Quantum random walks in a coherent atomic system via eleetromagnetically induced transparency

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Li, Yun ^a   Hang, Chao ^a   Ma, Lei ^a   Zhang, Weiping ^b   Huang, Guoxiang ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASE SHIFT; PROBES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRANSPARENCY;

ATOMIC POPULATION; CIRCULAR POLARIZED; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; OPTICAL BLOCH EQUATION; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM RANDOM WALKS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 59949099367     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000C39     Document Type: Article

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