Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2010-12-02
Phys. Rev. A 83, 032315 (2011)
Physics
Quantum Physics
8 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
Spin echo techniques are essential for achieving long coherence times in solid-state quantum memories for light because of inhomogeneous broadening of the spin transitions. It has been suggested that unrealistic levels of precision for the radio frequency control pulses would be necessary for successful decoherence control at the quantum level. Here we study the effects of pulse imperfections in detail, using both a semi-classical and a fully quantum-mechanical approach. Our results show that high efficiencies and low noise-to-signal ratios can be achieved for the quantum memories in the single-photon regime for realistic levels of control pulse precision. We also analyze errors due to imperfect initial state preparation (optical pumping), showing that they are likely to be more important than control pulse errors in many practical circumstances. These results are crucial for future developments of solid-state quantum memories.
Heshami Khabat
Minář Jiří
Riedmatten Hugues de
Sangouard Nicolas
Simon Christoph
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