A quantum gate between a flying optical photon and a single trapped atom

Andreas Reiserer, Norbert Kalb, Gerhard Rempe () and Stephan Ritter
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Andreas Reiserer: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Norbert Kalb: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Gerhard Rempe: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
Stephan Ritter: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

Nature, 2014, vol. 508, issue 7495, 237-240

Abstract: Quantum gates — in which stationary quantum bits are combined with ‘flying’ quantum bits, that is, photons — will be essential in quantum networks; such a gate, between a laser-trapped atomic quantum bit and a single photon, is now reported.

Date: 2014
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