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Physical Review A

Deterministic quantum logic with photons via optically induced photonic band gaps

Inbal Friedler, Gershon Kurizki, David Petrosyan

Published Feb 2, 2005• 72 citations
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Abstract

We study the giant Kerr nonlinear interaction between two ultraweak optical fields in which the cross-phase-modulation is not accompanied by spectral broadening of the interacting pulses. This regime is realizable in atomic vapors, when a weak probe pulse, upon propagating through the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) medium, interacts with a signal pulse that is dynamically trapped in a photonic band gap created by spatially periodic modulation of its EIT resonance. We find that large conditional phase shifts and entanglement between the signal and probe fields can be obtained with this scheme. The attainable $\ensuremath{\pi}$ phase shift, accompanied by negligible absorption and quantum noise, is shown to allow a high-fidelity realization of the controlled-phase universal logic gate between two single-photon pulses.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.71.023803

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Large nonlinearity at the single-photon level can pave the way for the implementation of universal quantum gates. However, realizing large and noiseless nonlinearity at such low light levels has been a great challenge for scientists in the past decade. Here, we propose a scheme that enables substantial nonlinear interaction between two light fields that are both stored in an atomic memory. Semiclassical and quantum simulations demonstrate the feasibility of achieving large cross-phase modulation (XPM) down to the single-photon level. The proposed scheme can be used to implement parity gates from which CNOT gates can be constructed. Furthermore, we present a proof of principle experimental demonstration of XPM between two optical pulses: one stored and one freely propagating through the memory medium. Researchers have developed a new technique that shows promise for constructing optical quantum logic gates. Theoretical simulations performed by Mahdi Hosseini and co-workers from the Australian National University and Macquarie University in Australia show that inducing cross-phase modulation between two single-photon light fields stored in a rubidium atomic memory should provide large phase shifts and thus allow the realization of parity gates and CNOT gates, both of which are needed for quantum computing. The researchers estimate that using cold atoms confined in a dipole trap and short-duration single-photon wavepackets should make it possible to realize phase shifts of the order of 10 mrad — orders of magnitude larger than schemes that employ electromagnetically induced transparency.