Reply to Comment on: Some Implications of the Quantum Nature of Laser Fields for Quantum Computations

Although the recent Comment by Itano [1] is directed at two papers by J. Gea-Banacloche [2], it also calls into question our paper [3]. Here we address the latter criticisms, and show that the arguments in Itano's comment are superficial and do not affect the correctness nor conclusions of our analysis.