Quantum-state transfer from an ion to a photon

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-222

  Stute, A ^a   Casabone, B ^a   Brandstatter B ^a   Friebe, K ^a   Northup, T E ^a   Blatt, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT COUPLING; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; QUANTUM INTERFACES; QUANTUM NETWORK; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME; TIME INDEPENDENTS; TRANSFER INFORMATION;

ATOMS; IONS; PHOTONS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 84874589936     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.358     Document Type: Article

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