Telecommunication-wavelength solid-state memory at the single photon level

Details Telecommunication-wavelength solid-state memory at the single photon level Telecommunication-wavelength solid-state memory at the single photon level

2009-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2348v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 080502 (2010)

Physics

Quantum Physics

5 pages, 4 figures, revised version; changed title, abstract and text passages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.080502

We demonstrate experimentally the storage and retrieval of weak coherent light fields at telecommunication wavelengths in a solid. Light pulses at the single photon level are stored for a time up to 600 ns in an Erbium-doped Y$_2$SiO$_5$ crystal at 2.6 K and retrieved on demand. The memory is based on photon echoes with controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening, which is realized here for the first time at the single photon level. This is implemented with an external field gradient using the linear Stark effect. This experiment demonstrates the feasibility of a solid state quantum memory for single photons at telecommunication wavelengths, which would represent an important resource in quantum information science.

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