Published April 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

14-Qubit Entanglement: Creation and Coherence

  • 1. Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, Universitaet Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, A-6020 Innsbruck (Austria)
  • 2. Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T8 (Canada)
  • 3. Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1 (Canada)
  • 4. Institut fuer Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation, Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Otto-Hittmair-Platz 1, A-6020 Innsbruck (Austria)

Description

We report the creation of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states with up to 14 qubits. By investigating the coherence of up to 8 ions over time, we observe a decay proportional to the square of the number of qubits. The observed decay agrees with a theoretical model which assumes a system affected by correlated, Gaussian phase noise. This model holds for the majority of current experimental systems developed towards quantum computation and quantum metrology.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
106
Journal Issue
13
Journal Page Range
p. 130506-130506.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
Syrian Arab Republic
INIS RN
43028355
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CURRENTS; DECAY; NOISE; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUBITS
Descriptors DEC
COMPUTERS; INFORMATION; QUANTUM INFORMATION

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