Title :
Broadband waveguide quantum memory for entangled photons
Author :
Saglamyurek, E. ; Sinclair, N. ; Jin, J. ; Slater, J.A. ; Oblak, D. ; Tittel, W. ; Bussiéres, F. ; George, M. ; Ricken, R. ; Sohler, W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Calgary Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We report the reversible transfer of photon-photon entanglement, generated by means of spontaneous parametric down-conversion, into entanglement between a photon and a collective atomic excitation in a thulium-doped lithium niobate waveguide cooled to 3 K.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical storage; optical waveguides; quantum computing; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; thulium; LiNbO3:Tm; broadband waveguide quantum memory; collective atomic excitation; photon-photon entanglement; spontaneous parametric down-conversion; temperature 3 K; thulium-doped lithium niobate waveguide; Broadband communication; Lithium niobate; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Quantum entanglement; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Information Photonics (IP), 2011 ICO International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-315-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICO-IP.2011.5953696
