• DocumentCode
    1769586
  • Title

    A THz-bandwidth optical memory for quantum storage

  • Author

    England, D.G. ; Bustard, P.J. ; Sussman, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated a THz-bandwidth quantum memory using the optical phonon modes of room-temperature diamond [1]. A noise-floor of just 0.007 photons per pulse provides the opportunity to store photons produced by spontaneous parametric downconversion.
  • Keywords
    diamond; optical noise; optical storage; phonons; quantum noise; quantum optics; terahertz waves; C; noise-floor; optical phonon modes; quantum storage; room-temperature diamond; spontaneous parametric downconversion; temperature 293 K to 298 K; terahertz-bandwidth optical memory; terahertz-bandwidth quantum memory; Diamonds; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Photonics; Random access memory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988432