RT Journal Article T1 Quantum processing photonic states in optical lattices A1 Muschik, Christine A. A1 Vega, Inés de A1 Porras Torres, Diego A1 Cirac, J. Ignacio AB The mapping of photonic states to collective excitations of atomic ensembles is a powerful tool which finds a useful application in the realization of quantum memories and quantum repeaters. In this work we show that cold atoms in optical lattices can be used to perform an entangling unitary operation on the transferred atomic excitations. After the release of the quantum atomic state, our protocol results in a deterministic two qubit gate for photons. The proposed scheme is feasible with current experimental techniques and robust against the dominant sources of noise. PB American Physical Society SN 0031-9007 YR 2008 FD 2008-02-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52215 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52215 LA eng NO © 2008 The American Physical Society.We thank Eugene Polzik for discussions and acknowledge support from the Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB) project QCCC, the EU projects SCALA and COVAQUIAL, the DFG-Forschungsgruppe No. 635, and Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia No. EX-2006-0295. NO Elite Network of Bavaria NO QCCC NO EU NO DFG-Forschungsgruppe NO Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia DS Docta Complutense RD 10 may 2025