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Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schroedinger's Cat

Published

Author(s)

David J. Wineland

Abstract

This is a written version of the lecture I presented in connection with the Nobel Prize ceremonies in December 2012. The paper briefly summarizes experiments on quantum state manipulaiton and measurement in the context of trapped atomic ions. The focus of the paper is to present selections of work accomplished by the Ion Storage group since 1975.
Citation
Reviews of Modern Physics
Volume
85
Issue
3

Keywords

atomic clocks, atomic spectroscopy, laser cooling, quantum information processing, quantum state engineering, trapped atomic ions

Citation

Wineland, D. (2013), Superposition, Entanglement, and Raising Schroedinger's Cat, Reviews of Modern Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=913387 (Accessed April 19, 2024)
Created July 12, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017