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Atomic Memory for Correlated Photon States

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: We experimentally demonstrate emission of two quantum-mechanically correlated light pulses with a time delay that is coherently controlled via temporal storage of photonic states in an ensemble of rubidium atoms. The experiment is based on Raman scattering, which produces correlated pairs of spin-flipped atoms and photons, followed by coherent conversion of the atomic states into a different photon beam after a controllable delay. This resonant nonlinear optical process is a promising technique for potential applications in quantum communication.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1085946

Authors: C. H. van der Wal, M. D. Eisaman, A. André, R. L. Walsworth, D. F. Phillips, A. S. Zibrov, M. D. Lukin

Institutions: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Language: English

Topic: Quantum optics and atomic interactions

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2117187720

FWCI: 23.86

Cites: 36

Cited by: 473

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