arXiv:quant-ph/0310148 · Physical Review A
Polarization phase gate with a tripod atomic system
S. Rebić, David Vitali, Carlo Ottaviani, P. Tombesi, M. Artoni, F. S. Cataliotti, R. Corbalán
Abstract
We analyze the nonlinear optical response of a four-level atomic system driven into a tripod configuration. The large cross-Kerr nonlinearities that occur in such a system are shown to produce nonlinear phase shifts of order $\ensuremath{\pi}$. Such a substantial shift may be observed in a cold atomic gas in a magneto-optical trap where it could be feasibly exploited towards the realization of a polarization quantum phase gate. The experimental feasibility of such a gate is here examined in detail.