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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Picosecond, ultraviolet fiber laser at 300MHz repetition rate: resonant quantum logic gate source.

Mahmood Irtiza Hussain, Matthew Joseph Petrasiunas, Mirko Lobino, Erik W. Streed, D. Kielpinski

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

We engineered a fiber laser source capable to produce 2.5ps UV pulses at 300MHz repetition rate. Laser wavelength resonates with one of the strong transition in Yb+ ion, and it will enable us to coherently manipulate Yb+ via π-transitions to make fast entangling gates.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2016.fm3c.5

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