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Main Authors: Lu, Yan, Shi, Xiao-Feng
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22276
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author Lu, Yan
Shi, Xiao-Feng
author_facet Lu, Yan
Shi, Xiao-Feng
contents Optically trapped ultracold polar molecules can have multiple long-lived states for coding quantum information, and can exhibit electric dipole-dipole interactions~(DDI) which enables entanglement generation. The general understanding on the quantized motion~(QM) of molecules in the traps is that it causes fluctuation of DDI. Here, we find that the molecular QM can realize an asymmetric quantum Rabi model, which is of specific importance in the study of fundamental physics. The molecular QM can also lead to an exotic trap-dipole resonance, resulting in excess population loss to uncoupled motional states, and, hence, should be avoided in a general quantum control over polar molecules. To examine the impact of QM on quantum computing based on polar molecules, we introduce two gate protocols, a fast iSWAP gate which can be realized by a global microwave pulse of pulse area smaller than $2π$, and a controlled-phase gate with an arbitrary controlled phase, and find that both gates can attain a high fidelity.
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spellingShingle Asymmetric quantum Rabi model, trap-dipole resonance, and quantum gates with optically trapped ultracold polar molecules
Lu, Yan
Shi, Xiao-Feng
Quantum Physics
Optically trapped ultracold polar molecules can have multiple long-lived states for coding quantum information, and can exhibit electric dipole-dipole interactions~(DDI) which enables entanglement generation. The general understanding on the quantized motion~(QM) of molecules in the traps is that it causes fluctuation of DDI. Here, we find that the molecular QM can realize an asymmetric quantum Rabi model, which is of specific importance in the study of fundamental physics. The molecular QM can also lead to an exotic trap-dipole resonance, resulting in excess population loss to uncoupled motional states, and, hence, should be avoided in a general quantum control over polar molecules. To examine the impact of QM on quantum computing based on polar molecules, we introduce two gate protocols, a fast iSWAP gate which can be realized by a global microwave pulse of pulse area smaller than $2π$, and a controlled-phase gate with an arbitrary controlled phase, and find that both gates can attain a high fidelity.
title Asymmetric quantum Rabi model, trap-dipole resonance, and quantum gates with optically trapped ultracold polar molecules
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22276