Browsing by Subject "Quantum theory"
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A Combinatorial Approach to Nonlocality and Contextuality
(Springer, 2015-03-01)
Article
Open AccessSo far, most of the literature on (quantum) contextuality and the Kochen– Specker theorem seems either to concern particular examples of contextuality, or be considered as quantum logic. Here, we develop a general formalism ... -
A general framework for information-work interconvertibility in the quantum regime
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-09)
Master thesis
Open AccessIn this theoretical work we study three theorems that establish limitations to three basic processes in thermodynamics: an adiabatic process, an erasure process and a work extraction process. We propose a theoretical setting ... -
Ag2ZnSnS4–ZnS core–shell colloidal quantum dots: a near-infrared luminescent material based on environmentally friendly elements
(RSC, 2021-05-07)
Article
Open AccessLow cost, multinary colloidal quantum dots (QDs) based on environmentally friendly elements, with bright, narrow-width, tunable near-infrared (NIR) luminescence are promising alternatives to Cd and Pb chalcogenide QDs for ... -
Almost quantum correlations
(Nature Publishing group, 2015-02-20)
Article
Open AccessQuantum theory is not only successfully tested in laboratories every day but also constitutes a robust theoretical framework: small variations usually lead to implausible consequences, such as faster-than-light communication. ... -
An experimental setup for gray molasses sub-Doppler cooling of potassium gases
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-09-09)
Master thesis
Open Access[ÀNGLÈS] An experimental setup for cooling a gas of potassium atoms below the Doppler limit is presented. This method is known as gray molasses cooling. It will be implemented using light blue light blue detuned with respect ... -
Applications of machine learning to studies of quantum phase transitions
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-09-06)
Master thesis
Open AccessIn the past years Machine Learning has shown to be a useful tool in quantum many-body physics to detect phase transitions. Being able to identify phases via machine learning introduces the question of how did the algorithm ... -
Bloch oscillations in optical and Zeeman lattices in the presence of spin-orbit coupling
(2016-11-18)
Article
Open AccessWe address Bloch oscillations of a spin-orbit coupled atom in periodic potentials of two types: optical and Zeeman lattices. We show that in optical lattices the spin-orbit coupling allows controlling the direction of ... -
Bose polarons at finite temperature and strong coupling
(2018-02-01)
Article
Open AccessA mobile impurity coupled to a weakly interacting Bose gas, a Bose polaron, displays several interesting effects. While a single attractive quasiparticle is known to exist at zero temperature, we show here that the spectrum ... -
Bound states in the continuum in anisotropic structures
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyWe report theoretical and experimental observation of radiationless bound states in the continuum (BIC) in waveguiding anisotropic structures. BICs may have all possible polarizations and be the only possible boundstates ... -
Bound states in the continuum in spin-orbit-coupled atomic systems
(2017-09-14)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyWe show that the interplay between spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman splitting in atomic systems can lead to the existence of bound states in the continuum (BICs) supported by trapping potentials. Such states have energies ... -
Characterizing the spatio-temporal qubit traffic of a quantum intranet aiming at modular quantum computer architectures
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022)
Conference report
Open AccessQuantum many-core processors are envisioned as the ultimate solution for the scalability of quantum computers. Based upon Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) chips interconnected in a sort of quantum intranet, they ... -
Coherent control of a superconducting quantum bit
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-09-06)
Master thesis
Open AccessTransmon qubits are at the forefront of solid state platforms for quantum computing. In this thesis, results obtained from the experimental study of a transmon qubit in a 3D cavity are presented. A complete view of the ... -
Competing order in two-band Bose-Hubbard chains with extended-range interactions
(American Physical Society (APS), 2024-03)
Article
Open AccessMotivated by the recent progress in realizing and controlling extended Bose-Hubbard systems using excitonic or atomic devices, the present Letter theoretically investigates the case of a two-band Bose-Hubbard chain with ... -
Detection of nonlocality with two-body correlation functions
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-09-10)
Master thesis
Open AccessNonlocality detection in multipartite quantum systems is of great interest. The most popular tool to detect nonlocality in quantum systems are Bell inequalities. Most of the provided constructions of multipartite Bell ... -
Development of hole selective contacts on p-type c-Ge substrates
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-12)
Master thesis
Open AccessThermophotovoltaic devices convert heat to electricity by absorbing infra-red photons with low energies. In order to do so semiconductors materials with low band-gap are needed. The crystalline Germanium (cGe) is an ... -
Dicke superradiance in atomic arrays: impact of dimensionality
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-10-01)
Bachelor thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Columbia UniversityEls efectes colectius són un àmbit de creixent interès en l'estudi de les interaccions llum-matèria a nivell quàntic. Aquest treball es centra en un d'aquests efectes conegut com la superradiància de Dicke, en la qual un ... -
Dynamic structure factor of liquid He 4 across the normal-superfluid transition
(2016-03-08)
Article
Open AccessWe have carried out a microscopic study of the dynamic structure factor of liquid He4 across the normal-superfluid transition temperature using the path integral Monte Carlo method. The ill-posed problem of the inverse ... -
Dynamics of equilibration and collisions in ultradilute quantum droplets
(American Physical Society, 2021-12-01)
Article
Open AccessEmploying time-dependent density-functional theory, we have studied dynamical equilibration and binary head-on collisions of quantum droplets taking as a case of study droplets made of a 39K-39K Bose mixture. The phase ... -
Eina de representació de funcions d'ona quàntiques en 3D
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-18)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessLa física quàntica és un tema molt complex, que és la base per a la comprensió dels fenòmens naturals. Aquesta explica elements com l'àtom, l'enllaç químic... Ara bé, encara que descriu el món en una escala atòmica podem ... -
Entanglement and non-locality of pure quantum states.
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-07-19)
Master thesis
Open AccessWe study the process of majorisation and interconversion of bipartite states, and apply the formalism for analysing the local and non-local content of pure bipartite entangled states. We proved that the states which are ...