Entanglement of single-atom quantum bits at a distance

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7158, 2007, Pages 68-71

  Moehring, D L ^a   Maunz, P ^a   Olmschenk, S ^a   Younge, K C ^a   Matsukevich, D N ^a   Duan, L M ^a   Monroe, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

DETECTION METHOD; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERTURBATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34548510383     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06118     Document Type: Article

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