Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Coherent manipulation of a solid-state artificial atom with few photons

  • V. Giesz,
  • N. Somaschi,
  • G. Hornecker,
  • T. Grange,
  • B. Reznychenko,
  • L. De Santis,
  • J. Demory,
  • C. Gomez,
  • I. Sagnes,
  • A. Lemaître,
  • O. Krebs,
  • N. D. Lanzillotti-Kimura,
  • L. Lanco,
  • A. Auffeves,
  • P. Senellart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11986
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Quantum information processing requires a system in which a single photon controls a single atom and vice versa. Here, the authors demonstrate such reciprocal operation and achieve coherent manipulation of a quantum dot by a few photons sent on an optical cavity.