Element doping and nano-inclusion embedding are effective approaches to enhance the electrical conductivities and decrease the lattice thermal conductivities of thermoelectric(TE)materials,***,the intrinsic low electr...
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Element doping and nano-inclusion embedding are effective approaches to enhance the electrical conductivities and decrease the lattice thermal conductivities of thermoelectric(TE)materials,***,the intrinsic low electrical thermal conductivities and high electrical properties are severely sacrificed,and the final figure of merit(ZT)is usually *** this study,Ag doping and Pt quantum dot(QD)embedding were synchronously achieved via embedding Ag/Pt alloy QDs into the higher manganese silicides to avoid the conventional single-element doping *** power factor(at 823 K)was enhanced from 1.57×10^(-3) W m^(-1) K^(-2) to 1.82×10^(-3) W m^(-1) K^(-2)(-16%)due to the-18%increase in carrier concentration that was derived from the Ag doping ***,the lattice thermal conductivity(at 823 K)decreased from 2.65 W m^(-1) K^(-1) e1.92 W m^(-1) K^(-1)(-28%)because of the broadband phonon scattering effect that resulted from the residual Pt QDs ***,the optimal ZT value increased by-52%from 0.42 to 0.64 at 823 *** study demonstrated that incorporating metastable alloy QDs to obtain element doping and nano-inclusion embedding effects is a novel and feasible means to enhance the ZT value of *** method is also possibly applicable to other alloy QD/TE composites.
We consider the nondistortion quantum interrogation of an atom prepared in a quantum superposition. By manipulating the polarization of the probe photon and making connections to interaction-free measurements of opaqu...
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We consider the nondistortion quantum interrogation of an atom prepared in a quantum superposition. By manipulating the polarization of the probe photon and making connections to interaction-free measurements of opaque objects, we show that nondistortion interrogation of an atom in a quantum superposition can be done with efficiency approaching unity. However, if any component of the atom’s superposition is completely transparent to the probe wave function, a nondistortion interrogation of the atom is impossible.
A quantum key distribution protocol based on quantum encryption is presented in this Brief Report. In this protocol, the previously shared Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs act as the quantum key to encode and decode the ...
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A quantum key distribution protocol based on quantum encryption is presented in this Brief Report. In this protocol, the previously shared Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen pairs act as the quantum key to encode and decode the classical cryptography key. The quantum key is reusable and the eavesdropper cannot elicit any information from the particle Alice sends to Bob. The concept of quantum encryption is also discussed.
Single-phase Ni_(0.92)Mn_(1.08) As films with strained C_(1b) symmetry are grown on GaAs(001) substrates. In addition,a preferred epitaxial configuration of(110)-orientated Ni_(0.92)Mn_(1.08) As on(001)-orientated GaA...
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Single-phase Ni_(0.92)Mn_(1.08) As films with strained C_(1b) symmetry are grown on GaAs(001) substrates. In addition,a preferred epitaxial configuration of(110)-orientated Ni_(0.92)Mn_(1.08) As on(001)-orientated GaAs is revealed by synchrotron radiation measurement. The magnetic properties of the films are found to be significantly influenced by the growth temperature and the optimized growth temperature is determined to be ~370℃. According to the results of x-ray absorption spectroscopy, these phenomena can be attributed to the variation of the local electronic structure of the Mn atoms. Our work provides useful information for the further investigations of NiMnAs, which is a theoretically predicted half-metal.
We propose a probabilistic two-party communication complexity scenario with a prior nonmaximally entangled state, which results in less communication than is required with only classical random correlations. A simple ...
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We propose a probabilistic two-party communication complexity scenario with a prior nonmaximally entangled state, which results in less communication than is required with only classical random correlations. A simple all-optical implementation of this protocol is presented and demonstrates our conclusion.
We propose a probabilistic quantum cloning scheme using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states, Bell-basis measurements, single-qubit unitary operations, and generalized measurements, all of which are within the rea...
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We propose a probabilistic quantum cloning scheme using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states, Bell-basis measurements, single-qubit unitary operations, and generalized measurements, all of which are within the reach of current technology. Compared to another possible scheme via Tele-controlled-NOT gate [D. Gottesman and I. L. Chuang, Nature (London) 402, 390 (1999)], the present scheme may be used in experiment to clone the states of one particle to those of two different particles with higher probability and less GHZ resources.
Teleportation may be interpreted as sending and extracting quantum information through quantum channels. In this report, it is shown that to get the maximal probability of exact teleportation through a partially entan...
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Teleportation may be interpreted as sending and extracting quantum information through quantum channels. In this report, it is shown that to get the maximal probability of exact teleportation through a partially entangled quantum channel, the sender (Alice) need only operate a measurement that satisfies an “entanglement matching” to this channel. An optimal strategy is also provided for the receiver (Bob) to extract the quantum information by adopting a general evolution.
It is known that entanglement swapping can be used to realize entanglement purification. In this way, two particles belonging to different nonmaximally entangled pairs can be projected probabilistically to a maximally...
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It is known that entanglement swapping can be used to realize entanglement purification. In this way, two particles belonging to different nonmaximally entangled pairs can be projected probabilistically to a maximally entangled state or to a less entangled state. In this paper, we show, when the less entangled state is obtained, then a maximally entangled state can be obtained probabilistically from this less entangled state if a unitary transformation is introduced locally. The probability of success of our scheme is equal to the entanglement of a single pair purification (if two original pairs are in the same nonmaximally entangled states) or to the smaller entanglement of a single pair purification of these two pairs (if two original pairs are not in the same nonmaximally entangled states). The advantage of our scheme is that no continuous indefinite iterative procedure is needed to achieve optimal purification.
Beyond the no-cloning theorem, the universal symmetric quantum cloning machine was first addressed by Bužek and Hillery. Here, we realized the 1→2 qubit Bužek-Hillery cloning machine with linear optical devices. This...
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Beyond the no-cloning theorem, the universal symmetric quantum cloning machine was first addressed by Bužek and Hillery. Here, we realized the 1→2 qubit Bužek-Hillery cloning machine with linear optical devices. This method relies on the representation of several qubits by a single photon. We showed that the fidelities between the two output qubits and the original qubit are both 56 (which proved to be the optimal fidelity of 1→2 qubit universal cloner) for arbitrary input pure states.
Probabilistic quantum cloning and identifying machines can be constructed via unitary-reduction processes [Duan and Guo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4999 (1998)]. Given the cloning (identifying) probabilities, we derive an e...
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Probabilistic quantum cloning and identifying machines can be constructed via unitary-reduction processes [Duan and Guo, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4999 (1998)]. Given the cloning (identifying) probabilities, we derive an explicit representation of the unitary evolution and corresponding Hamiltonian to realize probabilistic cloning (identification). The logic networks are obtained by decomposing the unitary representation into universal quantum logic operations. The robustness of the networks is also discussed. Our method is suitable for a k-partite system, such as quantum computer, and may be generalized to general state-dependent cloning and identification.
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