A defect in diamond with millisecond-scale spin relaxation time at room temperature

This paper characterizes the WAR5 defect in diamond as a promising quantum sensing platform, demonstrating millisecond-scale spin relaxation times at room temperature and extended coherence times at cryogenic temperatures alongside optical spin polarization capabilities.

Sounak Mukherjee, Anran Li, Johannes Eberle, Sean Karg, Zi-Huai Zhang, Mayer M. Feldman, Yilin Chen, Mark E. Turiansky, Mengen Wang, Yogendra Limbu, Tharnier O. Puel, Yueguang Shi, Matthew L. Markham, Rajesh L. Patel, Patryk Gumann, Michael E. Flatte, Chris G. Van de Walle, Stephen A. Lyon, Nathalie P. de LeonTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Impact of Layer Structure and Strain on Morphology and Electronic Properties of InAs Quantum Wells on InP (001)

This study investigates how layer structure and strain influence the electronic properties and surface morphology of InAs/InGaAs quantum wells on InP (001), revealing that layer design dictates mobility anisotropy, excessive thickness triggers quantum well collapse, and quantum confinement significantly affects band nonparabolicity.

Zijin Lei, Yuze Wu, Christian Reichl, Stefan Fält, Werner WegscheiderTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Machine Learning Techniques for Enhancing Quantum Key Distribution

This survey reviews how machine learning techniques enhance the security and performance of practical Quantum Key Distribution systems across five key applications—parameter optimization, attack detection, protocol selection, performance prediction, and network management—while highlighting their potential and remaining challenges in real-world deployment.

Ali Al-Kuwari, Safaa Alqrinawi, Lujayn Al-Amir, Amina Mollazehi, Saif Al-KuwariTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Optimal multiparameter quantum estimation in accelerating Unruh-DeWitt detectors

This paper establishes the ultimate precision limits for simultaneously estimating the Unruh temperature and initial-state parameters in bipartite accelerated Unruh-DeWitt detectors, demonstrating that while Markovian dissipation degrades estimation, non-Markovian memory effects and classical noise correlations can mitigate these losses or even enhance precision through information backflow.

Omar Bachain, Elhabib Jaloum, Mohamed Amazioug, Reem Altuijri, Rachid Ahl Laamara, Abdel-Haleem Abdel-AtyTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Sharpening Worst-Case Error Assessment for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing: Fidelity and Its Deviation

This paper introduces "fidelity deviation" as a companion metric to gate fidelity, demonstrating that together they provide a tight, experimentally accessible certificate for worst-case errors in fault-tolerant quantum computing, thereby addressing the limitations of average fidelity in the presence of coherent errors.

Kyoungho Cho, Ilkwon Sohn, Yongsoo Hwang, Jeongho BangTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Entangling ions with engineered light gradients

This paper presents and experimentally demonstrates a scalable, high-fidelity two-qubit gate scheme for trapped-ion quantum processors that utilizes transverse, time-dependent structured-light forces to suppress spectral crowding errors while maintaining single-ion addressing.

Tommaso Faorlin, Lorenz Panzl, Phoebe Grosser, Pablo Viñas, Alan Kahan, Walter Joseph Hörmann, Yannick Weiser, Giovanni Cerchiari, Thomas Feldker, Alexander Erhard, Juris Ulmanis, Rainer Blatt, Alejandro Bermudez, Thomas MonzTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Thermal and chemical response from entanglement entropy

This paper argues that in interacting quantum field theories at finite density, the derivative of entanglement entropy with respect to subregion size converges to the thermal entropy density in the large-subregion limit, thereby establishing a universal link between entanglement and thermodynamics that allows for the extraction of equation-of-state information, as demonstrated nonperturbatively in the three-dimensional O(4) model.

Niko Jokela, Aatu Rajala, Tobias RindlisbacherTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Black-Hole Signatures in the Finite-Temperature Critical Ising Chain

This paper demonstrates that the finite-temperature critical transverse-field Ising chain exhibits quantitative signatures of black-hole physics, such as universal antipodal transport, exponential relaxation via quasi-normal modes, and a Hawking-Page-like entropy minimum, thereby establishing it as an experimentally accessible platform for probing quantum black hole dynamics within the AdS/CFT correspondence.

Zuo Wang, Liang HeTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Comment on "On the emergence of preferred structures in quantum theory" by Soulas, Franzmann, and Di Biagio

This paper argues that Soulas et al.'s proposed construction of a unique tensor product structure fails as a counterexample to Stoica's impossibility proof because it cannot simultaneously maintain invariance and compatibility with physical observations, thereby confirming the trilemma that preferred structures cannot emerge solely from the Hamiltonian and state vector.

Ovidiu Cristinel StoicaTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph

Fractional Topological Phases, Flat Bands, and Robust Edge States on Finite Cyclic Graphs via Single-Coin Split-Step Quantum Walks

This paper reports the first realization of fractional topological phases, characterized by ±12\pm \frac{1}{2} winding numbers and robust edge states, in a fully unitary, noninteracting single-coin split-step quantum walk on finite cyclic graphs, demonstrating how step-dependent protocols enable the engineering of flat bands and unconventional bulk-boundary correspondence in small-scale synthetic quantum systems.

Dinesh Kumar Panda, Colin BenjaminTue, 10 Ma⚛️ quant-ph