Optical quantum memory

AI Lvovsky, BC Sanders, W Tittel - Nature photonics, 2009 - nature.com
Quantum memory is essential for the development of many devices in quantum information
processing, including a synchronization tool that matches various processes within a …

Quantum memories: emerging applications and recent advances

K Heshami, DG England, PC Humphreys… - Journal of modern …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Quantum light–matter interfaces are at the heart of photonic quantum technologies.
Quantum memories for photons, where non-classical states of photons are mapped onto …

Photon‐echo quantum memory in solid state systems

W Tittel, M Afzelius, T Chaneliere… - Laser & Photonics …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Many applications of quantum communication crucially depend on reversible transfer of
quantum states between light and matter. Motivated by rapid recent developments in theory …

High efficiency coherent optical memory with warm rubidium vapour

M Hosseini, BM Sparkes, G Campbell, PK Lam… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
By harnessing aspects of quantum mechanics, communication and information processing
could be radically transformed. Promising forms of quantum information technology include …

Photon echoes produced by switching electric fields

AL Alexander, JJ Longdell, MJ Sellars, NB Manson - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
We demonstrate photon echoes in Eu 3+∶ Y 2 SiO 5 by controlling the inhomogeneous
broadening of the Eu 3+ F 0 7↔ D 0 5 optical transition. This transition has a linear Stark …

Quantum memory for nonstationary light fields based on controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening

B Kraus, W Tittel, N Gisin, M Nilsson, S Kröll… - Physical Review A …, 2006 - APS
We propose a method for efficient storage and recall of arbitrary nonstationary light fields,
such as, for instance, single photon time-bin qubits or intense fields, in optically dense …

Electro-optic quantum memory for light using two-level atoms

G Hetet, JJ Longdell, AL Alexander, PK Lam… - Physical review …, 2008 - APS
We present a simple quantum memory scheme that allows for the storage of a light field in
an ensemble of two-level atoms. The technique is analogous to the NMR gradient echo for …

Solid state quantum memory using complete absorption and re-emission of photons by tailored and externally controlled inhomogeneous absorption profiles

M Nilsson, S Kröll - Optics communications, 2005 - Elsevier
We present a scheme for storage and retrieval of the quantum state of a single-photon or a
weak classical or non-classical optical wave-packet, in a solid-state medium. We describe …

Efficient multimode quantum memory based on photon echo in an optimal QED cavity

SA Moiseev, SN Andrianov, FF Gubaidullin - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2010 - APS
Effective multimode photon echo quantum memory on multiatomic ensemble in the QED
cavity is proposed. We obtain the analytical solution for the quantum memory efficiency that …

Analysis of a quantum memory for photons based on controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening

N Sangouard, C Simon, M Afzelius, N Gisin - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2007 - APS
We present a detailed analysis of a quantum memory for photons based on controlled and
reversible inhomogeneous broadening. The explicit solution of the equations of motion is …