DocumentCode
1769584
Title
High-fidelity heralded polarization-state transfer of a photon onto a single atom
Author
Kurz, Christoph ; Muller, Philipp ; Schug, Michael ; Eich, Pascal ; Huwer, Jan ; Eschner, Jurgen
Author_Institution
Univ. des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken, Germany
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate heralded absorption of a single laser photon by a single trapped atomic ion, thereby mapping the photonic polarization state onto the atomic spin state with 97.9(1)% average fidelity.
Keywords
Zeeman effect; light polarisation; photoexcitation; trapped ions; atomic spin state; average fidelity; photonic polarization state; polarization state transfer; single atom; single laser photon absorption; single trapped atomic ion; Absorption; Atomic beams; Optical polarization; Particle beam optics; Photonics; Polarization; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6988430
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