Demonstration of conditional quantum phase shift between ions in a solid

Abstract

Because of their long coherence times, dopant ions have been considered promising candidates for scalable solid state quantum computing. Here we demonstrate a conditional phase shift between two qubits based on an optical transition of europium ions. The demonstration uses ensembles that have been selected from a randomly doped sample using spectral hole burning techniques. The electron dipoledipole interaction between the ions that usually causes instantaneous spectral diffusion is used to generate the conditional phase shift. Show more