%0 Journal Article %1 LukFleZol01 %A Lukin, M. D. %A Fleischhauer, M. %A Cote, R. %A Duan, L. M. %A Jaksch, D. %A Cirac, J. I. %A Zoller, P. %D 2001 %I American Physical Society %J Phys. Rev. Lett. %K ensembles, entanglement, fomprog13, gates, pr11, pr12, qip-special, quantum-information, rydberg, strayfieldpaper, wzi-workshop %N 3 %P 037901+ %R 10.1103/physrevlett.87.037901 %T Dipole Blockade and Quantum Information Processing in Mesoscopic Atomic Ensembles %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.87.037901 %V 87 %X We describe a technique for manipulating quantum information stored in collective states of mesoscopic ensembles. Quantum processing is accomplished by optical excitation into states with strong dipole-dipole interactions. The resulting ``dipole blockade&\#39;&\#39; can be used to inhibit transitions into all but singly excited collective states. This can be employed for a controlled generation of collective atomic spin states as well as nonclassical photonic states and for scalable quantum logic gates. An example involving a cold Rydberg gas is analyzed.

@article{LukFleZol01, abstract = {{We describe a technique for manipulating quantum information stored in collective states of mesoscopic ensembles. Quantum processing is accomplished by optical excitation into states with strong dipole-dipole interactions. The resulting ``dipole blockade\&\#39;\&\#39; can be used to inhibit transitions into all but singly excited collective states. This can be employed for a controlled generation of collective atomic spin states as well as nonclassical photonic states and for scalable quantum logic gates. An example involving a cold Rydberg gas is analyzed.}}, added-at = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, author = {Lukin, M. D. and Fleischhauer, M. and Cote, R. and Duan, L. M. and Jaksch, D. and Cirac, J. I. and Zoller, P.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26da3ff0aa3417aa2a3059c9ed35db05a/rspreeuw}, citeulike-article-id = {1437921}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.87.037901}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v87/i3/e037901}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v87/i3/e037901}, day = 26, doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.87.037901}, interhash = {fca2a841b4d73c28746d3bb496daedd7}, intrahash = {6da3ff0aa3417aa2a3059c9ed35db05a}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, keywords = {ensembles, entanglement, fomprog13, gates, pr11, pr12, qip-special, quantum-information, rydberg, strayfieldpaper, wzi-workshop}, month = jun, number = 3, pages = {037901+}, posted-at = {2007-07-05 16:17:31}, priority = {0}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, title = {{Dipole Blockade and Quantum Information Processing in Mesoscopic Atomic Ensembles}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.87.037901}, volume = 87, year = 2001 }