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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

Quantum memories for light are important components for future long distance quantum networks. We present on-chip quantum storage of telecommunications band light at the single photon level in an ensemble of erbium-167 ions in an yttrium…

Integrated photonic circuits offer great promise for quantum technologies. However, due to the rapid propagation of light, many envisioned applications require efficient on-chip quantum memories with a programmable delay, compact footprint,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Stephan Rinner , Jonas Schmitt , Kilian Sandholzer , Andreas Reiserer

Quantum teleportation is an essential capability for quantum networks, allowing the transmission of quantum bits (qubits) without a direct exchange of quantum information. Its implementation between distant parties requires teleportation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-10 Dario Lago-Rivera , Jelena V. Rakonjac , Samuele Grandi , Hugues de Riedmatten

Quantum memory is an essential building block for quantum communication and scalable linear quantum computation. Storing two color entangled photons, with one photon being at telecom-wavelength while the other photon being compatible of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Wei Zhang , Dong-Sheng Ding , Shuai Shi , Yan Li , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Bao-Sen Shi , Guang-Can Guo

Two photons can simultaneously share entanglement between several degrees of freedom such as polarization, energy-time, spatial mode and orbital angular momentum. This resource is known as hyperentanglement, and it has been shown to be an…

In quantum teleportation, the state of a single quantum system is disembodied into classical information and purely quantum correlations, to be later reconstructed onto a second system that has never directly interacted with the first one.…

Photonic links between disparate quantum technologies$-$such as photon sources, memories, processors, clocks, and sensors$-$are key to scaling quantum networks and realizing a versatile quantum internet for secure quantum communication,…

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…

The combination of quantum teleportation and quantum memory of photonic qubits is essential for future implementations of large-scale quantum communication and measurement-based quantum computation. Both steps have been achieved separately…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-20 Yu-Ao Chen , Shuai Chen , Zhen-Sheng Yuan , Bo Zhao , Chih-Sung Chuu , Joerg Schmiedmayer , Jian-Wei Pan

Using 2 km of standard telecom optical fibres, we teleport qubits carried by photons of 1310 nm wavelength to qubits in another lab carried by a photons of 1550 nm wavelength. The photons to be teleported and the necessary entangled photon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Gisin , I. Marcikic , H. de Riedmatten , W. Tittel , H. Zbinden

Quantum memory capable of storage and retrieval of flying photons on demand is crucial for developing quantum information technologies. However, the devices needed for long-distance links are quite different from those envisioned for local…

Quantum networks will enable a variety of applications, from secure communication and precision measurements to distributed quantum computing. Storing photonic qubits and controlling their frequency, bandwidth and retrieval time are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Ioana Craiciu , Mi Lei , Jake Rochman , John G. Bartholomew , Andrei Faraon

Quantum teleportation and quantum memory are two crucial elements for large-scale quantum networks. With the help of prior distributed entanglement as a "quantum channel", quantum teleportation provides an intriguing means to faithfully…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-25 Xiao-Hui Bao , Xiao-Fan Xu , Che-Ming Li , Zhen-Sheng Yuan , Chao-Yang Lu , Jian-Wei Pan

We demonstrate the storage and manipulation of narrowband heralded single photons from a cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric downconversion (SPDC) source in the atomic quantum memory based on electromagnetically induced transparency. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 Pin-Ju Tsai , Ya-Fen Hsiao , Ying-Cheng Chen

We report on a source of heralded narrowband (3MHz) single photons compatible with solid-state spin-wave quantum memories based on praseodymium doped crystals. Widely non-degenerate narrow-band photon pairs are generated using cavity…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 Daniel Rieländer , Andreas Lenhard , Margherita Mazzera , Hugues de Riedmatten

Elementary 2-dimensional quantum states (qubits) encoded in 1300 nm wavelength photons are teleported onto 1550 nm photons. The use of telecommunication wavelengths enables to take advantage of standard optical fibre and permits to teleport…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Marcikic , H. de Riedmatten , W. Tittel , H. Zbinden , N. Gisin

Future ground-based quantum information networks will likely use single photons transmitted through optical fibers to entangle individual network nodes. To extend communication distances and overcome limitations due to photon absorption in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-11 Pau Farrera , Nicolas Maring , Boris Albrecht , Georg Heinze , Hugues de Riedmatten

We report on the transmission of telecom photons entangled with a multimode solid-state quantum memory over a deployed optical fiber in a metropolitan area. Photon pairs were generated through spontaneous parametric down-conversion, with…

Spectrally multiplexed telecom quantum networks require quantum memories that combine efficient storage with programmable frequency addressing. An ideal integrated implementation should therefore unite a native telecom transition, efficient…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Chengdong Yang , Hanwen Guo , Yu-Yang An , Qian He , Chi Lu , Ziheng Jiang , Yan-Qing Lu , Shining Zhu , Xiao-Song Ma