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Controlling the Quantum World: The Science of Atoms, Molecules, and Photons (2007)
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Controlling the Quantum World: The Science of Atoms, Molecules, and Photons

7

  

QUANTUM INFORMATION WITH LIGHT AND ATOMS

  

137
   

 The Quantum Information Revolution,

  

137
   

 What Is Information?,

  

139
   

 Why Quantum Information?,

  

139
   

 Quantum Information at the Frontiers of Science,

  

142
   

 Quantum Information Technology,

  

145
   

 Quantum Communication,

  

148
   

 Quantum Cryptography: A Real-World Application,

  

148
   

 Quantum Teleportation Demystified,

  

150
   

 Vision for Large-Scale Quantum Hardware,

  

152
   

 Trapped Atomic Ions,

  

153
   

 Optical Lattices,

  

154
   

 Solid-State Quantum Bits,

  

155
   

 Photonic Qubits,

  

155
   

 Qubit Converters Between Atoms and Photons,

  

157
   

 What Would We Want to Compute with a Quantum Processor?,

  

161
   

 Using a Quantum Processor to Predict the Behavior of Complex Quantum Systems,

  

167
   

 Looking Forward,

  

169

8

  

REALIZING THE FUTURE

  

170
   

 The Current Status of AMO Physics Program Support,

  

171
   

 Maintaining U.S. Leadership in a Critical Area of Science and Technology,

  

175
   

 Planning for Future U.S. Leadership in AMO Science,

  

179
   

 Intellectual Outlines of Research Currently Supported,

  

180
   

 Information About Funding,

  

182
   

 Information About People,

  

184
   

 Information About New Modalities,

  

185
   

 Foreign Competition,

  

187
   

 Logistical Issues in the United States,

  

188
   

 Program Conclusions on Support for AMO Science,

  

190

 

  

APPENDIXES

  

 
   

 A  AMO 2010 Queries to Federal Funding Agencies

  

195
   

 B  Funding

  

197
   

 C  Foreign Activity in AMO Science

  

204
   

 D  Intellectual Outlines of Current Research

  

209
   

 E  People

  

217
   

 F  New Research Modalities

  

222
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