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arXiv:quant-ph/9712012 · Physical Review Letters

Quantum Gates with “Hot” Trapped Ions

J. F. Poyatos, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller

Published Aug 10, 1998• 110 citations
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Abstract

We propose a scheme to perform a fundamental two-qubit gate between two trapped ions using ideas from atom interferometry. As opposed to the scheme considered by J. I. Cirac and P. Zoller, [Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4091 (1995)], it does not require laser cooling to the motional ground state.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.81.1322

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