Title :
High-fidelity heralded polarization-state transfer of a photon onto a single atom
Author :
Kurz, Christoph ; Muller, Philipp ; Schug, Michael ; Eich, Pascal ; Huwer, Jan ; Eschner, Jurgen
Author_Institution :
Univ. des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate heralded absorption of a single laser photon by a single trapped atomic ion, thereby mapping the photonic polarization state onto the atomic spin state with 97.9(1)% average fidelity.
Keywords :
Zeeman effect; light polarisation; photoexcitation; trapped ions; atomic spin state; average fidelity; photonic polarization state; polarization state transfer; single atom; single laser photon absorption; single trapped atomic ion; Absorption; Atomic beams; Optical polarization; Particle beam optics; Photonics; Polarization; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
