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In General
> s.a. microscopes; technology [molecular devices].
* Idea: 2019, "The second
quantum revolution is in full swing and promises to revolutionize areas such
as computation, communication, metrology, and imaging".
@ Books and reviews: Bardeen PT(90)dec [macroscopic quantum phenomena];
Perkowitz ThSc(95)jan;
Milburn 97;
Dowling & Milburn qp/02;
Erhard et al a1911
[technological developments with entangled photonic systems].
@ Related topics: Hogg & Chase qp/96-proc [smart matter];
Benioff PRA(98)qp [robots];
Boto et al PRL(00)qp/99 [etching, entangled gammas];
Blencowe PRP(04) [quantum electromechanical systems];
Hillmer & Kwiat SA(07)may [quantum eraser];
Hillery & Buzek CP(09) [quantum machines];
Yang et al PRS-a1804 [quantum stopwatch];
Siddiqi et al Phys(20) [quantum literacy];
Hull et al a2012
[quantum computing and quantum money, for economists];
Laucht et al a2101-in [quantum nanotechnologies, roadmap];
> s.a. macroscopic quantum systems.
Quantum Dots
* Idea: Structures in which
electrons are confined in all three dimensions, so that energies are quantized
(like the square well!); Essentially tiny pools of electrons in semiconductors
that act as artificial atoms; Luminescence from single, nm-sized InAs dots excited
by a He-Ne laser has been observed.
* Production: They can be made
litographically, by etching with electron beams, or by "growing".
* Applications: Read and write data
with bursts of laser light; > s.a. technology [solar].
@ References: Reed SA(93)jan;
Turton 95;
Schmiedmayer EPJD(98)qp;
NS(98)aug29 [as atoms];
Shankar JSP(06).
Quantum Cryptography
> s.a. Cryptology; minkowski
spacetime [position-based cryptography] / formulations of quantum mechanics.
* 2000: Three
groups show use of entangled photons to create secret codes.
@ Intros, reviews:
Hughes et al CP(95);
Hughes & Nordholt pw(99)may;
Gottesman & Lo PT(00)nov;
Volovich & Volovich qp/01-ln;
Stix SA(05)jan;
Dusek et al PiO(06)qp [intro];
Brassard qp/06-proc [history];
Ma PhD(08)-a0808;
Lütkenhaus & Shields NJP(09)#4;
Dodson et al a0905-rp;
Qi et al a1002-ch [for engineers];
Fehr FP(10);
Hjelme et al a1108-ch [intro];
Pirandola et al a1906 [rev].
@ General references: Ekert PRL(91);
Bennett PRL(92),
et al PRL(92);
Ardehali PLA(96)qp/95;
Lomonaco Crypt-qp/98;
Ekert IJMPA(01) [and entanglement];
Gisin et al RMP(02)qp/01;
Rudolph qp/02-talk [and quantum mechanics];
Gisin & Brunner qp/03-proc [with and without entanglement];
Bernstein a1803 [security?];
Boaron et al PRL(18)
+ Lucamarini Phy(18) [over 421 km].
@ Practical aspects: Elliott et al qp/03-in;
Vazirani & Vidick PRL(14)
+ Phy(14)
[device-independent quantum key distribution protocol].
@ Applications:
Kent PRL(99)qp/98;
news ns(14)apr [and cell phones].
Other Quantum Technology > s.a. quantum communication [including teleportation];
quantum computers; quantum information.
* Quantum cloning: 1982,
Wootters-Zurek 'no-cloning' theorem, stating that it is possible only
with some error.
* Quantum wells: Semiconductor
sandwiches where electrons are confined to a plane; 1996, Already at work in devices.
* Quantum wires: Electrons
restricted to 1D motion.
@ Quantum cloning:
Wootters & Zurek Nat(82)oct [no cloning];
Lamas-Linares et al Sci(02)apr [single photon];
Daffertshofer et al PRL(02) [classical analog];
De Chiara et al PRA(04)qp [in spin networks];
Scarani et al RMP(05)qp;
Cerf & Fiurasek qp/05-in [optical, rev];
Adami & Ver Steeg qp/06 [by black holes];
Chakrabarty et al IJTP(07)-a0706 [and superluminal signalling];
Conway & Kochen FP(10)-a0711 [no-triplets theorem];
Mermin a0808 [physicists' explanation];
Abramsky a0910-ch [and categorical quantum theory];
> s.a. Cloning [classical].
@ Quantum gambling: Goldenberg et al PRL(99)qp/98; & D Meyer.
@ Holography:
Abouraddy et al OE(01)
+ pn(01)nov.
@ Positioning / ranging: Giovannetti et al Nat(01)qp,
PRA(02)qp/01 [using entangled photons];
Bahder qp/04.
> Other types: see clocks;
electronic technology; optical technology.
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