Advances in quantum cryptography

S Pirandola, UL Andersen, L Banchi… - Advances in optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Quantum cryptography is arguably the fastest growing area in quantum information science.
Novel theoretical protocols are designed on a regular basis, security proofs are constantly …

Recent progress in lithium niobate: optical damage, defect simulation, and on‐chip devices

Y Kong, F Bo, W Wang, D Zheng, H Liu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium niobate (LN) is one of the most important synthetic crystals. In the past two decades,
many breakthroughs have been made in material technology, theoretical understanding …

Parallel single-shot measurement and coherent control of solid-state spins below the diffraction limit

S Chen, M Raha, CM Phenicie, S Ourari, JD Thompson - Science, 2020 - science.org
Solid-state spin defects are a promising platform for quantum science and technology. The
realization of larger-scale quantum systems with solid-state defects will require high-fidelity …

On-demand quantum storage of photonic qubits in an on-chip waveguide

C Liu, TX Zhu, MX Su, YZ Ma, ZQ Zhou, CF Li… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Photonic quantum memory is the core element in quantum information processing (QIP). For
the scalable and convenient practical applications, great efforts have been devoted to the …

Incorporation of erbium ions into thin-film lithium niobate integrated photonics

S Wang, L Yang, R Cheng, Y Xu, M Shen… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
As an active material with favorable linear and nonlinear optical properties, thin-film lithium
niobate has demonstrated its potential in integrated photonics. Integration with rare-earth …

Optical storage for 0.53 s in a solid-state atomic frequency comb memory using dynamical decoupling

A Holzäpfel, J Etesse, KT Kaczmarek… - New Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum memories with long storage times are key elements in long-distance quantum
networks. The atomic frequency comb (AFC) memory in particular has shown great promise …

Cold-atom temporally multiplexed quantum memory with cavity-enhanced noise suppression

L Heller, P Farrera, G Heinze, H de Riedmatten - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Future quantum repeater architectures, capable of efficiently distributing information
encoded in quantum states of light over large distances, will benefit from multiplexed …

Reliable coherent optical memory based on a laser-written waveguide

C Liu, ZQ Zhou, TX Zhu, L Zheng, M Jin, X Liu, PY Li… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
^151\rmEu^3+^ 151Eu^ 3+-doped yttrium silicate (^151\rmEu^3+:\rmY_2\rmSiO_5^ 151Eu^
3+: Y_2SiO_5) crystal is a unique material that possesses hyperfine states with coherence …

Optical spin-wave storage in a solid-state hybridized electron-nuclear spin ensemble

M Businger, A Tiranov, KT Kaczmarek, S Welinski… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
Solid-state impurity spins with optical control are currently investigated for quantum networks
and repeaters. Among these, rare-earth-ion doped crystals are promising as quantum …

Improved light-matter interaction for storage of quantum states of light in a thulium-doped crystal cavity

JH Davidson, P Lefebvre, J Zhang, D Oblak, W Tittel - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We design and implement an atomic frequency comb quantum memory for 793-nm
wavelength photons using a monolithic cavity based on a thulium-(Tm-) doped Y 3 Al 5 O 12 …