Deterministic quantum storage, communication and computing with atomic ensembles using light-shift imbalance induced blockade of collective excitations

Author

Shahriar, M.S. ; Pradhan, P. ; Pati, G.S. ; Gopal, V. ; Salit, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Collective excitation, the leading technique for quantum information processing, suffers from limitations due to higher order excitations. We describe a blockade mechanism, based on light-shift imbalance in a Raman transition that eliminates this shortcoming.

Keywords

Raman spectra; atom-photon collisions; optical communication; optical storage; quantum communication; quantum computing; Raman transition; atomic ensembles; blockade mechanism; collective excitation; light-shift imbalance; quantum communication; quantum computing; quantum information processing; quantum storage; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Information processing; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Quantum cascade lasers; Quantum computing; Spontaneous emission; 020.4180 Multiphoton processes; 270.6630 Superradiance, superfluorescence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628608

Filename

4628608