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Main Authors: Vaartjes, Arjen, Nurizzo, Martin, Zaw, Lin Htoo, Wilhelm, Benjamin, Yu, Xi, Holmes, Danielle, Schwienbacher, Daniel, Kringhøj, Anders, van Blankenstein, Mark R., Jakob, Alexander M., Hudson, Fay E., Itoh, Kohei M., Murray, Riley J., Blume-Kohout, Robin, Anand, Namit, Dzurak, Andrew S., Jamieson, David N., Scarani, Valerio, Morello, Andrea
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07641
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author Vaartjes, Arjen
Nurizzo, Martin
Zaw, Lin Htoo
Wilhelm, Benjamin
Yu, Xi
Holmes, Danielle
Schwienbacher, Daniel
Kringhøj, Anders
van Blankenstein, Mark R.
Jakob, Alexander M.
Hudson, Fay E.
Itoh, Kohei M.
Murray, Riley J.
Blume-Kohout, Robin
Anand, Namit
Dzurak, Andrew S.
Jamieson, David N.
Scarani, Valerio
Morello, Andrea
author_facet Vaartjes, Arjen
Nurizzo, Martin
Zaw, Lin Htoo
Wilhelm, Benjamin
Yu, Xi
Holmes, Danielle
Schwienbacher, Daniel
Kringhøj, Anders
van Blankenstein, Mark R.
Jakob, Alexander M.
Hudson, Fay E.
Itoh, Kohei M.
Murray, Riley J.
Blume-Kohout, Robin
Anand, Namit
Dzurak, Andrew S.
Jamieson, David N.
Scarani, Valerio
Morello, Andrea
contents Spin precession is a textbook example of dynamics of a quantum system that exactly mimics its classical counterpart. Here we challenge this view by certifying the quantumness of exotic states of a nuclear spin through its uniform precession. The key to this result is measuring the positivity, instead of the expectation value, of the $x$-projection of the precessing spin, and using a spin > 1/2 qudit, that is not restricted to semi-classical spin coherent states. The experiment is performed on a single spin-7/2 $^{123}$Sb nucleus, implanted in a silicon nanoelectronic device, amenable to high-fidelity preparation, control, and projective single-shot readout. Using Schrödinger cat states and other bespoke states of the nucleus, we violate the classical bound by 19 standard deviations, proving that no classical probability distribution can explain the statistic of this spin precession, and highlighting our ability to prepare quantum resource states with high fidelity in a single atomic-scale qudit.
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spellingShingle Certifying the quantumness of a nuclear spin qudit through its uniform precession
Vaartjes, Arjen
Nurizzo, Martin
Zaw, Lin Htoo
Wilhelm, Benjamin
Yu, Xi
Holmes, Danielle
Schwienbacher, Daniel
Kringhøj, Anders
van Blankenstein, Mark R.
Jakob, Alexander M.
Hudson, Fay E.
Itoh, Kohei M.
Murray, Riley J.
Blume-Kohout, Robin
Anand, Namit
Dzurak, Andrew S.
Jamieson, David N.
Scarani, Valerio
Morello, Andrea
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Spin precession is a textbook example of dynamics of a quantum system that exactly mimics its classical counterpart. Here we challenge this view by certifying the quantumness of exotic states of a nuclear spin through its uniform precession. The key to this result is measuring the positivity, instead of the expectation value, of the $x$-projection of the precessing spin, and using a spin > 1/2 qudit, that is not restricted to semi-classical spin coherent states. The experiment is performed on a single spin-7/2 $^{123}$Sb nucleus, implanted in a silicon nanoelectronic device, amenable to high-fidelity preparation, control, and projective single-shot readout. Using Schrödinger cat states and other bespoke states of the nucleus, we violate the classical bound by 19 standard deviations, proving that no classical probability distribution can explain the statistic of this spin precession, and highlighting our ability to prepare quantum resource states with high fidelity in a single atomic-scale qudit.
title Certifying the quantumness of a nuclear spin qudit through its uniform precession
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07641