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Experimental quantum information with single atoms and photons

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This article is devoted to the current state of experimental studies on the use of single neutral atoms caught by optical traps as quantum computer qubits and on the use of single photons for information transfer. The experimental results of observing interaction between two Rydberg atoms are presented, and experiments in quantum cryptography and data transfer by single photons are considered.

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Original Russian Text © I.I. Ryabtsev, I.I. Beterov, D.B. Tretyakov, V.M. Entin, V.L. Kurochkin, A.V. Zverev, I.G. Neizvestny, 2013, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2013, Vol. 83, No. 7, pp. 606–615.

Igor Il’ich Ryabtsev, Dr. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), is head of the Laboratory of Nonlinear Resonance Processes and Laser Diagnostics at the Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, RAS Siberian Branch (ISP SB RAS). Il’ya Igorevich Beterov, Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), is a junior researcher at ISP SB RAS. Denis Borisovich Tretyakov, Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), is a junior researcher at ISP SB RAS. Vasilii Matveevich Entin, Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), is a researcher at ISP SB RAS. Vladimir Leonidovich Kurochkin, Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), is a senior researcher at ISP SB RAS. Aleksei Viktorovich Zverev, Cand. Sci. (Phys.-Math.), is a researcher at ISP SB RAS. RAS Corresponding Member Igor Georgievich Neizvestny is a professor in the Department of Semiconductor Devices and Microelectronics at Novosibirsk State Technical University.

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Ryabtsev, I.I., Beterov, I.I., Tretyakov, D.B. et al. Experimental quantum information with single atoms and photons. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 83, 336–344 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331613040047

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