{"id":3953,"date":"2005-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/2005\/03\/08\/dances-with-atoms-and-photons-steps-toward-quantum-information-technology\/"},"modified":"2005-03-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-08T00:00:00","slug":"dances-with-atoms-and-photons-steps-toward-quantum-information-technology","status":"publish","type":"physics_colloquium","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/colloquium\/dances-with-atoms-and-photons-steps-toward-quantum-information-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Dances With Atoms and Photons: Steps Toward Quantum Information Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong> Theresa Lynn<\/p>\n<p>The Schr\u00f6dinger-cat strangeness of quantum states threatens classical information technology but at the same time offers the potential for great advances in computing and communications.\u00a0 A principal challenge in designing actual quantum logic devices is the need to control quantum states and simultaneously protect delicate properties like quantum phase and entanglement.\u00a0 How can we protect information encoded in a quantum mechanical system where the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle limits useful measurement?\u00a0 I explore these issues in the context of two experimental examples.\u00a0 In the first, a single atom is trapped and steered by the light within an optical resonator.\u00a0 In the second example, entangled light beams are used to realize teleportation&#8221; of quantum states.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3953","physics_colloquium","type-physics_colloquium","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium\/3953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/physics_colloquium"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}