On-demand generation of entanglement of atomic qubits via optical interferometry

Y. P. Huang, M. G. Moore

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Abstract

The problem of on-demand generation of entanglement between single-atom qubits via a common photonic channel is examined within the framework of optical interferometry. As expected, for a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with coherent laser beam as input, a high-finesse optical cavity is required to overcome sensitivity to spontaneous emission. We show, however, that with a twin-Fock input, useful entanglement can in principle be created without cavity enhancement. Both approaches require single-photon resolving detectors, and best results would be obtained by combining both cavity feedback and twin-Fock inputs. Such an approach may allow a fidelity of 0.99 using a two-photon input and currently available mirror and detector technology. In addition, we study interferometers based on NOON states, i.e., maximally entangled N -particle states, and show that they perform similarly to the twin-Fock states, yet without the need for high-precision photodetectors. The present interferometrical approach can serve as a universal, scalable circuit element for quantum information processing, from which fast quantum gates, deterministic teleportation, entanglement swapping, etc., can be realized with the aid of single-qubit operations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032349
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume77
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Mar 2008

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