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Quantum storage via refractive index control

Quantum Physics 2015-05-20 v1

Abstract

Off-resonant Raman interaction of a single-photon wave packet and a classical control field in an atomic medium with controlled refractive index is investigated. It is shown that a continuous change of refractive index during the interaction leads to the mapping of a single photon state to a superposition of atomic collective excitations (spin waves) with different wave vectors and visa versa. The suitability of refractive index control for developing multichannel quantum memories is discussed and possible schemes of implementation are considered.

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@article{arxiv.1101.0658,
  title  = {Quantum storage via refractive index control},
  author = {Alexey Kalachev and Olga Kocharovskaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.0658},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures

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