Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensembles and linear optics

N Sangouard, C Simon, H De Riedmatten… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
The distribution of quantum states over long distances is limited by photon loss.
Straightforward amplification as in classical telecommunications is not an option in quantum …

Optical quantum memory

AI Lvovsky, BC Sanders, W Tittel - Nature photonics, 2009 - nature.com
Quantum memory is essential for the development of many devices in quantum information
processing, including a synchronization tool that matches various processes within a …

The quantum internet

HJ Kimble - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Quantum networks provide opportunities and challenges across a range of intellectual and
technical frontiers, including quantum computation, communication and metrology. The …

Waveguide-coupled single collective excitation of atomic arrays

NV Corzo, J Raskop, A Chandra, AS Sheremet… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Considerable efforts have been recently devoted to combining ultracold atoms and
nanophotonic devices,,–to obtain not only better scalability and figures of merit than in free …

Multiphoton entanglement and interferometry

JW Pan, ZB Chen, CY Lu, H Weinfurter, A Zeilinger… - Reviews of Modern …, 2012 - APS
Multiphoton interference reveals strictly nonclassical phenomena. Its applications range
from fundamental tests of quantum mechanics to photonic quantum information processing …

Quantum repeaters with photon pair sources and multimode memories

C Simon, H De Riedmatten, M Afzelius, N Sangouard… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
We propose a quantum repeater protocol which builds on the well-known Duan-Lukin-Cirac-
Zoller (DLCZ) protocol [LM Duan, MD Lukin, JI Cirac, and P. Zoller, Nature (London) 414 …

Mapping photonic entanglement into and out of a quantum memory

KS Choi, H Deng, J Laurat, HJ Kimble - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Developments in quantum information science rely critically on entanglement—a
fundamental aspect of quantum mechanics that causes parts of a composite system to show …

Functional quantum nodes for entanglement distribution over scalable quantum networks

CW Chou, J Laurat, H Deng, KS Choi… - Science, 2007 - science.org
We demonstrated entanglement distribution between two remote quantum nodes located 3
meters apart. This distribution involves the asynchronous preparation of two pairs of atomic …

Efficient reversible entanglement transfer between light and quantum memories

M Cao, F Hoffet, S Qiu, AS Sheremet, J Laurat - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Reversible entanglement transfer between light and matter is a crucial requisite for the
ongoing developments of quantum information technologies. Quantum networks and their …

Heralded entanglement between atomic ensembles: preparation, decoherence, and scaling

J Laurat, KS Choi, H Deng, CW Chou, HJ Kimble - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
Heralded entanglement between collective excitations in two atomic ensembles is
probabilistically generated, stored, and converted to single-photon fields. By way of the …