We report on coherent and multi-temporal mode storage of light using the full atomic frequency comb memory scheme. The scheme involves the transfer of optical atomic excitations in Pr3+:Y2SiO5 to spin-waves in the hyperfine levels using strong single-frequency transfer pulses. Using this scheme, a total of 5 temporal modes are stored and recalled on-demand from the memory. The coherence of the storage and retrieval is characterized using a time-bin interference measurement resulting in visibilities higher than 80%, independent of the storage time. This coherent and multimode spin-wave memory is promising as a quantum memory for light.
@article{arxiv.1301.3048,
title = {Coherent Storage of Temporally Multimode Light Using a Spin-Wave Atomic Frequency Comb Memory},
author = {Mustafa Gündoğan and Margherita Mazzera and Patrick M. Ledingham and Matteo Cristiani and Hugues de Riedmatten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.3048},
year = {2013}
}