Continuous-mode effects and photon-photon phase gate performance

Bing He*, Artur Scherer

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Abstract

The effects arising from the inherent continuous-mode nature of photonic pulses were poorly understood but significantly influence the performance of quantum devices employing photonic pulse interaction in nonlinear media. Such effects include the entanglement between the continuous wave-vector modes due to pulse interaction as well as the consequence of a finite system bandwidth. We present an analysis on these effects for interactions between single-photon pulses, demonstrating their impact on the performance of quantum phase gates based on such process. Our study clarifies a realistic picture of this type of quantum devices.

Original languageEnglish
Article number033814
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume85
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

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