Patent ID: 7667853

Claim:
A quantum bit reading apparatus comprising: a resonator having a resonator mode; a material included in the resonator and containing n physical systems (n is an integer not less than 2), each of the physical systems having at least five energy states, a first transition of each physical system between |g> i and |e 1 > i resonating in the resonator mode, and |0> i and |1> i representing quantum bits, where the five energy states of each physical system i (i is a natural number not more than n) are expressed by |0> i , |1> i , |g> i , |e 1 > i and |e 2 > i in increasing order of energy; a first generation unit configured to generate first pulse light and second pulse light that resonate in a second transition between |g> i and |e 2 > i and a third transition between |1> i and |e 2 > i , respectively; a first control unit configured to control the first pulse light and the second pulse light to make the first pulse light and the second pulse light temporally overlap each other to obtain third light formed of the first pulse light and the second pulse light, a state of the third light being shifted from a first state in which a first intensity of the first pulse light is higher than a second intensity of the second pulse light, to a second state in which the second intensity is higher than the first intensity; a first emission unit configured to emit the third light to each physical system i; a second generation unit configured to generate observation light to be coupled to the resonator mode; an introducing unit configured to introduce the observation light to the resonator from an outside thereof; a reading unit configured to read one of the quantum bits by measuring a third intensity of at least one of reflected light of the observation light and transmitted light of the observation light; a second control unit configured to control, after the one quantum bit is read, the first pulse light and the second pulse light to make the first pulse light and the second pulse light temporally overlap each other to obtain fourth light formed of the first pulse light and the second pulse light, a state of the fourth light being shifted from the second state to the first state; and a second emission unit configured to emit the fourth light to each physical system i.