Robust and scalable scheme to generate multipartite atom-photon and atom-atom entangled W states by interference

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-261

  Wang, Hong Fu ^a,b   Zhang, Shou ^a   Yi, X X ^b   Ji, Xin ^a   Yeon, Kyu Hwang ^c  

^a YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

COHERENT SUPERPOSITIONS; EXCITED ATOMS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; POLARIZED PHOTONS; QUANTUM NETWORKING; W STATE;

ATOMS;

EID: 84863136567     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000257     Document Type: Article

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