National Cheng Kung University

About: National Cheng Kung University is a education organization based out in Tainan City, Taiwan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Thin film. The organization has 49723 authors who have published 69799 publications receiving 1437420 citations. The organization is also known as: NCKU.

Experimental demonstration of a heralded entanglement source

Abstract: The heralded generation of entangled states is a long-standing goal in quantum information processing, because it is indispensable for a number of quantum protocols1,2. Polarization entangled photon pairs are usually generated through spontaneous parametric down-conversion3, but the emission is probabilistic. Their applications are generally accompanied by post-selection and destructive photon detection. Here, we report a source of entanglement generated in an event-ready manner by conditioned detection of auxiliary photons4. This scheme benefits from the stable and robust properties of spontaneous parametric down-conversion and requires only modest experimental efforts. It is flexible and allows the preparation efficiency to be significantly improved by using beamsplitters with different transmission ratios. We have achieved a fidelity better than 87% and a state preparation efficiency of 45% for the source. This could offer promise in essential photonics-based quantum information tasks, and particularly in enabling optical quantum computing by reducing dramatically the computational overhead5,6. An efficient source of entangled photons generated in an event-ready manner by conditioned detection of auxiliary photons is reported. A fidelity better than 87% and a state preparation efficiency of 45% are obtained. The scheme could offer promising applications in essential photonics-based quantum information tasks, and represents a particularly important development in the realization of optical quantum computing.

Derivation of the generalized Young-Laplace equation of curved interfaces in nanoscaled solids

Abstract: In nanoscaled solids, the mathematical behavior of a curved interface between two different phases with interface stress effects can be described by the generalized Young-Laplace equations [T. Young, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London 95, 65 (1805); P. S. Laplace, Traite de Mechanique Celeste (Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1805), Vol. 4, Supplements au Livre X]. Here we present a geometric illustration to prove the equations. By considering a small element of the curved thin interface, we model the interface stresses as in-plane stresses acting along its edges, while on the top and bottom faces of the interface the tractions are contributed from its three-dimensional bulk neighborhood. With this schematic illustration, simple force balance considerations will give the Young-Laplace equations across the interface. Similar procedures can be applied to conduction phenomena. This will allow us to reconstruct one type of imperfect interfaces, referred to as highly conducting interfaces.