Title
Generation of photonic superposition states by two-photon absorption
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Lumines.
Keywords
phase states; qubits; two-photon absorption; coherence; 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION; PHASE STATES; 3-LEVEL ATOM; Optics
Abstract
Pure superposition states obtained with two-level atoms, photons, nuclear spins, etc. are of great importance in quantum computing and quantum cryptography. The physical realization of photon qubits (quantum bits) is partially realized with the aid of two-photon absorption, which gives rise to strong coherence of the off-diagonal matrix element between the vacuum and the one-photon state. Although a true phase state is not obtained. nevertheless. the mixed state produced is rather close to being a pure state. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Journal of Luminescence
Volume
94
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Language
English
First Page
815
Last Page
819
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0022-2313
Recommended Citation
"Generation of photonic superposition states by two-photon absorption" (2001). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2906.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/2906