International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Two-qubit operation of two atoms embedded in photonic crystals for optical quantum computing

Hiroyuki Nihei, Atsushi Okamoto

Published Feb 3, 2004• 1 citation

Abstract

We demonstrate the two-qubit operation of two atoms embedded in photonic crystals, which is realized by applying a small DC field to the atoms according to quantum algorithms.

DOI: 10.1109/icton.2003.1263186

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