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Semiconductor-based geometrical quantum gates

Paolo Solinas, Paolo Zanardi, Nino Zanghì, and Fausto Rossi
Phys. Rev. B 67, 121307(R) – Published 26 March 2003
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Abstract

We propose an implementation scheme for holonomic, i.e., geometrical, quantum information processing based on semiconductor nanostructures. Our quantum hardware consists of coupled semiconductor macroatoms addressed/controlled by ultrafast multicolor laser-pulse sequences. More specifically, logical qubits are encoded in excitonic states with different spin polarizations and manipulated by adiabatic time control of the laser amplitudes. The two-qubit gate is realized in a geometric fashion by exploiting dipole-dipole coupling between excitons in neighboring quantum dots.

  • Received 4 February 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.67.121307

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Paolo Solinas1, Paolo Zanardi2, Nino Zanghì1, and Fausto Rossi2,3

  • 1Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
  • 2Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Viale Settimio Severo 65, 10133 Torino, Italy
  • 3Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (INFM) and Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy

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Vol. 67, Iss. 12 — 15 March 2003

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