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The Gradient Echo Memory (GEM) scheme has potential to be a suitable protocol for storage and retrieval of optical quantum information. In this paper, we review the properties of the $\Lambda$-GEM method that stores information in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 M. Hosseini , B. M. Sparkes , G. T. Campbell , P. K. Lam , B. C. Buchler

We report on quantum frequency conversion of memory-compatible narrow-bandwidth photons at 606 nm to the telecom C-band at 1552$\,$nm. The 200$\,$ns long photons, compatible with Praseodymium-based solid-state quantum memories are frequency…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-04 Nicolas Maring , Dario Lago-Rivera , Andreas Lenhard , Georg Heinze , Hugues de Riedmatten

Reversible and coherent storage of light in atomic medium is a key-stone of future quantum information applications. In this work, arbitrary two-dimensional images are slowed and stored in warm atomic vapor for up to 30 $\mu$s, utilizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-17 M. Shuker , O. Firstenberg , R. Pugatch , A. Ron , N. Davidson

Interaction of a control and a signal field with an ensemble of three-level atoms allows direct mapping of the quantum state of the signal field into long lived coherences of an atomic ground state. For a vapor of cesium atoms, using…

Continuous change of the propagation direction of a classical control field in the process of its off-resonant Raman interaction with a weak signal field in a three-level atomic medium is suggested for quantum storage of a single-photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-08 Xiwen Zhang , Alexey Kalachev , Olga Kocharovskaya

A one-dimensional atom -- an atomic system coupled to a single optical mode -- is central for many applications in optical quantum technologies. Here we introduce an effective one-dimensional atom consisting of two interacting quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-18 Ilan Shlesinger , Pascale Senellart , Loïc Lanco , Jean-Jacques Greffet

Microwave-optical transducers and quantum memories are fundamental components of quantum repeaters, essential for developing a quantum internet in which solid-state quantum computers serve as nodes interconnected by optical fibers for data…

Raman interactions in alkali vapours are used in applications such as atomic clocks, optical signal processing, generation of squeezed light and Raman quantum memories for temporal multiplexing. To achieve a strong interaction the alkali…

Coherent and reversible mapping of quantum information between light and matter is an important experimental challenge in quantum information science. In particular, it is a decisive milestone for the implementation of quantum networks and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-02-15 Hugues de Riedmatten , Mikael Afzelius , Matthias Staudt , Christoph Simon , Nicolas Gisin

We consider a quantum memory scheme based on the conversion of a signal pulse into a long-lived spin coherence via stimulated off-resonant Raman process. For a storing medium consisting of alkali atoms, we have calculated the Autler-Townes…

We study quantum compression and decompression of light pulses that carry quantum information using a photon-echo quantum memory technique with controllable inhomogeneous broadening of an isolated atomic absorption line. We investigate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-06 S. A. Moiseev , W. Tittel

We extend the theory of quantum light memory in atomic ensemble of Lambda type atoms with considering lower levels coherence decay rate and one and two-photon detunings from resonances in low intensity and adiabatic passage limit. We obtain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hassan Kaatuzian , Ali Rostami , Ahmad Ajdarzadeh Oskouei

Quantum coherence is a key resource underpinning quantum technologies, yet it is highly susceptible to environmental decoherence, especially in thermal settings. While frequency modulation (FM) has shown promise in preserving coherence at…

The generation of large multiphoton quantum states - for applications in computing, metrology, and simulation - requires a network of high-efficiency quantum memories capable of storing broadband pulses. Integrating these memories into a…

Large-scale quantum networks will employ telecommunication-wavelength photons to exchange quantum information between remote measurement, storage, and processing nodes via fibre-optic channels. Quantum memories compatible with…

Quantum memory plays a pivotal role in the construction of quantum repeaters, which are essential devices for establishing long-distance quantum communications and large-scale quantum networks. To boost information capacity and signal…

We analyze a quantum optical memory based on the off-resonant Raman interaction of a single broadband photon, copropagating with a classical control pulse, with an atomic ensemble. The conditions under which the memory can perform optimally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Nunn , I. A. Walmsley , M. G. Raymer , K. Surmacz , F. C. Waldermann , Z. Wang , D. Jaksch

A quantum memory that can store quantum states faithfully and retrieve them on demand has wide applications in quantum information science. An efficient quantum memory in the microwave regime working alongside quantum processors based on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-11 Zenghui Bao , Zhiling Wang , Yukai Wu , Yan Li , Cheng Ma , Yipu Song , Hongyi Zhang , Luming Duan

We propose a scheme to realize optical quantum memories in an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond that are coupled to a micro-cavity. The scheme is based on off-resonant Raman coupling, which allows one to circumvent optical…

Large-scale quantum networks require quantum memories featuring long-lived storage of non-classical light together with efficient, high-speed and reliable operation. The concurrent realization of these features is challenging due to…