Ion optical clocks and quantum information processing

Proceedings of the Annual IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 68-71

  Wineland, D J ^a   Bergquist, J C ^a   Rosenband, T ^a   Schmidt, P O ^a   Itano, W M ^a   Bollinger, J J ^a   Leibfried, D ^a   Oskay, W H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic clocks; Optical clocks; Quantum information; Trapped ion frequency standards

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CLOCKS; QUANTUM INFORMATION; TRAPPED-ION FREQUENCY STANDARDS;

CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRONS; IONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ATOMIC CLOCKS;

EID: 1542336753     PISSN: 01616404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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