Quantum entangling gates using the strong coupling between two optical emitters and nanowire surface plasmons

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 15618-15626

  Yang, J ^a   Lin, G W ^a   Niu, Y P ^a   Gong, S Q ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRES; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; WAVEGUIDES;

DIRECT DETECTION; METALLIC NANOWIRES; NANOWIRE SURFACE; QUANTUM ENTANGLING GATES; STRONG COUPLING; SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDE; THREE-LEVEL EMITTERS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84879903983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.015618     Document Type: Article

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