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Ohr Lahad¹, Ofer Firstenberg¹

¹Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.

Physical Review Letters

|September 27, 2017

Summary

Optically induced cavities enhance atomic media

Area of Science:

Quantum optics
Atomic physics
Quantum information science

Background:

Optically induced cavities can enhance optical nonlinearities in atomic media.
Rydberg blockade is a key mechanism for photonic quantum gates.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the integration of induced cavities with Rydberg blockade quantum gates.
To analyze the impact of atomic medium loss on gate performance.

Main Methods:

Theoretical calculation of finesse and gate infidelity.
Modeling of induced cavities in atomic media with loss.
Analysis of Rydberg blockade dynamics.

Main Results:

Induced cavities mitigate limitations imposed by blockade optical depth in long media.

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Atomic medium loss affects finesse and gate infidelity.

Total optical depth emerges as a complementary resource.

Conclusions:

Integration of induced cavities offers a promising route to improve photonic quantum gates.
The total optical depth of the medium is a valuable resource for quantum information processing.