  We introduce a novel procedure for qubit rotation, alternative to the
commonly used method of Rabi oscillations of controlled pulse area. It is based
on the technique of Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP) and therefore
it is robust against fluctuations of experimental parameters. Furthermore, our
work shows that it is in principle possible to perform quantum logic operations
via stimulated Raman adiabatic passage. This opens up the search for a
completely new class of schemes to implement logic gates.
