Progress toward generating, storing, and communicating single-photon states using coherent atomic memory

M. D. Eisaman; A. Andre; F. Massou; G.-W. Li; L. Childress; A. S. Zibrov; M. D. Lukin

doi:10.1117/12.609460

23 May 2005 Progress toward generating, storing, and communicating single-photon states using coherent atomic memory (Invited Paper)

M. D. Eisaman, A. Andre, F. Massou, G.-W. Li, L. Childress, A. S. Zibrov, M. D. Lukin

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Proceedings Volume 5842, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.609460
Event: SPIE Third International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2005, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

We describe proof-of principle experiments demonstrating a novel approach for generating pulses of light with controllable photon numbers, propagation direction, timing, and pulse shapes. The approach is based on preparation of an atomic ensemble in a state with a desired number of atomic spin excitations, which is later converted into a photon pulse by exploiting long-lived coherent memory for photon states and electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). We discuss our progress toward applying these techniques to transmit quantum states between atomic memory nodes connected by a photonic channel.

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M. D. Eisaman, A. Andre, F. Massou, G.-W. Li, L. Childress, A. S. Zibrov, and M. D. Lukin "Progress toward generating, storing, and communicating single-photon states using coherent atomic memory (Invited Paper)", Proc. SPIE 5842, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics III, (23 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.609460

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