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Photon‐Wavepackets as Flying Quantum Bits
Author(s) -
Gheri Klaus M.,
Ellinger Klaus,
Pellizzari Thomas,
Zoller Peter
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3978(199806)46:4/5<401::aid-prop401>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - wave packet , photon , physics , wave function , quantum mechanics , quantum , monte carlo method , mathematics , statistics
A novel description of the interaction of quantum optical systems with a single one‐photon wave packet in terms of a generalized master equation is introduced. A corresponding quantum Monte‐Carlo wavefunction simulation algorithm can be obtained from the driven system approach [H. J. Carmichael, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70 , 2273 (1993); C. W. Gardiner, ibid . 2269 (1993)].