LIGHT MANIPULATION BY QUANTUM METAMATERIALS

Authors

  • Zoran Ivić University of Belgrade, „Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
  • Nikos Lazarides Crete Center for Quantum Complexity and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Crete, P. O. Box 2208, 71003 Heraklion, Greece
  • Giorgios Tsironis Crete Center for Quantum Complexity and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Crete, P. O. Box 2208, 71003 Heraklion, Greece Department of Physics, School of Science and Technology, Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Ave., Astana 010000, Kazakhstan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/COMEN1402186I

Abstract

We propose a novel mechanism of light manipulation by using the quantum metamaterial which consists of a large number of linearly arranged superconducting charge qubits. The experimental confirmation of this idea may open up a new way to potentially powerful quantum computing.

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Published

2014-12-15