Error Correction in Ensemble Registers for Quantum Repeaters and Quantum Computers
E. Brion, Line Hjortshøj Pedersen, Mark E. Saffman, Klaus Mølmer · Physical Review Letters · 2008
We propose to use a collective excitation blockade mechanism to identify errors that occur due to disturbances of single atoms in ensemble quantum registers where qubits are stored in the collective population of different internal atomic states. A simple error correction procedure and a simple decoherence-free encoding of ensemble qubits in the hyperfine states of alkali-metal atoms are presented.