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Author : Atia Amari
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ISBN 13 : 9789162880262
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Towards Efficient Quantum Memories in Rare-earth-ion-doped Solids written by Atia Amari and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mahmood Sabooni
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ISBN 13 : 9789174734805
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Efficient Quantum Memories Based on Spectral Engineering of Rare-earth-ion-doped Solids written by Mahmood Sabooni and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : S. Rudin
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Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Tunable Solid-state Quantum Memory Using Rare-earth-ion-doped Crystal, Nd3+:GaN written by S. Rudin and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kutlu Kutluer
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Total Pages : 159 pages
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Download or read book Quantum Memory Protocols for Photonic Solid-state Devices written by Kutlu Kutluer and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photonic quantum memory (QM) is a device that has the capability of storing a quantum state of light and retrieving back after a controlled time. It is an important element in quantum information science and is, among other applications, a crucial device for quantum repeater architectures which have been proposed to overcome the loss and the decoherence issues in long distance transmission of photons. Rare earth ion doped solid state systems are promising candidates for QMs which combine the advantages of solid state systems, such as scalability and reduced experimental complexity, with the long coherence time typically found in atomic systems. In this thesis, I investigated three different QM protocols in a Pr3+:Y2SiO5 crystal. The first part describes here the first demonstration of the spectral hole memory (SHoMe) protocol which was proposed theoretically in 2009. This protocol relies on slowing down the light in a long-lived spectral hole and transferring the excitations to the spin state. We first prepare a spectral hole, then send an input pulse whose bandwidth is comparable with the hole and stop the compressed light in the crystal by transferring the off-resonant coherence to the spin state with an optical p pulse. Later a second p pulse transfers the coherence back and leads to the emission of the stored light. We reached a storage and retrieval efficiency of around 40% in the classical regime, and of 31% in the single photon level, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 33 ± 4 for a mean input photon number of 1. These results demonstrate the most efficient and noiseless spin-wave solid-state optical memory at the single photon level to date. The second part of the thesis describes new experiments using the well-known atomic frequency comb (AFC) protocol. It is based on tailoring the inhomogeneously broadened absorption profile of the rare earth with periodic absorptive peaks, which induces the re-emission of the absorbed light field after a certain time determined by the separation between the peaks. In this chapter I describe several AFC experiments. First I present the storage of frequency converted telecom photons into our crystal where we obtained a total efficiency of 1.9 ± 0.2 % for a storage time of 1.6 μs storage time and signal-to-noise ratio of more than 200 for a mean input photon number of 1. Then I discuss the results of improved excited state storage efficiency values for long storage times where we achieved 30% at short storage times and up to 17% at 10 μs storage time. And finally I present a spin-wave AFC experiment where we obtained a signal-to-noise ratio value of 28 ± 8 for a mean input photon number of 1, the highest value achieved so far for this kind of experiment. Finally, in the last part, I describe the first demonstration of a solid-state photon pair source with embedded multimode quantum memory. The aim of the protocol is to combine a single photon source and a QM in one ensemble as in the well-known Duan-Lukin-Zoller-Cirac (DLCZ) scheme however this time not in a cold atomic ensemble but in a solid-state crystal. The protocol takes advantage of the AFC protocol for rephasing the ions and obtaining efficient read-out. The use of AFC also makes the protocol temporally multi-mode. In the experiment, after the AFC preparation we send an on-resonant write pulse and detect the decayed Stokes photons which herald single spin excitations. At a later time a read pulse transfers the spin excitation back to the excited state and we detect the anti-Stokes photons. We show strong non-classical second order cross-correlations between the Stokes and anti-Stokes photons and demonstrate storage of 11 temporal modes. The results presented in this thesis represent a significant contribution to the field of solid-state quantum memories and an important steps towards the realization of scalable quantum network architectures with solid state systems.
Author : Manjin Zhong
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Development of Persistent Quantum Memories written by Manjin Zhong and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis investigates the coherence properties of the hyperfine transitions of the 151Eu3+ ions in Eu3+:Y2SiO5 and evaluates the potential of developing quantum memories using these transitions. Quantum memories for light with long storage times are required for quantum commu- nication applications. For these memories to be useful they need to have storage times long compared to the transmission times across the communication network. For a global optical communication network this requires storage time longer than 100 ms. Rare-earth doped crystals have been identified as a suitable storage material. The storage time of these systems is limited by the coherence time of the hyperfine transitions of the optically active rare-earth ions. In previous work it had been demonstrated that coherence times as long as 1.4 seconds could be achieved for hyperfine transitions in Pr3+:Y2SiO5 by ap- plying a particular magnetic field such that the first order Zeeman shift of the transition nulled. This technique is known as zero first-order Zeeman (ZEFOZ). Due to the relatively large second order Zeeman efficient of the transitions in Pr3+:Y2SiO5, an extension of the coherence time, significantly beyond the 1.4 second mark using ZEFOZ, is not expected. However, it has been predicted that coherence times more than two orders of magnitude longer could be achieved in Eu3+:Y2SiO5 due to the smaller second order Zeeman shifts associated with the relevant hyperfine transitions. The dominant decoherence mechanism for the hyperfine transitions in diluted Eu3+:Y2SiO5 is the magnetic field perturbations caused by the random spin reconfigu- ration of the Y3+ ions in the host. By applying the ZEFOZ technique, previously used in Pr3+:Y2SiO5, the sensitivity of the transition's frequency to environmental magnetic field perturbations was significantly reduced. Further, this strong ZEFOZ magnetic field was also shown to induce a frozen core around the Eu3+ ion, which resulted in a signifi- cant suppression of the reconfiguration of the nearby Y3+ spins. The combined effect of the reduced sensitivity and frozen core effect allowed a decoherence rate of 8 × 10-5 s-1 over 100 milliseconds to be demonstrated. The observed decoherence rate is at least an order of magnitude lower than that of any other system suitable for an optical quantum memory. Furthermore, by employing dynamic decoherence control, a coherence time of 370 ± 60 minutes was achieved. This 6 hour coherence time observed here opens up the possibility of distributing quantum entanglement via the physical transport of memories as an alternative to optical communications. It was found that even at the critical point alignment the observed coherence times showed that the Y3+ spin flips remain the dominant decoherence mechanism. To aid in the development of future strategies to further extend the coherence time beyond 6 hours, a study of the Y3+ spin dynamics in the frozen core was conducted. Four of the Y3+ sites were resolved and a complete mapping of all frozen-core Y3+ sites was limited by the inhomogeneity of the applied magnetic field. The Rabi frequency, the coherence time and lifetime as well as the interaction strength with the Eu3+ ion of one of these Y3+ ions were measured. The observed lifetime of the Y3+ ion is 27 s, which is four orders of magnitude longer than the low field value. With the technique developed, a detailed understanding of the frozen-core dynamics is possible, which would allow an extension of the hyperfine coherence time of the Eu3+ ion towards the lifetime limit. In summary, this thesis provides a detailed characterisation of the decoherence mecha- nisms of the hyperfine transitions in Eu3+:Y2SiO5. The potential of using rare-earth doped crystals for the long-term storage of quantum information with applications to long-range quantum communications is identified. The demonstrated long coherence time of the quantum transitions for information storage allows a new way of entanglement distribu- tion: entanglement is transported by physically transporting the memory crystal rather than the light. This approach opens a new regime for both quantum communication and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics.
Author : Qian Li
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ISBN 13 : 9789177536161
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Quantum Memory Development and New Slow Light Applications in Rare-earth-ion-doped Crystals written by Qian Li and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Annabel Lucy Alexander
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Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Investigation of Quantum Information Storage in Rare Earth Doped Materials written by Annabel Lucy Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Riccardo Bassoli
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030629384
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Quantum Communication Networks written by Riccardo Bassoli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-03 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a tutorial on quantum communication networks. The authors discuss current paradigm shifts in communication networks that are needed to add computing and storage to the simple transport ideas of prevailing networks. They show how these ‘softwarized’ solutions break new grounds to reduce latency and increase resilience. The authors discuss how even though these solutions have inherent problems due to introduced computing latency and energy consumption, the problems can be solved by hybrid classical-quantum communication networks. The book brings together quantum networking, quantum information theory, quantum computing, and quantum simulation.
Author : Katherine Rose Ferguson
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Generation and Storage of Optical Entanglement in a Solid State Spin-wave Quantum Memory written by Katherine Rose Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis investigates an entangled light source with an in-built quantum memory based on the protocol of rephased amplified spontaneous emission (RASE). RASE has promising applications as a building-block of a quantum repeater: a device essential for extending the range of current quantum communication links. To be useful RASE must be able to produce high fidelity non-classical light with high efficiency, and be able to store multimode entanglement for long times. This thesis characterises the RASE source and determines to what degree these requirements can be met. The experimental RASE demonstration was conducted in a rare-earth ion doped crystal. Rare-earth ions provide a particularly promising platform for developing quantum technologies as they possess long coherence times on both the optical and hyperfine transitions. In the RASE protocol an inverted ensemble of two-level atoms amplifies the vacuum fluctuations resulting in amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). This results in entanglement between the output optical field and the collective modes of the amplifying ensemble. The collective atomic state dephases due to the inhomogeneous broadening of the ensemble but this can be rephased using photon echo techniques. When the ensemble rephases, a second optical field, the rephased amplified spontaneous emission (RASE), is emitted and is entangled with the ASE. In this thesis, a modified four-level rephasing scheme is used that allows the single photon signals to be spectrally resolved from any coherent background emission associated with the bright driving fields. In addition, four-level RASE incorporates storage on the long-lived hyperfine ground states. Two experiments are described in this thesis. First, a free-space four-level RASE demonstration using continuous-variable detection. In this experiment the different sources of noise were characterised and low noise operation was shown to be possible. Entanglement of the ASE and RASE was confirmed by violating the inseparability criterion with 98.6% confidence. In addition, entanglement was demonstrated after storage of the collective atomic state on the spin states and RASE was shown to be temporally multimode, with almost perfect distinguishability between two temporal modes demonstrated. The degree of entanglement between the ASE and RASE was limited by the rephasing efficiency, which saturated at 3%. It was determined that distortion of the rephasing pulses as they propagate through the optically thick ensemble was the probable cause of the low efficiency. The second experiment was a preliminary cavity-enhanced RASE demonstration. Theoretically perfect rephasing efficiency can be obtained by placing the crystal in an impedance-matched optical cavity. The initial cavity design showed encouraging evidence of an enhancement in the rephasing efficiency, with a 4-fold improvement over the free-space experiment. Improvements to the cavity design were proposed to allow a further increase in the rephasing efficiency of RASE. In summary, this thesis provides an extensive characterisation of an entangled light source with an in-built quantum memory based on rephasing spontaneous emission from an ensemble of ions. Importantly, the RASE scheme allows generation and storage of entanglement in a single protocol, which holds great promise for the development of integrated quantum networks.
Author : Ana Predojević
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319192310
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Engineering the Atom-Photon Interaction written by Ana Predojević and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive view of the contemporary methods for quantum-light engineering. In particular, it addresses different technological branches and therefore allows the reader to quickly identify the best technology - application match. Non-classical light is a versatile tool, proven to be an intrinsic part of various quantum technologies. Its historical significance has made it the subject of many text books written both from theoretical and experimental point of view. This book takes another perspective by giving an insight to modern technologies used to generate and manipulate quantum light.
Author : Alessando Seri
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A Multimode Solid-state Quantum Memory for Single Photons written by Alessando Seri and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantum memories (QMs) for light represent a fundamental ingredient for the development of a quantum internet. Among other applications, they are a building block for the distribution of entanglement on large scale, i.e. for the realization of a quantum repeater architecture. Rare earth doped crystals (REDCs) are a promising candidate towards this goal. In my thesis I use a Pr3+:Y2SiO5 crystal. The longest storage time and the highest retrieval efficiency for a solid-state memory measured so far, were demonstrated with this system (in the classical regime). However, the main advantages of solid-state platforms are their suitability for miniaturization and integration as well as their inhomogeneous broadening, which enables broadband storage and spectral multiplexing. In this thesis we demonstrate an on-demand solid-state QM for real single photons. Moreover we study new platforms for integrated QM based on the same material. We employ the atomic frequency comb (AFC) technique, which is the most promising storage protocol in terms of temporal multiplexing up to now. Until the start of my PhD there was still no demonstration of storage of a real quantum state of light with an on-demand readout in REDCs. We achieved this in the course of this thesis, measuring also for the first time (and only, at the time of writing) non-classical correlation between a single spin wave in a solid-state QM and a telecom photon. After proving the suitability of Pr3+:Y2SiO5 crystals for on-demand QMs, we demonstrated novel types of integrated optical memories based on the same system. We studied the spectroscopic and coherence properties of the ions in laser-written waveguides fabricated by fs-laser micromachining. These projects were developed in collaboration with Dr. R. Osellame and Dr. G. Corrielli at Politecnico di Milano, who fabricated the waveguides and analysed their guiding properties. In a first kind of waveguide, called type II, we performed the first storage with on-demand retrieval ever done in solid-state integrated optical memories (with classical light). We continued analysing a so-called type I waveguide, in which the mode-size is comparable with the mode guided in a single-mode fiber at the same wavelength. Here we showed storage of heralded single-photons for a pre-programmed time. The demonstrated storage time, 5.5 μs, is the longest quantum storage demonstrated in any integrated waveguide up to now. Finally, we performed in the same waveguide storage of the whole spectrum of a frequency-multiplexed heralded photon, spanning a range of frequencies of ̃ 4 GHz. The photon is naturally multiplexed due to the generation method used, namely cavity-enhanced SPDC. The possibility of storing such a broad spectrum comes from the intrinsic inhomogeneous broadening present in REDCs. Together with the 15 frequency modes constituting the multiplexed photon, 9 temporal modes were stored thanks to the intrinsic temporal multimodality of the AFC protocol. The method used to fabricate our waveguides, fs-laser micromachining, is the only one to our knowledge that allows for direct 3D fabrication in the substrate. In the future, this will yield matrices of fiber-pigtailed waveguide-based QMs, thus enabling a high degree of spatial multiplexing, which nowadays is mostly exploited in atomic clouds, where temporal and spectral multiplexing are more difficult to achieve. The crystal, the protocol and the waveguide fabrication technique employed in this thesis, represent all together a very promising system, opening the way for a future quantum repeater architecture based on scalable highly multiplexed QMs.
Author : Sooraj H. Nandyala
Publisher : Materials Research Forum LLC
ISBN 13 : 1644903040
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (449 download)
Download or read book Rare Earth written by Sooraj H. Nandyala and published by Materials Research Forum LLC. This book was released on 2024-06-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph represents a tribute to the late Prof. Karl Gschneidner, well known as “Mr. Rare Earth”, distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Iowa State University, a Senior Metallurgist at the Ames Laboratory, and the Chief Scientist of the Critical Materials Institute. Topics covered include Rare Earth Glass Spectroscopy, Treating Skin Diseases, Prospective Rare Earth Applications, Optical Information Storage, Diagnostic Imaging, Nanoparticles in Glasses, and ZnO Nanomaterials.
Author : Mohamed Benyoucef
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527837434
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Photonic Quantum Technologies written by Mohamed Benyoucef and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-05-04 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photonic Quantum Technologies Brings together top-level research results to enable the development of practical quantum devices In Photonic Quantum Technologies: Science and Applications, the editor Mohamed Benyoucef and a team of distinguished scientists from different disciplines deliver an authoritative, one-stop overview of up-to-date research on various quantum systems. This unique book reviews the state-of-the-art research in photonic quantum technologies and bridges the fundamentals of the field with applications to provide readers from academia and industry, in one-location resource, with cutting-edge knowledge they need to have to understand and develop practical quantum systems for application in e.g., secure quantum communication, quantum metrology, and quantum computing. The book also addresses fundamental and engineering challenges en route to workable quantum devices and ways to circumvent or overcome them. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to the fundamentals of quantum technologies, including discussions of the second quantum revolution (by Nobel Laureate Alain Aspect), solid-state quantum optics, and non-classical light and quantum entanglement Comprehensive explorations of emerging quantum technologies and their practical applications, including quantum repeaters, satellite-based quantum communication, quantum networks, silicon quantum photonics, integrated quantum systems, and future vision Practical discussions of quantum technologies with artificial atoms, color centers, 2D materials, molecules, atoms, ions, and optical clocks Perfect for molecular and solid-state physicists, Photonic Quantum Technologies: Science and Applications will also benefit industrial and academic researchers in photonics and quantum optics, graduate students in the field; engineers, chemists, and computer and material scientists.
Author : Tomas Christiansson
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Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (924 download)
Download or read book A First Step Towards Quantum Computing in Rare-earth-ion-doped Crystals written by Tomas Christiansson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yong Yu
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811979391
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Long Distance Entanglement Between Quantum Memories written by Yong Yu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights novel research work done on cold atom-based quantum networks. Given that one of the main challenges in building the quantum network is the limited entanglement distribution distance, this book presents some state-of-the-art experiments in tackling this challenge and, for the first time, establishes entanglement between quantum memories via metropolitan-scale fiber transmission. This achievement is accomplished by cooperating high-efficiency cold quantum memories, low-loss quantum frequency conversion modules, and long-fiber phase-locking techniques. In the book, the scheme design, experimental setup, data analyses, and numerous technical details are given. Therefore, it suits a broad readership that includes all students, researchers, and technicians who work in quantum information sciences.
Author : Mattias Nilsson
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Total Pages : 226 pages
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Download or read book Coherent Interactions in Rare-earth-ion-doped Crystals for Applications in Quantum Information Science written by Mattias Nilsson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Touseef Para
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1837697965
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (376 download)
Download or read book Optoelectronics - Recent Advances written by Touseef Para and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-13 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey through the cutting-edge world of optoelectronics with Optoelectronics - Recent Advances. This anthology explores the diverse realms of light and electronics, from fundamental insights to groundbreaking advancements. Discover the future of quantum information processing, gold nanorod assembly, and more. This collection of seven chapters brings together leading minds, offering a glimpse into the transformative potential of recent optoelectronic research. Whether you're a curious reader or a seasoned researcher, Optoelectronics - Recent Advances invites you to witness the brilliance where ideas shine bright.
