La détection de l’intrication est une étape indispensable dans le contexte de l’information et du calcul quantique. Cette tâche importante s’est avérée difficile pour les systèmes quantiques de grandes dimensions supérieures à 2 × 3, auquel cas il existe des conditions nécessaires et suffisantes bien établies.Notre approche consiste à réduire la dimensionalité du problème. Pour ce faire, on transforme, localement, chaque sous-système en un qubit sans créer de l’intrication. Le mapping est exprimé en fonction des valeurs moyennes de trois opérateurs arbitraires dans l’état original. Nous donnons des conditions nécessaires et suffisantes pour que cette transformation soit valide d'un point de vue physique. Nous exploitons ce formalisme pour dériver des critères d’intrication pour des systèmes bipartites ou multipartites sur la base des critères existants pour les qubits.En transformant localement chaque sous-système, l’application de critères d’intrication connus pour les qubits à l’état résultant induit automatiquement des critères d’intrication en fonction d’opérateurs utilisés pour réaliser le mapping.Pour le cas multipartite, on s’intéresse aux inégalités de compression de spin. Cependant, lorsqu’on applique notre formalisme à ce cas, il est possible d’obtenir une superposition cohérente d’états avec un nombre de particules différent. Par conséquent, pour obtenir de meilleurs critères, nous avons dû prendre en compte les fluctuations quantiques et/ou classiques que l’opérateur du nombre de particules peut présenter. Nous avons dérivé une forme généralisée des inégalités de spin squeezing pour un nombre de particules fluctuant et opérateurs collectifs arbitraires. Nous avons appliqué nos résultats à un système d’atomes de chrome ultrafroids piégés dans un réseau optique, en collaboration avec l’équipe Gazes Dipolaires Quantiques du Laboratoire LPL de l’Université Paris Nord 13. Nous avons montré, dans une simulation numérique, que nos inégalités généralisées sont capables de détecter l’intrication à l’aide d’opérateurs collectifs mesurables en utilisant des techniques accessibles dans dans ce type de dispositif. / Entanglement detection is crucial and a necessity in the context of quantum information and quantum computation. This important task has proved to be quite hard for quantum systems of dimensions higher than 2×3, in which case, there exists well established necessary and sufficient conditions like Peres-Horodecki criterion.To tackle this challenge for bipartite systems, we introduce a mathematical framework to reduce the problem to entanglement in a two qubit system. This is done by mapping each subsystem locally into a qubit without increasing entanglement. The mapping is expressed in terms of expectation values of three arbitrary operators in the original state. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for such mapping to be valid from physical point of view, providing thence a versatile tool for dimension reduction in various applications.Our main use of this formalism is as a gate way to derive entanglement criteria for bipartite or multi-partite systemas based on existing ones derived for qubit systems. By mapping each subsystem locally into a qubit, applying entanglement criteria known for qubits on the resulting state automatically gives us entanglement criteria in terms of the chosen operators used to implement the mapping.For the multi-partite case, we focus on spin squeezing inequalities for qubits to derive entanglement criteria for general systems. However, when applying our formalism to this case, an interesting situation arises where one is able to obtain coherent superposition of multi-partite qubit states with different particle number. Hence, to derive better entanglement criteria, we had to consider quantum and/or classical fluctuationsthat may be exhibited by the particle number operator. We derive generalized form of Sørensen-Mølmer’s criterion and of spin squeezing inequalities for fluctuating particle number in terms of arbitrary collective operators. We applied our results to study entanglement in a system of ultra-cold Chromium atoms with spin s = 3 trapped in a bi-dimensional optical lattice incollaboration with Quantum Dipolar Gazes team in Laboratoire de Physique de Laser at Paris Nord 13 university. We showed, in a numerical simulation, that our generalized inequalities are able to detect entanglement in their system using collective operators. Moreover, we show that such observables can be measured using available techniques.

(in English): Archeology is a science interpreting the past. In every interpretation of the past, there are some conceptual assumptions present that may be imperceptible at first sight. The aim of this primarily theoretical work is to make these assumptions more visible. The thesis is mainly based on the renowned archaeologist Ian Hodder, whose work is presented on the contrast between processual and postprocessual archeology. The greatest attention is paid to Hodder's current theory of Entanglement, which combines the work into one whole and sets its overall tone. Entanglement is a theory dealing with relationships and dependencies between people and things. Interpretation, critical evaluation and summary of related approaches is successively presented. Theory of Entanglement is set within a broader framework of archaeological theoretical discourse, which can be termed as relational archeology. The common denominators of relational archaeologies are the emphasis on relations, interest in the materiality of things and the effort to confront dualisms, such as the relationship of locality and globality. Symmetrical archeology primarily based on the work of Bruno Latour is introduced in one of the chapters. The final section in the spirit of Hodder's theory and relational archaeology deals with the...

The quantum mechanical phenomenon of entanglement plays a key role in areas such as quantum computing and quantum information. Entangled half spin particles, often called qubits, are used to realize quantum based logic which means that studying systems of qubits and their properties is of vital importance to the development of the fields. In this paper we simulate the time evolution of a three-qubit system for varying Hamiltonians and initial states. We look at the revival structure of the classically treated survival probability and compare its structure to that of the quantum mechanical concept of residual entanglement, which is a measure of the system's total entanglement. We do this for three different types of initial states: Uniform, GHZ and W, as well as varying the contributions of certain types of spin-spin interaction models in the Hamiltonian. The spin-spin interaction models that are examined are the DM model and the Heisenberg model. Further we also examine the effect of an added magnetic field in the zdirection, in the form of a Zeeman term. In general, the Zeeman term only affects the behavior of the survival probability, unless the DM term is rotated to not be in a parallel direction, the Heisenberg term generally affects the survival probability and the residual entanglement in the same way. We also note that for the Uniform initial state a dominant Heisenberg seems to remove some of the rapid oscillations in the residual entanglement and survival probability that naturally occur in the DM model, the Zeeman term then reintroduces these high frequencies in the survival probability while not affecting the residual entanglement. For some Hamiltonians we do not see any connection between the revival structure of the survival probability and the residual entanglement, while for some there is a clear connection.

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Στην παρούσα έρευνα εξετάζουμε την αλληλεπίδραση ενός ανοικτού κβα- ντικού συστήματος ενός ή δύο αρμονικών ταλαντωτών με το περιβάλλον εκκι- νώντας από το μοντέλο κβαντικής κίνησης Brown. Υπολογίζουμε τις λύσεις της ομογενούς εξίσωσης κίνησης καθώς και τους πίνακες απωλειών και θορύβου, από τους οποίους κατασκευάζεται ο διαδότης του συστήματος. Στη βάση αυτών μας των υπολογισμών ελέγχουμε την αξιοπιστία της εξίσωσης Master δεύτερης τάξης, της οποίας τα αποτελέσματα τα βρίσκουμε αναξιόπιστα. Τα αποτελέσματα αυτά επιτρέπουν α). την ολοκλήρωση του θεωρητικού μοντέλου για την επικοι- νωνία δύο απομακρυσμένων κβαντικών συστημάτων και β).την εφαρμογή σε ζητήματα κβαντικής πληροφορίας. / In this research we examine the interaction of an open quantum system one or two harmonic oscillators with the environment starting from the quantum Brownian motion model. We compute the solutions of the homogeneous equation of motion and the dissipation and noise kernel, of which is constructed the propagator of the system. Based on these calculations we check the reliability of the Master equation of second order, whose the results are unreliable. These results allow a). the completion of the theoretical model for communication between two remote quantum systems and b). the application in issues quantum information.

This thesis explores the role of non-classical correlations in bipartite continuous variable quantum systems, and the approach taken is three-fold. We show that given two initially entangled atomic ensembles, it is possible to probabilistically increase the entanglement between them using a beamsplitter-like interaction formed from two quantum non-demolition (QND) interactions with auxiliary polarised light modes. We then develop an elegant method to calculate density matrix elements of non-Gaussian bipartite quantum states and use this to show that the entanglement in a two mode squeezed vacuum can be distilled using QND interactions and non-Gaussian elements. Secondly, we introduce a potential new measure of quantum entanglement in bipartite Gaussian states. This measure has an operational meaning in quantum cryptography and provides an upper bound on the amount of a secret key that can be distilled from a Gaussian probability distribution shared by two conspirators, Alice and Bob, given the presence of an eavesdropper, Eve. Finally, we go beyond the realm of quantum entanglement to explore other non-classical correlations in continuous variable systems. We provide solutions for a number of these measures on two mode Gaussian states and introduce the Gaussian Ameliorated Measurement Induced Disturbance (GAMID). The interplay between these different measures and quantum entanglement is examined. We then attempt to take small steps into the non-Gaussian regime by computing these non-classicality measures on the three-parameter continuous variable Werner states.

Quantum systems with finite Hilbert space are considered. Position and mo- mentum states and their relation through a Fourier transform, displacement in the position-momentum phase-space, and symplectic transformations are introduced and their properties are studied. Symplectic Sp(2l;Zp) trans- formations in l-partite finite system are explicit constructed. The general method is applied to bi-partite and tri-partite systems. The effect of these transformations on the correlations is discussed. Entanglement calculations between the subsystems in a bi-partite system and a tri-partite system are presented. The effect of measurements is also studied.

La mécanique quantique est sans aucun doute la théorie la mieux vérifiée qui n’a jamais existée. En se retournant vers le passé, nous constatons qu’un siècle de théorie quantique a non seulement changé la perception que nous avons de l’univers dans lequel nous vivons mais aussi est responsable de plusieurs concepts technologiques qui ont le potentiel de révolutionner notre monde. La présente dissertation a pour but de mettre en avance ces potentiels, tant dans le domaine théorique qu’expérimental. Plus précisément, dans un premier temps, nous étudierons des protocoles de communication quantique et démontrerons que ces protocoles offrent des avantages de sécurité qui n’ont pas d’égaux en communication classique. Dans un deuxième temps nous étudierons trois problèmes spécifiques en clonage quantique ou chaque solution apportée pourrait, à sa façon, être exploitée dans un problème de communication quantique. Nous débuterons par décrire de façon théorique le premier protocole de communication quantique qui a pour but la distribution d’une clé secrète entre deux parties éloignées. Ce chapitre nous permettra d’introduire plusieurs concepts et outils théoriques qui seront nécessaires dans les chapitres successifs. Le chapitre suivant servira aussi d’introduction, mais cette fois-ci penché plutôt vers le côté expériemental. Nous présenterons une élégante technique qui nous permettra d’implémenter des protocoles de communication quantique de façon simple. Nous décrirons ensuite des expériences originales de communication quantique basées sur cette technique. Plus précisément, nous introduirons le concept de filtration d’erreur et utiliserons cette technique afin d’implémenter une distribution de clé quantique bruyante qui ne pourrait pas être sécurisé sans cette technique. Nous démontrerons ensuite des expériences implémentant le tirage au sort quantique et d’identification quantique. Dans un deuxième temps nous étudierons des problèmes de clonage quantique basé sur le formalisme introduit dans le chapitre d’introduction. Puisqu’il ne sera pas toujours possible de prouver l’optimalité de nos solutions, nous introduirons une technique numérique qui nous permettra de mettre en valeur nos résultats.

We consider the purity-based entanglement detection scheme introduced in [C. Moura Alves and D. Jaksch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 110501 (2004)]. We describe how it could be implemented in an optical lattice using two-atom loss, and prove that in this form it detects all pure entangled states even without any spatial resolution. We then prove that correcting for certain reasonable types of experimental error is possible, and practical for error rates up to the order of one over the number of lattice sites considered. Limited spatial resolution similarly becomes a significant improvement over no spatial resolution only at nearly single site level. We also show how to use this process for state parameter estimation and collapse-revival evidence of entanglement, for which it remains useful even when the error rate is too high to permit unambiguous entanglement detection. We also consider an optical lattice bosonic analogue of the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) effect. This system can reach high “magnetic fields” very difficult to attain in the solid state FQH system, where the discrete nature of the lattice becomes important. Near simple rational numbers l/n of flux quanta per lattice cell, we find that the single particle states become nearly periodic with period n lattice sites, and have an n fold degeneracy which leads to FQH states resembling those of n-internal-state particles. Standard time of flight expansion would reveal this periodicity and be able to distinguish FQH states from vortex lattice or Mott insulator states. Shot noise correlation would provide further information on the nature of the FQH states.

Entangled photons are ideally suited to the transmission of photonic quantum information. Mitigating the effects of decoherence is fundamental to distributing photonic entanglement across large distances. One such proposal is entanglement distillation, in which operations on a large ensemble of weakly entangled states generate a smaller ensemble of more strongly entangled states. In this thesis, we experimentally and theoretically analyse various tools required for demonstrating continuous-variable (CV) entanglement distillation, following the proposal by Browne et al., [Phys. Rev. A <b>67</b>, 062320 (2003)]. Specifically, we propose figures of merit to account for the practical limitations of non-deterministic non-Gaussian operations, and analyse the experimental parameters necessary to optimise them. We develop a source of pulsed two-mode squeezed states, which are the initial states of our entanglement distillation protocol. We use weak-field homodyne detection as a phase-dependent photon counting detector, and demonstrate its utility in conditional state generation. Using these states, we demonstrate sub-binomial light as a tool for benchmarking quantum states. Finally, we applied two-mode weak-field homodyne detection to two entangled states and demonstrate correlations in the photon counting statistics which depend on a joint phase from two independent local oscillators. This setup is sufficient to apply an entanglement witness developed by Puentes et al. [New J. Phys. <b>12</b>, 033042 (2010)]. Despite encouraging simulations, we do not witness entanglement with this scheme, which we attribute to a noise source unaccounted for in the simulations. Although we do not demonstrate entanglement distillation outright, the tools we develop to do so represent a general, hybrid approach to CV quantum optics. Developing tools such as phase-resolved projective measurement on two-mode states allows us to probe both the wave and particle nature of entangled light at the single-photon level. Using and expanding these techniques to probe larger quantum systems may prove useful in studies of fundamental physics and quantum enhanced technologies.