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arXiv:quant-ph/0307208 · Physical Review A

Qubit rotation by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

Z. Kis, Ferruccio Renzoni

Published Feb 26, 2002• 162 citations
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Abstract

We introduce a procedure for qubit rotation, alternative to the commonly used method of Rabi oscillations of controlled pulse area. It is based on the technique of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage and, therefore, it is robust against fluctuations of experimental parameters. Furthermore, our work shows that it is, in principle, possible to perform quantum logic operations via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage. This opens up the search for a completely new class of schemes to implement logic gates.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.65.032318

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