corner
corner

Phys. Rev. A 65, 052301 (2002) [14 pages]

Operation of a quantum phase gate using neutral atoms in microscopic dipole traps

Download: PDF (239 kB) Buy this article Export: BibTeX or EndNote (RIS)

I. E. Protsenko1,2,3, G. Reymond1, N. Schlosser1, and P. Grangier1,*
1Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l’Institut d’Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, F91403 Orsay, France
2Lebedev Physics Institute, Leninsky Prospect 53, Moscow, Russia
3Scientific Center of Applied Research, JINR, Dubna, Russia

Received 25 September 2001; published 15 April 2002

In this paper we propose and analyze various operating regimes of a quantum phase gate built on two atoms trapped in two independent dipole traps. The gate operates when the atoms are excited using a two-photon transition from the hyperfine manifold of ground states up to Rydberg states with strong dipole-dipole interaction. Experimental requirements are discussed to reach a fast (microsecond) gate operation.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.65.052301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.65.052301
PACS:
03.67.Lx, 32.80.Pj, 32.80.Rm, 34.60.+z

*Corresponding author. Email address: philippe.grangier@iota.u-psud.fr