Non-destructively probing the thermodynamics of quantum systems with qumodes

• Main Authors: Elliott, Thomas J., Gu, Mile, Thompson, Jayne, Liu, Nana
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Quantum Systems; Qumodes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171881
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Quantum systems are by their very nature fragile. The fundamental backaction on a state due to quantum measurement notwithstanding, there is also in practice often a destruction of the system itself due to the means of measurement. This becomes acutely problematic when we wish to make measurement...