Experimental realization of decoherence-free subspace in neutron interferometry

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Pushin, D A ^a   Huber, M G ^b   Arif, M ^b   Cory, D G ^a,c,d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

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

^c PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE-FREE SUBSPACE; FAULT-TOLERANT QUANTUM COMPUTATION; LOW FREQUENCY; MATTER WAVES; NEUTRON INTERFEROMETER; NEUTRON INTERFEROMETRY; NOISE SUPPRESSION; QUANTUM DEVICE; QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTIONS; QUANTUM MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DATA PROCESSING; EQUIPMENT TESTING; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; NEUTRONS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 80053578553     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.150401     Document Type: Article

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