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arXiv 2004.03123quant-ph
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单光子偏振量子比特的高效量子存储器

Efficient quantum memory for single photon polarization qubits

Y. Wang, J. Li, S. Zhang, K. Su, Y. Zhou, K. Liao, S. Du, H. Yan, S. L. Zhu

摘要:

量子存储器是实现远距离量子通信和大规模量子计算的关键接口,用于存储和检索飞行的光子量子态。虽然许多高存储-检索效率的实验方案已经用弱相干光脉冲进行,但迄今为止实现的所有真正单光子的量子存储器的效率远低于50%,这是实际应用的阈值。在这里,我们报告的演示单光子偏振量子比特的效率>85%,保真度> 99%,基于平衡的双通道电磁诱导透明的激光冷却铷原子的量子存储器。对于单通道量子存储器,存储和检索单光子时间波形的优化效率可高达90.6%。我们的结果使光子量子存储器更接近于量子信息处理的实际应用。

英文摘要:

A quantum memory, for storing and retrieving flying photonic quantum states, is a key interface for realizing long-distance quantum communication and large-scale quantum computation. While many experimental schemes of high storage-retrieval efficiency have been performed with weak coherent light pulses, all quantum memories for true single photons achieved so far have efficiencies far below 50%, a threshold value for practical applications. Here, we report the demonstration of a quantum memory for single-photon polarization qubits with an efficiency of >85% and a fidelity of >99 %, basing on balanced two-channel electromagnetically induced transparency in laser-cooled rubidium atoms. For the single-channel quantum memory, the optimized efficiency for storing and retrieving single-photon temporal waveforms can be as high as 90.6 %. Our result pushes the photonic quantum memory closer to its practical applications in quantum information processing.

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