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Frontiers in Optics

Coherent Control of Light-Matter Interactions Using a Quantum Dot in a Cavity

Edo Waks A

Published Jan 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

We utilize a quantum dot coupled to a photonic crystal cavity to implement a qubit-in-a-cavity system that operates in the strong coupling regime. We show that this device can apply quantum logic on a photon.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2014.lth1h.1

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