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arXiv:1708.00755 · Physical Review A

High-fidelity Rydberg quantum gate via a two-atom dark state

David Petrosyan, Felix Motzoi, Mark E. Saffman, Klaus Mølmer

Published Oct 9, 2017• 116 citations
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Abstract

A modified Rydberg blockade gate that employs adiabatic following of a two-atom dark state is proposed. The scheme is resilient to the uncertainty in the interaction strength and can be employed to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computation with neutral atoms.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.96.042306

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