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Swapping and entangling qubits of single photons and atoms

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A scheme is proposed here to achieve swapping and entangling of photonic and atomic qubits with high fidelity. The mechanism is based on the scattering of a single photon from a Λ\Lambda-type three-level atom. The evolution of the coupled system is analyzed by projecting the quantum state onto a `bright' and a `dark' state. Quantum interference of these two states, which is determined by a frequency-dependent phase angle, can be exploited to perform various two-qubit transformations. It is remarkable that the probability of success of such transformations can approach unity in the strong coupling cavity QED regime.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0311156,
  title  = {Swapping and entangling qubits of single photons and atoms},
  author = {T. W. Chen and C. K. Law and P. T. Leung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0311156},
  year   = {2007}
}