Atom Entanglement in Nanophotonic Cavity QED

POSTER

Abstract

Photons in a nanoscale photonic crystal waveguide cavity can be strongly coupled to individual trapped atoms due to the tight confinement of the optical mode. This platform enables a novel realization of an efficient atom-photon quantum interface for quantum networks [1]. We present experimental progress towards entanglement of two trapped atoms mediated by cavity photons. This approach can be used for realizing efficient quantum gates [2] with applications to integrated quantum networks and studies of many-body physics with light-mediated interactions. \\[4pt] [1] T. G. Tiecke, J. D. Thompson, N. P. de Leon, L. R. Liu, V. Vuletic and M. D. Lukin, Nature 508, 241 (2014)\\[0pt] [2] J. Borregaard, P. K\'om\'or, E. M. Kessler, A. S. S{\o}rensen, M. D. Lukin, arXiv:1501.00956

Authors

  • Polnop Samutpraphoot

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics

  • Thibault Peyronel

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics

  • Crystal Senko

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics

  • Manuel Endres

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics
    • Max Planck Institute

  • Alexander Keesling

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics

  • Jeff Thompson

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics

  • Tobias Tiecke

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics

  • Kali Nayak

    • Center for Photonic Innovations and Department of Engineering Science, The University of Electro-Communications Tokyo

  • Vladan Vuleti\'{c}

    • MIT, Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics
    • Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA

  • Mikhail Lukin

    • Harvard University, Department of Physics
    • Harvard University
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University
    • Physics Department, Harvard University