Transferring quantum states efficiently between distant nodes of an information processing circuit is of paramount importance for scalable quantum computing. We report on an observation of a perfect state transfer protocol on a lattice, thereby demonstrating the general concept of transporting arbitrary quantum information with high fidelity. Coherent transfer over 19 sites is realized by utilizing judiciously designed optical structures consisting of evanescently coupled waveguide elements. We provide unequivocal evidence that such an approach is applicable in the quantum regime, for both bosons and fermions, as well as in the classical limit. Our results illustrate the potential of the perfect state transfer protocol as a promising route towards integrated quantum computing on a chip.

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We study a system composed of two nonidentical qubits coupled to a single-mode quantum field. We calculate the spectra of the system in the deep-strong-coupling regime via perturbation theory up to second-order corrections and show that it converges to two forced oscillator chains for cases well into that regime. Our predictions are confirmed by the numerical calculation of the spectra using a parity decomposition of the corresponding Hilbert space. The numerical results point to two interesting types of behavior in the ultra-strong-coupling regime: the rotating wave approximation is valid for some particular cases and there exist crossings in the spectra within each parity subspace. We also present the normal modes of the system and give an example of the time evolution of the mean photon number, population inversion, von Neumann entropy and Wootters concurrence in the ultra-strong- and deep-strong-coupling regimes.

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