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Atom-Atom Entanglement by Single-Photon Detection

Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: A scheme for entangling distant atoms is realized, as proposed in the seminal paper by [C. Cabrillo et al., Phys. Rev. A 59, 1025 (1999)]. The protocol is based on quantum interference and detection of a single photon scattered from two effectively one meter distant laser cooled and trapped atomic ions. The detection of a single photon heralds entanglement of two internal states of the trapped ions with high rate and with a fidelity limited mostly by atomic motion. Control of the entangled state phase is demonstrated by changing the path length of the single-photon interferometer.
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2095345005
FWCI: 8.78
Cites: 22
Cited by: 97
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