Single photons for quantum information systems

Progress in Informatics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-37

  Yamamoto, Yoshihisa ^a,b,c   Santori, Charles ^b,c   Solomon, Glenn ^b,c,d   Vuckovic, Jelena ^b,c   Fattal, David ^b,c   Waks, Edo ^b,c   Diamanti, Eleni ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JST   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

EPR Bell state; Fourier transform limit; Microcavity; Quantum computation; Quantum cryptography; Quantum dot; Quantum repeater; Quantum teleportation; Single photon source; Two photon interference

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS;

EPR-BELL STATE; FOURIER TRANSFORM LIMIT; MICROCAVITY; QUANTUM COMPUTATION; QUANTUM REPEATERS; QUANTUM TELEPORTATION; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; TWO-PHOTON INTERFEREMCE;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 22344432441     PISSN: 13498614     EISSN: 13498606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2201/NiiPi.2005.1.2     Document Type: Review

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