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Tutorial: Quantum Information & Cold Atoms

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To illustrate the ideas ...<br />

Single <strong>Atoms</strong><br />

laser<br />

laser<br />

ion A<br />

ion B<br />

Internal states<br />

ionA ionB<br />

- Weak (short) laser pulse, so that the excitation probability is small.<br />

- If no detection, pump back and start again.<br />

|1i |1i<br />

|0i |0i<br />

- If detection, an entangled state is created.because we do not know<br />

which atom emitted the photon<br />

|0, 1i±|1, 0i<br />

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