Title :
Bad cavities for good memories: Storing broadband photons with low noise
Author :
Nunn, Josh ; Champion, Tessa ; Munns, Joseph ; Cheng Qiu ; Saunders, Dylan ; Walmsley, Ian A.
Author_Institution :
Clarendon Lab., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Abstract :
Quantum memories are vital for synchronising photonic operations. Broadband, room-temperature storage in Raman memories is hampered by four-wave mixing noise. Here we show how to eliminate the noise with a low-finesse cavity.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical noise; optical storage; quantum optics; Raman memories; broadband photon storage; broadband room-temperature storage; four-wave mixing noise; low-finesse cavity; photonic operations; quantum memories; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Cavity resonators; Noise; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Photonics; Random access memory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
