Spatial pattern observed in a nonlinear optical resonator. (pdf file) 

Quantum physics with atoms and

light

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News from the lab:

First Holmium MOT November 2012

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Recent papers:

Atom trapping in a bottle beam created by a diffractive optical element, arXiv (2013)

Preparation of entangled and antiferromagnetic states by dissipative Rydberg pumping, arXiv (2013)

Quantum gates in mesoscopic atomic ensembles based on adiabatic passage and Rydberg blockade, arXiv (2012)

Entanglement of Two Atoms using Rydberg Blockade, Adv. At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 61, 81 (2012)

Fidelity of a Rydberg blockade quantum gate from simulated quantum process tomography, Phys. Rev. A (2012)

A crossed vortex bottle beam trap for single-atom qubits, Opt. Lett. (2012)

Magic-wavelength optical traps for Rydberg atoms, Phys. Rev. A (2011)

Multibit CkNOT quantum gates via Rydberg blockade, Quant. Inf. Proc. (2011)

Rydberg-induced Solitons: Three-dimensional Self-trapping of Matter Waves, PRL (2011)

Deterministic entanglement of two neutral atoms via Rydberg blockade, PRA Rapid (2010)

Independent individual addressing of multiple neutral atom qubits with a MEMS beam steering system, APL (2010)

Quantum information with Rydberg atoms, Rev.Mod. Physics 82, 2313 (2010).

Demonstration of a neutral atom controlled-NOT quantum gate, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 010503 (2010). Highlighted in Physics Today and a Physics Synopsis

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Quantum computing curiosity

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For more information on quantum computing research in Madison look here.

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Address:

Mark Saffman
Department of Physics
University of Wisconsin
1150 University Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin
53706, USA
office: 5330 Chamberlin

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fax: +1 608 265 2334
msaffman wisc.edu

Laboratories:
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