Nonlinear Photon Interference in Polar Molecular Gases

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Abstract

We explore nonlinear photon interference in cold polar molecular gases. This nonlinearity gives us a resultant phase shift in a geometry of trapped polar molecules. The phase shift thus obtained is an interesting tool in the design of a phase gate in the field of quantum computation. We model and characterize dispersion curves of such gases. We also calculate decoherence rates and how they affect the photon nonlinearities in 1D and 2D dipolar gases.

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Authors

  • Antonio H. Castro Neto

    • University of Connecticut
    • Bridgewater State College
    • Rhode Island College
    • Saint Joseph's College
    • Merrimack College
    • Yale University
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Glastonbury High School
    • The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Florida State University
    • Keene State College
    • Springfield College
    • Columbia University
    • Department of Physics, Boston University

  • T. Bragdon

    • University of Connecticut

  • A. Rey

    • University of Connecticut

  • S. Yelin

    • University of Connecticut