Diffusion induced decoherence of stored optical vortices

Details Diffusion induced decoherence of stored optical vortices Diffusion induced decoherence of stored optical vortices

2007-08-02

arxiv.org/abs/0708.0399v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043815

We study the coherence properties of optical vortices stored in atomic ensembles. In the presence of thermal diffusion, the topological nature of stored optical vortices is found not to guarantee slow decoherence. Instead the stored vortex state has decoherence surprisingly larger than the stored Gaussian mode. Generally, the less phase gradient, the more robust for stored coherence against diffusion. Furthermore, calculation of coherence factor shows that the center of stored vortex becomes completely incoherent once diffusion begins and, when reading laser is applied, the optical intensity at the center of the vortex becomes nonzero. Its implication for quantum information is discussed. Comparison of classical diffusion and quantum diffusion is also presented.

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