Title :
Nonclassical photon pairs from a cold atomic ensemble for scalable quantum communication
Author :
Chou, C.W. ; Polyakov, S. ; Kimble, H.J.
Author_Institution :
Norman Bridge Lab. of Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
We report a dramatic improvement of the degree of nonclassical correlation between photon pairs generated by a cold atomic ensemble. The temporal dependence of this correlation and the influence of decoherence are described
Keywords :
laser cooling; optical communication; optical correlation; quantum communication; quantum optics; cold atomic ensemble; decoherence; nonclassical correlation; nonclassical photon pairs; scalable quantum communication;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4
