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arXiv:quant-ph/0112101 · Physical Review A

Entanglement creation using quantum interrogation

Alexei Gilchrist, Andrew G. White, William J. Munro

Published Jul 22, 2002• 10 citations

Abstract

We present some applications of high-efficiency quantum interrogation (``interaction-free measurement'') for the creation of entangled states of separate atoms and of separate photons. The quantum interrogation of a quantum object in a superposition of object-in and object-out leaves the object and probe in an entangled state. The probe can then be further entangled with other objects in subsequent quantum interrogations. By then projecting out those cases in which the probe is left in a particular final state, the quantum objects can themselves be left in various entangled states. In this way, we show how to generate two-, three-, and higher-qubit entanglement between atoms and between photons. The effect of finite efficiency for the quantum interrogation is delineated for the various schemes.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.66.012106

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, and consequently exceeding the

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theoretical maximum of the original ``interaction-free'' measurement proposal. We have also predicted and experimentally verified a previously unsuspected dependence on loss.

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