Quantum photonics with solids and atoms

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  • Storing single photons emitted by a quantum memory on a highly excited Rydberg state 

    Distante, Emanuele; Farrera, Pau; Padrón-Brito, Auxiliadora; Paredes-Barato, David; Heinze, Georg; Riedmatten, Hugues de (Nature, 2017-01-17)
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    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, ...

  • Electrical control of optical emitter relaxation pathways enabled by graphene 

    Tielrooij, K. J.; Orona, L.; Ferrier, A.; Badioli, M.; Navickaite, G.; Coop, S.; Nanot, S.; Kalinic, B.; Cesca, T.; Gaudreau, L.; Ma, Q.; Centeno, A.; Pesquera, A.; Zurutuza, A.; Riedmatten, H. de; Goldner, P.; García de Abajo, Francisco Javier; Jarillo-Herrero, P.; Koppens, Frank H. L. (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-01-19)
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    Controlling the energy flow processes and the associated energy relaxation rates of a light emitter is of fundamental interest and has many applications in the fields of quantum optics, photovoltaics, photodetection, ...

  • Solid State Spin-Wave Quantum Memory for Time-Bin Qubits 

    Gündoğan, Mustafa; Ledingham, Patrick M.; Kutluer, Kutlu; Mazzera, Margherita; Riedmatten, Hugues de (APS, 2015-06-12)
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    We demonstrate the first solid-state spin-wave optical quantum memory with on-demand read-out. Using the full atomic frequency comb scheme in a Pr3þ∶Y2SiO5 crystal, we store weak coherent pulses at the single-photon level ...