Conditional control of the quantum states of remote atomic memories for quantum networking

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 844-848

  Felinto, D ^a   Chou, C W ^a   Laurat, J ^a   Schomburg, E W ^a   De Riedmatten, H ^a   Kimble, H J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

BASIC PRINCIPLES; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; INDISTINGUISHABILITY; LINEAR OPTICS QUANTUM COMPUTATION; QUANTUM NETWORKING; QUANTUM REPEATERS; QUANTUM RESOURCES; REMOTE LOCATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 33845186592     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys450     Document Type: Article

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