Coherent quantum state storage and transfer between two phase qubits via a resonant cavity

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7161, 2007, Pages 438-442

  Sillanpää, Mika A ^a   Park, Jae I ^a   Simmonds, Raymond W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

CAVITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STORAGE; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 34848893964     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06124     Document Type: Article

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