Storing single photons emitted by a quantum memory on a highly excited Rydberg state
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Data publicació2017-01-17
EditorNature
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ProjecteMEMORIAS CUANTICAS FUNCIONALES PARA REDES CUANTICAS (MINECO-FIS2015-69535-R)
ICFONEST - ICFONest International Postdoctoral Program (EC-FP7-267229)
QULIMA - Ensemble based advanced quantum light matter interfaces (EC-FP7-279967)
ICFONEST - ICFONest International Postdoctoral Program (EC-FP7-267229)
QULIMA - Ensemble based advanced quantum light matter interfaces (EC-FP7-279967)
Abstract
Strong interaction between two single photons is a long standing and important goal in quantum photonics. This would enable a new regime of nonlinear optics and unlock several applications in quantum information science, including photonic quantum gates and deterministic Bell-state measurements. In the context of quantum networks, it would be important to achieve interactions between single photons from independent photon pairs storable in quantum memories. So far, most experiments showing nonlinearities at the single-photon level have used weak classical input light. Here we demonstrate the storage and retrieval of a paired single photon emitted by an ensemble quantum memory in a strongly nonlinear medium based on highly excited Rydberg atoms. We show that nonclassical correlations between the two photons persist after retrieval from the Rydberg ensemble. Our result is an important step towards deterministic photon–photon interactions, and may enable deterministic Bell-state measurements with multimode quantum memories.
CitacióDistante, E. [et al.]. Storing single photons emitted by a quantum memory on a highly excited Rydberg state. "Nature Communications", 17 Gener 2017, vol. 8, núm. 14072.
ISSN2041-1723
Versió de l'editorhttp://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14072
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