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Physical Review A

Theory of control of optomechanical transducers for quantum networks

Fang-Yu Hong, Yang Xiang, Weihua Tang, Zhi-Yan Zhu, Li-zhen Jiang, Liang-neng Wu

Published Jan 10, 2012• 6 citations
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Abstract

We present a scheme of control for the arbitrary optical interface mediated by a nanoscale mechanical oscillator between flying qubits and optical nonactive solid-state qubits. This quantum interface lays the foundation for many key functions of a quantum network, such as transferring, swapping, and entangling qubits between distant nodes of a quantum network. Numerical simulations of the quantum interface operations show high fidelities and robust tolerance under realistic experimental conditions. Compared with a previous scheme [K. Stannigel et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 220501 (2010)], it may significantly increase the speed of state transfer operation of high fidelity.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.85.012309

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