Published February 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Transverse multimode effects on the performance of photon-photon gates

  • 1. Institute for Quantum Information Science and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 1N4, Alberta (Canada)
  • 2. College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073 (China)

Description

The multimode character of quantum fields imposes constraints on the implementation of high-fidelity quantum gates between individual photons. So far this has only been studied for the longitudinal degree of freedom. Here we show that effects due to the transverse degrees of freedom significantly affect quantum gate performance. We also discuss potential solutions, in particular separating the two photons in the transverse direction.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 022312-022312.5
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43016139
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DEGREES OF FREEDOM; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PERFORMANCE; PHOTON-PHOTON INTERACTIONS; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM MECHANICS
Descriptors DEC
BASIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; MECHANICS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS

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