Abstract

Using neutral atoms as the carriers of the qubits of quantum information processing requires efficient means for the preparation, manipulation, and storage of qubits inscribed into atoms as well as schemes for the entanglement of atoms, the implementation of two- and multiple-bit quantum gates, and the read-out of quantum information. We introduce the application of microoptical elements to quantum information processing with atoms and discuss the advantages and the inherent potential of this new approach [1].

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