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Coherent Quantum Optical Control with Subwavelength Resolution

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2008

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Gorshkov, Alexey V., Liang Jiang, Markus Greiner, Peter Zoller, and Mikhail D. Lukin. 2008. Coherent quantum optical control with subwavelength resolution. Physical Review Letters 100(9): 093005.

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We suggest a new method for quantum optical control with nanoscale resolution. Our method allows for coherent far-field manipulation of individual quantum systems with spatial selectivity that is not limited by the wavelength of radiation and can, in principle, approach a few nanometers. The selectivity is enabled by the nonlinear atomic response, under the conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency, to a control beam with intensity vanishing at a certain location. Practical performance of this technique and its potential applications to quantum information science with cold atoms, ions, and solid-state qubits are discussed.

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quantum physics, mesoscale physics, nanoscale physics, other condensed matter

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