Long-Distance Quantum Communication

• Authors: L. Duan , M. Lukin , J. Cirac , P. Zoller
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We show how one can use atomic ensembles in order to construct quantum repeaters. This may allow for quantum communication over arbitrarily long distances.

Keywords

EN

03.67.-a; 42.50.-p

Discipline

• 03.67.-a: Quantum information(see also 42.50.Dv Quantum state engineering and measurements; 42.50.Ex Optical implementations of quantum information processing and transfer in quantum optics)
• 42.50.-p: Quantum optics(for lasers, see 42.55.-f and 42.60.-v; see also 42.65.-k Nonlinear optics; 03.65.-w Quantum mechanics)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 101
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 325-336

Dates

published

2002-03

received

2001-06-20

Contributors

author

L. Duan

• Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25-2, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

author

M. Lukin

• Physics Department, University of Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA

author

J. Cirac

• Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25-2, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

author

P. Zoller

• Physics Department, University of Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.101.325