Quantum computation and quantum-state engineering driven by dissipation

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 633-636

  Verstraete, Frank ^a   Wolf, Michael M ^b   Ignacio Cirac, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

COHERENT DYNAMICS; HIGHER DIMENSIONS; INDUCED DISSIPATION; MATRIX PRODUCT STATE; QUANTUM EFFECTS; QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE; QUANTUM-STATE ENGINEERING; STABILIZER CODES;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 70249086538     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1342     Document Type: Article

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