Artificial atoms for quantum information processing

Author

Thijssen, Arthur ; Carswell, Stewart ; Androvitsaneas, Petros ; Young, Abram ; Harbord, Edmund ; Lopez-Garcia, Martin ; Beggs, D.M. ; Lindberg, Jari ; Hu, Chuanmin ; Rarity, John ; Oulton, R.

Author_Institution

HH Wills Phys. Lab., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Self-assembled quantum dots (QDs), nanosized semiconductors, are often known as artificial atoms due to their atomic-like spectra. For this reason they have long been proposed as a means to mediate interactions between single photons, a useful capability for photonic quantum information technology. I will describe the role of QDs in the latest developments in photonic quantum information technology (QIT), and highlight some of our progress in combining the atomic-like properties of QDs with photonic structures to perform a variety of functionalities.

Keywords

nanophotonics; quantum optics; semiconductor quantum dots; QIT; artificial atoms; nanosized semiconductors; photonic quantum information technology; quantum information processing; self-assembled quantum dots; Logic gates; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Photonics; Quantum computing; Quantum dots; Stationary state; non-linear optics; quantum dot; quantum information;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876302

Filename

6876302