Optical quantum memory based on electromagnetically induced transparency

L Ma, O Slattery, X Tang - Journal of Optics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a promising approach to implement
quantum memory in quantum communication and quantum computing applications. In this …

A perspective on the pathway to a scalable quantum internet using rare-earth ions

RM Pettit, FH Farshi, SE Sullivan… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The ultimate realization of a global quantum internet will require advances in scalable
technologies capable of generating, storing, and manipulating quantum information. The …

Coherence time of over a second in a telecom-compatible quantum memory storage material

M Rančić, MP Hedges, RL Ahlefeldt, MJ Sellars - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Quantum memories for light will be essential elements in future long-range quantum
communication networks. These memories operate by reversibly mapping the quantum state …

Observation of ultraslow and stored light pulses in a solid

AV Turukhin, VS Sudarshanam, MS Shahriar… - Physical Review Letters, 2001 - APS
We report ultraslow group velocities of light in an optically dense crystal of Pr doped Y 2 SiO
5. Light speeds as slow as 45 m/s were observed, corresponding to a group delay of 66 μs …

Efficient electromagnetically induced transparency in a rare-earth doped crystal

BS Ham, PR Hemmer, MS Shahriar - Optics communications, 1997 - Elsevier
We have observed up to 100% transmission of a probe field at line center due to
electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in an optically dense rare-earth crystal of …

Quantum computer hardware based on rare-earth-ion-doped inorganic crystals

N Ohlsson, RK Mohan, S Kröll - Optics communications, 2002 - Elsevier
We present a scheme for generating multiple, strongly interacting qubits in rare-earth-ion-
doped inorganic crystals at cryogenic temperatures. Two ground state hyperfine levels, with …

High-resolution laser spectroscopy of rare-earth doped insulators: a personal perspective

RM Macfarlane - Journal of luminescence, 2002 - Elsevier
I offer some reflections on the past three decades of high-resolution spectroscopy of rare-
earth ions in solids which was ushered in by the development of tunable lasers in the mid …

Solid state quantum memory using complete absorption and re-emission of photons by tailored and externally controlled inhomogeneous absorption profiles

M Nilsson, S Kröll - Optics communications, 2005 - Elsevier
We present a scheme for storage and retrieval of the quantum state of a single-photon or a
weak classical or non-classical optical wave-packet, in a solid-state medium. We describe …

Spectroscopic detection and state preparation of a single praseodymium ion in a crystal

T Utikal, E Eichhammer, L Petersen, A Renn… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The narrow optical transitions and long spin coherence times of rare earth ions in crystals
make them desirable for a number of applications ranging from solid-state spectroscopy and …

Enhanced nondegenerate four-wave mixing owing to electromagnetically induced transparency in a spectral hole-burning crystal

BS Ham, MS Shahriar, PR Hemmer - Optics letters, 1997 - opg.optica.org
We have demonstrated electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in an
inhomogeneously broadened spectral hole-burning system of Pr^ 3+-doped Y_2SiO_5 at …