Title :
Heralded single photon storage in a room-temperature, broadband quantum memory
Author :
Michelberger, P.S. ; Nunn, J. ; Champion, T.F.M. ; Sprague, M.R. ; Kacmarek, K. ; Saunders, D. ; Kolthammer, W.S. ; Jin, X.-M. ; England, D.G. ; Walmsley, Ian A.
Author_Institution :
Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate storage of heralded single photons in a room-temperature quantum memory, a key step towards scalable quantum networks. We evaluate the photon statistics of the stored photons and discuss limitations from four-wave mixing noise.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical noise; optical storage; photon counting; quantum computing; four-wave mixing noise; heralded single photon storage; photon statistics; room-temperature broadband quantum memory; scalable quantum networks; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Four-wave mixing; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Photonics; Random access memory; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
