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Quantum computation with cold bosonic atoms in an optical lattice
We analyse an implementation of a quantum computer using bosonic atoms in an
optical lattice. We show that, even though the number of atoms per site and the
tunneling rate between neighbouring sites is unknown, one may perform a
universal set of gates by means of adiabatic passage
Controllable coherent population transfers in superconducting qubits for quantum computing
We propose an approach to coherently transfer populations between selected
quantum states in one- and two-qubit systems by using controllable
Stark-chirped rapid adiabatic passages (SCRAPs). These {\it evolution-time
insensitive} transfers, assisted by easily implementable single-qubit
phase-shift operations, could serve as elementary logic gates for quantum
computing. Specifically, this proposal could be conveniently demonstrated with
existing Josephson phase qubits. Our proposal can find an immediate application
in the readout of these qubits. Indeed, the broken parity symmetries of the
bound states in these artificial "atoms" provide an efficient approach to
design the required adiabatic pulses.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures. to appear in Physical Review Letter
Arbitrary state controlled-unitary gate by adiabatic passage
We propose a robust scheme involving atoms fixed in an optical cavity to
directly implement the universal controlled-unitary gate. The present technique
based on adiabatic passage uses novel dark states well suited for the
controlled-rotation operation. We show that these dark states allow the robust
implementation of a gate that is a generalisation of the controlled-unitary
gate to the case where the control qubit can be selected to be an arbitrary
state. This gate has potential applications to the rapid implementation of
quantum algorithms such as of the projective measurement algorithm. This
process is decoherence-free since excited atomic states and cavity modes are
not populated during the dynamics.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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