Quantum simulation

IM Georgescu, S Ashhab, F Nori - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014 - APS
Simulating quantum mechanics is known to be a difficult computational problem, especially
when dealing with large systems. However, this difficulty may be overcome by using some …

Quantum spin squeezing

J Ma, X Wang, CP Sun, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper reviews quantum spin squeezing, which characterizes the sensitivity of a state
with respect to SU (2) rotations, and is significant for both entanglement detection and high …

Open quantum systems with local and collective incoherent processes: Efficient numerical simulations using permutational invariance

N Shammah, S Ahmed, N Lambert, S De Liberato… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
The permutational invariance of identical two-level systems allows for an exponential
reduction in the computational resources required to study the Lindblad dynamics of …

Quantum simulators

I Buluta, F Nori - Science, 2009 - science.org
Quantum simulators are controllable quantum systems that can be used to simulate other
quantum systems. Being able to tackle problems that are intractable on classical computers …

Probing dynamical phase transitions with a superconducting quantum simulator

K Xu, ZH Sun, W Liu, YR Zhang, H Li, H Dong… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Nonequilibrium quantum many-body systems, which are difficult to study via classical
computation, have attracted wide interest. Quantum simulation can provide insights into …

Superradiance transition in a system with a single qubit and a single oscillator

S Ashhab - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2013 - APS
We consider the phase-transition-like behavior in the Rabi model containing a single two-
level system, or qubit, and a single harmonic oscillator. The system experiences a sudden …

Symmetries and conserved quantities of boundary time crystals in generalized spin models

G Piccitto, M Wauters, F Nori, N Shammah - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We investigate how symmetries and conserved quantities relate to the occurrence of the
boundary time crystal (BTC) phase in a generalized spin model with Lindblad dissipation …

Quantum Fisher information as a signature of the superradiant quantum phase transition

TL Wang, LN Wu, W Yang, GR Jin… - New Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The single-mode Dicke model is well known to undergo a quantum phase transition from the
so-called normal phase to the superradiant phase (hereinafter called the'superradiant …

Validity of mean-field theory in a dissipative critical system: Liouvillian gap, -symmetric antigap, and permutational symmetry in the model

D Huybrechts, F Minganti, F Nori, M Wouters… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We study the all-to-all connected XYZ (anisotropic-Heisenberg) spin model with local and
collective dissipations, comparing the results of mean-field (MF) theory with the solution of …

Controlling the transport of single photons by tuning the frequency of either one or two cavities in an array of coupled cavities

JQ Liao, ZR Gong, L Zhou, Y Liu, CP Sun, F Nori - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2010 - APS
We theoretically study how to control transport, bound states, and resonant states of a single
photon in a one-dimensional coupled-cavity array. We find that the transport of a single …