Synthesizing arbitrary quantum states in a superconducting resonator

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7246, 2009, Pages 546-549

  Hofheinz, Max ^a   Wang, H ^a   Ansmann, M ^a   Bialczak, Radoslaw C ^a   Lucero, Erik ^a   Neeley, M ^a   O'Connell, A D ^a   Sank, D ^a   Wenner, J ^a   Martinis, John M ^a   Cleland, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ALGORITHM; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ELECTRON DENSITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 62649117439     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08005     Document Type: Article

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