Nanophotonic quantum phase switch with a single atom

Nature

Volumn 508, Issue 7495, 2014, Pages 241-244

  Tiecke, T G ^a,b   Thompson, J D ^a   De Leon, N P ^a,c   Liu, L R ^a   Vuletic V ^b   Lukin, M D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTRON; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICAL METHOD; PROBE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; COOPERATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; INTERFEROMETER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84904384272     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13188     Document Type: Article

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