Schrodinger Cat States for Quantum Information Processing

2005/09/20 by Hyunseok Jeong, H. Jeong, Timothy C. Ralph +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0509137

10 pages, 4 figures, to be published as an invited book chapter of "Quantum Information with Continuous Variables of Atoms and Light" (Imperial College Press)

arxiv created 2005/09/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We extensively discuss how Schrodinger cat states (superpositions of well-separated coherent states) in optical systems can be used for quantum information processing.

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