Observation of atom-photon entanglement

Conference Paper:
Quantum Electronics Conference 06/2005, At Tokyo, Japan; 2005:313
DOI: 10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567479
Publisher: IEEE

A single 87Rb atom into an optical dipole trap is loaded from a magneto optical trap. To generate entanglement between the trapped atom and an emitted photon, the atom is excited via an optical φ-puls...

Towards Atom-Photon Entanglement: State Selective Detection of a Single Atom

Book:
02/2004
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3515.4649

Quantum mechanics is essential for the understanding of many phenomenons in nature – es- pecially in the atomic and subatomic region. But even for macroscopic objects it has to be as- sumed that they ...

Decoherence and Quantum Error Correction

Presentation:
11/2002

The preservation of quantum coherence is a fundamental prerequisite for reliable quantum computation, as interactions with the environment and continuous gate imperfections inevitably lead to informat...

Quantum computers

Presentation:
06/2002

This article provides a concise overview of the physical concepts, experimental implementations, and algorithmic potential of quantum computers and quantum cryptography. After distinguishing them from...

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