This paper summarizes our recent progress towards using single rubidium atoms trapped in an optical tweezer to encode quantum information. We demonstrate single qubit rotations on this system and measure the coherence of the qubit. We move the quantum bit over distances of tens of microns and show that the coherence is reserved. We also transfer a qubit atom between two tweezers and show no loss of coherence. Finally, we describe our progress towards conditional entanglement of two atoms by photon emission and two-photon interferences.
@article{arxiv.0708.3295,
title = {Recent progress on the manipulation of single atoms in optical tweezers for quantum computing},
author = {A. Browaeys and J. Beugnon and C. Tuchendler and H. Marion and A. Gaëtan and Y. Miroshnychenko and B. Darquié and J. Dingjan and Y. R. P. Sortais and A. M. Lance and M. P. A. Jones and G. Messin and P. Grangier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3295},
year = {2017}
}