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Phys. Rev. A 64, 032303 (2001) [5 pages]

Generalized measurements on atoms in microtraps

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Erika Andersson*
Department of Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, Lindstedtsvägen 24, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 28 November 2000; published 8 August 2001

Neutral atoms can be trapped in microscopic potentials resulting from electric and magnetic fields. These microtraps might be used to build simple quantum devices, and ultimately be combined to networks for performing quantum computation. Considering quantum information applications, it is of interest to be able to perform generalized measurements on qubits. A scheme to accomplish this when the qubits are carried by neutral atoms in microtraps is suggested.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.032303
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.64.032303
PACS:
03.67.Hk, 03.75.-b

*Present address: Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland.