Abstract
We experimentally navigate the Hilbert space of two logical phi-bits supported by an externally driven nonlinear array of coupled acoustic waveguides by parametrically changing the relative phase of the drivers. We observe sharp phase jumps of approximately 180° in the individual phi-bit states as a result of the phase tuning of the drivers. The occurrence of these sharp phase jumps varies from phi-bit to phi-bit. All phi-bit phases also possess a common background dependency on the drivers’ phase. Within the context of multiple time scale perturbation theory, we develop a simple model of the nonlinear array of externally driven coupled acoustic waveguides to shed light on the possible mechanisms for the experimentally observed behavior of the logical phi-bit phase. Finally, we illustrate the ability to experimentally initialize the state of single- and multiple- phi-bit systems by exploiting the drivers’ phase as a tuning parameter. We also show that the nonlinear correlation between phi-bits enables parallelism in the manipulation of two- and multi-phi-bit superpositions of states.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 325-344 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Quantum Reports |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2023 |
Keywords
- Hilbert space
- acoustic classical analogs of qubits
- acoustic metamaterial
- nonlinear phase jumps
- superpositions of states
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)