• DocumentCode
    3053072
  • Title

    Quantum memories with rare-earth-ion doped crystals

  • Author

    Bussieres, F. ; Clausen, C. ; Usmani, Imam ; Tiranov, A. ; Sangouard, Nicolas ; de Riedmatten, H. ; Afzelius, M. ; Gisin, Nicolas

  • Author_Institution
    Group of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Quantum networks consist in remote quantum memories capable of storing, processing and measuring quantum information distributed by photons. Here we describe how we used rare-earth-ion doped crystals to realize fundamental building blocks of quantum networks.
  • Keywords
    neodymium; optical materials; optical storage; quantum optics; yttrium compounds; Y2SiO5:Nd; neodymium-doped yttrium orthosilicate crystals; photonic quantum entanglement; quantum information; quantum memories; quantum networks; rare-earth-ion doped crystals; Atom optics; Crystals; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Quantum entanglement; Repeaters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6599944
  • Filename
    6599944