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Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms in an Optical Lattice
Author(s) -
Deutsch Ivan H.,
Brennen Gavin K.,
Jessen Poul S.
Publication year - 2000
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 - 10.1002/1521-3978(200009)48:9/11<925::aid-prop925>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - quantum computer , qubit , optical lattice , initialization , physics , quantum gate , quantum information , quantum mechanics , quantum optics , quantum , lattice (music) , topology (electrical circuits) , computer science , mathematics , superfluidity , combinatorics , acoustics , programming language
We present a proposal for quantum information processing with neutral atoms trapped in optical lattices as qubits. Initialization and coherent control of single qubits can be achieved with standard laser cooling and spectroscopic techniques. We consider entangling two‐qubit logic gates based on optically induced dipole‐dipole interactions, calculating a figure‐of‐merit for various protocols. Massive parallelism intrinsic to the lattice geometry makes this an intriguing system for scalable, fault‐tolerant quantum computation.