Exploring entanglement, decoherence and the quantum-classical boundary

Author

Haroche, Serge

Author_Institution

Dept. de Phys., Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only. This talk describes and compares the main experimental systems which have been recently developed to study various aspects of quantum information processing: correlated photon beams, trapped ions, nuclear magnetic resonance and atoms in cavities (cavity QED experiments). Various examples of engineered entanglement experiments are presented, as well as fundamental applications such as the quantum nondemolition measurement of single photons. Quantitative studies of decoherence in mesoscopic superpositions of states are also described. Finally, a few possible developments are discussed.

Keywords

quantum computing; quantum cryptography; quantum electrodynamics; quantum optics; trapped ions; atoms in cavities; binary information; cavity QED; correlated photon beams; decoherence; engineered entanglement; mesoscopic superpositions of states; nuclear magnetic resonance; quantum bits; quantum information processing; quantum manipulations; quantum nondemolition measurement; quantum states; quantum-classical boundary; real quantum computers; secure cryptographic key distribution; simple quantum gates; single photons; state superpositions; teleportation; trapped ions; two-level particles; Laser modes; Laser theory; Photonics; Physics education; Quantum computing; Quantum entanglement; Quantum mechanics; Research and development; Systematics; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909742

Filename

909742