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Frontiers in Optics

A Proposal for Nonlinear - Optics Based Quantum Gates in Integrated Photonic Circuits

A. L. Aguayo-Alvarado, A. Acevedo-Carrera, Francisco A. Domínguez-Serna, W. De La Cruz, Karina Garay-Palmett

Published Jan 1, 2020• 2 citations
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Abstract

A proposal for the implementation of single-qubit quantum gates based on a third order nonlinear process in integrated quantum circuits is presented.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2020.fm4a.8

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