Title :
Broadband waveguide quantum memory for entangled photons
Author :
Saglamyurek, Erhan ; Sinclair, Neil ; Jin, Jeongwan ; Slater, Joshua A. ; Oblak, Daniel ; Tittel, Wolfgang ; Bussières, Félix ; George, Mathew ; Ricken, Raimund ; Sohler, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We report the reversible transfer of photon-photon entanglement, generated by means of spontaneous parametric down-conversion, into entanglement between a photon and a collective atomic excitation in a thulium-doped lithium niobate waveguide cooled to 3 K.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; quantum computing; quantum entanglement; quantum optics; thulium; LiNbO3:Tm; broadband waveguide quantum memory; collective atomic excitation; entangled photons; photon-photon entanglement; reversible transfer; spontaneous parametric down-conversion; temperature 3 K; thulium-doped lithium niobate waveguide; Bandwidth; Lithium niobate; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Quantum entanglement; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.5999934