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Phys. Rev. A 64, 032306 (2001) [4 pages]

NMR simulation of an eight-state quantum system

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A. K. Khitrin and B. M. Fung
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-0370

Received 5 December 2000; published 14 August 2001

The propagation of excitation along a one-dimensional chain of atoms is simulated by means of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The physical system used as an analog quantum computer is a nucleus of 133Cs (spin 7/2) in a liquid-crystalline matrix. First, a pseuodpure state of the spin system is prepared. Then, the Hamiltonian of migration is simulated by using a special seven-frequency pulse. The dynamics is monitored by following the transfer of population from one of the eight spin energy levels to the others.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.032306
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.64.032306
PACS:
03.67.-a