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A Controlled Phase Gate Between a Single Atom and an Optical Photon / by Andreas Reiserer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reiserer, Andreas., Author.
- Series:
- Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, 2190-5053
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum computers.
- Spintronics.
- Quantum optics.
- Quantum theory.
- Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.
- Quantum Optics.
- Quantum Physics.
- Local Subjects:
- Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.
- Quantum Optics.
- Quantum Physics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (83 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This thesis reports on major steps towards the realization of scalable quantum networks. It addresses the experimental implementation of a deterministic interaction mechanism between flying optical photons and a single trapped atom. In particular, it demonstrates the nondestructive detection of an optical photon. To this end, single rubidium atoms are trapped in a three-dimensional optical lattice at the center of an optical cavity in the strong coupling regime. Full control over the atomic state — its position, its motion, and its electronic state — is achieved with laser beams applied along the resonator and from the side. When faint laser pulses are reflected from the resonator, the combined atom-photon state acquires a state-dependent phase shift. In a first series of experiments, this is employed to nondestructively detect optical photons by measuring the atomic state after the reflection process. Then, quantum bits are encoded in the polarization of the laser pulse and in the Zeeman state of the atom. The state-dependent phase shift mediates a deterministic universal quantum gate between the atom and one or two successively reflected photons, which is used to generate entangled atom-photon, atom-photon-photon, and photon-photon states out of separable input states.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Controlling the Position and Motion of a Single Atom in an Optical Cavity
- Measurement and Control of the Internal Atomic State
- Controlled Phase Gate Mechanism
- Nondestructive Detection of an Optical Photon
- A Quantum Gate Between a Flying Optical Photon and a Single Trapped Atom
- Summary and Outlook.
- Notes:
- "Doctoral Thesis accepted by the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Germany"--Title page.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- ISBN:
- 3-319-26548-2
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