Neutral Atom Quantum Register

D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, Y. Miroshnychenko, A. Rauschenbeutel, D. Meschede
2004 Physical Review Letters  
We demonstrate the realization of a quantum register using a string of single neutral atoms which are trapped in an optical dipole trap. The atoms are selectively and coherently manipulated in a magnetic field gradient using microwave radiation. Our addressing scheme operates with a high spatial resolution and qubit rotations on individual atoms are performed with 99% contrast. In a final read-out operation we analyze each individual atomic state. Finally, we have measured the coherence time
more » ... identified the predominant dephasing mechanism for our register.
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.93.150501 pmid:15524857 fatcat:qfoo26rpqjdzpho3zchjthjihy