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We demonstrate coherent storage and retrieval of pulsed light using the atomic frequency comb quantum memory protocol in a room temperature alkali vapour. We utilise velocity-selective optical pumping to prepare multiple velocity classes in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-17 D. Main , T. M. Hird , S. Gao , I. A. Walmsley , P. M. Ledingham

Long-lived storage of single photons is a fundamental requirement for enabling quantum communication and foundational tests of quantum physics over extended distances. While the implementation of a global-scale quantum network requires…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-02 You-Cai Lv , Yu-Jia Zhu , Zong-Quan Zhou , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

High-performance quantum memories are an essential component for regulating temporal events in quantum networks. As a component in quantum-repeaters, they have the potential to support the distribution of entanglement beyond the physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-27 Yang Wang , Alexander N. Craddock , Rourke Sekelsky , Mael Flament , Mehdi Namazi

We propose a quantum memory protocol based on dynamically changing the resonance frequency of an ensemble of two-level atoms. By sweeping the atomic frequency in an adiabatic fashion, photons are reversibly transferred into atomic…

Quantum interfaces between photons and ensembles of atoms have emerged as powerful tools for quantum technologies. A major objective for such interfaces is high fidelity storage and retrieval of a photon in a collective quantum state of…

Photonics offers a route to fast and distributed quantum computing in ambient conditions, provided that photon sources and logic gates can be operated deterministically. Quantum memories, capable of storing and re-emitting photons on…

The reversible transfer of the quantum information between a photon, an information carrier, and a quantum memory with high fidelity and reliability is the prerequisite for realizing a long-distance quantum communication and a quantum…

In this work, we propose performing key operations in quantum computation and communication using room-temperature atoms moving across a grid of high-quality-factor, small-mode-volume cavities. These cavities enable high-cooperativity…

A long-lived quantum memory is a firm requirement for implementing a quantum repeater scheme. Recent progress in solid-state rare-earth-ion-doped systems justifies their status as very strong candidates for such systems. Nonetheless an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-15 N. Timoney , I. Usmani , P. Jobez , M. Afzelius , N. Gisin

The efficient storage and on-demand retrieval of quantum optical states that are compatible with the telecommunications C-band is a requirement for future terrestrial-based quantum optical networking. Spectrum in the C-band minimises…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-09 S. E. Thomas , S. Sagona-Stophel , Z. Schofield , I. A. Walmsley , P. M. Ledingham

Parallelized quantum information processing requires tailored quantum memories to simultaneously handle multiple photons. The spatial degree of freedom is a promising candidate to facilitate such photonic multiplexing. Using a single-photon…

The absorption of broadband photons in atomic ensembles requires either an effective broadening of the atomic transition linewidth, or an off-resonance Raman interaction. Here we propose a scheme for a quantum memory capable of storing and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-18 G. S. Thekkadath , K. Heshami , D. G. England , P. J. Bustard , B. J. Sussman , M. Spanner

Attenuated laser pulses are often employed in place for single photons in order to test the efficiency of the elements of a quantum network. In this work we analyse theoretically the dynamics of storage of an attenuated light pulse (where…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-11 Luigi Giannelli , Tom Schmit , Giovanna Morigi

An efficient quantum storage is highly desired for quantum information processing. As indicated by certain applications, a universal quantum storage is required to have a storage efficiency above 50% to beat the no-cloning limit. Although…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Jianfeng Li , Yunfei Wang , Shanchao Zhang , Junyu He , Aiqin Cheng , Hui Yan , Shi-Liang Zhu

We investigate the feasibility of implementing an elementary building block for quantum information processing. The combination of a deterministic single photon source based on vacuum stimulated adiabatic rapid passage, and a quantum memory…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Matt Himsworth , Peter Nisbet , Jerome Dilley , Gunnar Langfahl-Klabes , Axel Kuhn

Controlling the properties of single photons is essential for a wide array of emerging optical quantum technologies spanning quantum sensing, quantum computing, and quantum communications. Essential components for these technologies include…

By harnessing aspects of quantum mechanics, communication and information processing could be radically transformed. Promising forms of quantum information technology include optical quantum cryptographic systems and computing using photons…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Hosseini , B. M. Sparkes , G. Campbell , P. K. Lam , B. C. Buchler

Quantum memories with high efficiency and fidelity are essential for long-distance quantum communication and information processing. Techniques have been developed for quantum memories based on atomic ensembles. The atomic memories relying…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Jinxian Guo , Xiaotian Feng , Peiyu Yang , Zhifei Yu , L. Q. Chen , Chun-Hua Yuan , Weiping Zhang

Strong interaction between two single photons is a long standing and important goal in quantum photonics. This would enable a new regime of nonlinear optics and unlock several applications in quantum information science, including photonic…

We report on the storage of light via the phenomenon of recoil-induced resonance in a pure two- level system of cold cesium atoms. We use a strong coupling beam and a weak probe beam to couple different external momentum states of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-04 A. J. F. de Almeida , M. -A. Maynard , C. Banerjee , D. Felinto , F. Goldfarb , J. W. R. Tabosa