'quantum' and 'classic' worlds
sabato 17 giugno 2017
# e-web: a space-based quantum internet, the begin
<< a team of physicists reports that it sent eerily intertwined quantum particles from a satellite to ground stations separated by 1200 kilometers, smashing the previous world record >>
<< Entanglement involves putting objects in the peculiar limbo of quantum superposition, in which an object's quantum properties occupy multiple states at once: like Schrödinger's cat, dead and alive at the same time. Then those quantum states are shared among multiple objects. Physicists have entangled particles such as electrons and photons, as well as larger objects such as superconducting electric circuits >>
Gabriel Popkin. China’s quantum satellite achieves ‘spooky action’ at record distance. Jun. 15, 2017.
Juan Yin, Yuan Cao, et al. Satellite-based entanglement distribution over 1200 kilometers. Science 16 Jun 2017: Vol. 356, Issue 6343, pp. 1140-1144 doi: 10.1126/science.aan3211
venerdì 24 maggio 2019
# phys: it could be used to completely remove all noise from a noisy channel
AA << have proposed a second level of quantization, in which both the information carriers and the channels can be in quantum superposition. In this new paradigm of communication, the information carriers can travel through multiple channels simultaneously. >>
AA << formulated a quantum communications model that can be used to compute the amount of information that can be reliably transmitted when using a given number of channels in a quantum superposition. (..) for certain types of noise, the superposition of channels, along with the ability to switch a channel with itself, could be used to completely remove all noise. This opens up the possibility of obtaining perfect quantum communication in a noisy channel. >>
Lisa Zyga. Physicists propose a second level of quantization for quantum Shannon theory. Phys.org May 22, 2019.
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-05-physicists-quantization-quantum-shannon-theory.html
Giulio Chiribella, Hler Kristjansson.
Quantum Shannon theory with superpositions of trajectories. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. doi: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0903 May 8, 2019.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspa.2018.0903
sabato 16 febbraio 2019
# qubit: an energy control approach to build quantum computers: quickly jump two rungs at a time without spilling any water from the glass
<< Dr. Sergey Danilin, (..) describes quantum control-the process of using chips like transmons to build quantum computers-by extending the "climbing a ladder" analogy. "To get a useful quantum system, you need to imagine climbing a ladder while holding a glass of water-it works if one does it smoothly, but if you do it too fast, the water spills. Certainly, this requires a special skill." (..) in the quantum world, the trick for climbing the ladder quickly without spilling any water is by carefully jumping two rungs at a time. >>
Life on the edge in the quantum world. Aalto University. Feb 8, 2019
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-02-life-edge-quantum-world.html
Antti Vepsalainen, Sergey Danilin, Gheorghe Sorin Paraoanu. Superadiabatic population transfer in a three-level superconducting circuit. Science Advances Feb 8, 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 2, eaau5999
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5999
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/2/eaau5999
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giovedì 20 dicembre 2018
# gst: Life as a fuzzy experiment; the approach of quantum biology
<< Quantum biology is usually considered to be a new discipline, (..) However, although the most significant findings have emerged in the past two decades, the roots of quantum biology go much deeper-to the quantum pioneers of the early twentieth century. >>
Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili.
The origins of quantum biology. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. Dec 12, 2018 doi: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0674
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2018.0674
The real history of quantum biology.
University of Surrey. Dec 12, 2018 ,
https://m.phys.org/news/2018-12-real-history-quantum-biology.html
venerdì 15 settembre 2017
# websec: post-quantum cryptography, all of today's secrets will be lost (!)
AA << analyze the options available for a post-quantum cryptography future >>
<< The expectation is that quantum computers will be built some time after 2025 >>
<< An attacker can record our secure communications today, and break it with a quantum computer years later. All of today's secrets will be lost >> Tanja Lange
How future quantum computers will threaten today's encrypted data. Sep 14, 2017
https://m.phys.org/news/2017-09-future-quantum-threaten-today-encrypted.html
Daniel J. Bernstein, Tanja Lange. Post-quantum cryptography. Nature 2017; 549: 188–194 Sep 14, 2017 doi: 10.1038/nature23461
https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v549/n7671/full/nature23461.html
giovedì 21 dicembre 2017
# gst: a case of stabilization by weak noise
<< An elusive state of matter - quantum spin liquid - may actually be enhanced rather than suppressed by disorder as seen in a compound that contains praseodymium, zirconium, and oxygen (Pr2Zr2O7) >>
<< Disorder is generally thought to be detrimental to creating materials with unusual magnetism or other quantum phenomena. However, a team found that weak disorder surprisingly stabilizes a rare quantum state called a quantum spin liquid >>
Stirring up a quantum spin-liquid with disorder. Dec 13, 2017.
https://m.phys.org/news/2017-12-quantum-spin-liquid-disorder.html
J.-J. Wen, S. M. Koohpayeh, et al. Disordered Route to the Coulomb Quantum Spin Liquid: Random Transverse Fields on Spin Ice in Pr2Zr2O7. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2017; 118 (107206). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.107206. Mar 8, 2017.
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.107206
venerdì 30 marzo 2018
# gst: quantum chaos to approach the evolution of a dynamic system
<< A study on the evolution of dynamic systems [..] has unexpectedly led to a better understanding of the chaos in the quantum world >>
<< The tools needed to explore the rigidity of dynamic systems [..] far exceeded those currently available, forcing the team to learn from neighboring disciplines >>
<< As a by-product of this process, researchers have identified the applicability of this project to quantum mechanics, which has led them to formulate a new theorem of thermodynamic quantum chaos combining ideas from large networks. Large networks — such as Big Data, social networks, convolutional neural networks of Artificial Intelligence models — which, although commonly used today, do not yet have adequate theories to explain their operation >>
Shakes Gilles. Study of dynamical systems leads to better understanding of quantum chaos. March 27, 2018.