A photon–photon quantum gate based on a single atom in an optical resonator

Bastian Hacker, Stephan Welte, Gerhard Rempe and Stephan Ritter ()
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Bastian Hacker: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1
Stephan Welte: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1
Gerhard Rempe: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1
Stephan Ritter: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1

Nature, 2016, vol. 536, issue 7615, 193-196

Abstract: To enable two photons to interact, a single atom in an optical resonator is used to build a universal photon–photon quantum gate; this could lead to applications in long-distance quantum communication and scalable quantum computing that require the processing of optical quantum information.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nature18592

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