Broadband single-photon-level memory in a hollow-core photonic crystal fibre. Sprague, M., Michelberger, P., Champion, T., England, D. d, Nunn, J., Jin, X. b, Kolthammer, W., Abdolvand, A., Russell, P., & Walmsley, I. Nature Photonics, 8(4):287-291, 2014. Paper doi abstract bibtex Storing information encoded in light is critical for realizing optical buffers for all-optical signal processing and quantum memories for quantum information processing. These proposals require efficient interaction between atoms and a well-defined optical mode. Photonic crystal fibres can enhance light-matter interactions and have engendered a broad range of nonlinear effects; however, the storage of light has proven elusive. Here, we report the first demonstration of an optical memory in a hollow-core photonic crystal fibre. We store gigahertz-bandwidth light in the hyperfine coherence of caesium atoms at room temperature using a far-detuned Raman interaction. We demonstrate a signal-to-noise ratio of 2.6:1 at the single-photon level and a memory efficiency of 27 ± 1%. Our results demonstrate the potential of a room-temperature fibre-integrated optical memory for implementing local nodes of quantum information networks. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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author = {Sprague, M.R.a , Michelberger, P.S.a , Champion, T.F.M.a , England,
D.G.a d , Nunn, J.a , Jin, X.-M.a b , Kolthammer, W.S.a , Abdolvand,
A.c , Russell, P.S.J.c , Walmsley, I.A.a },
title = {Broadband single-photon-level memory in a hollow-core photonic crystal
fibre},
journal = {Nature Photonics},
year = {2014},
volume = {8},
pages = {287-291},
number = {4},
abstract = {Storing information encoded in light is critical for realizing optical
buffers for all-optical signal processing and quantum memories for
quantum information processing. These proposals require efficient
interaction between atoms and a well-defined optical mode. Photonic
crystal fibres can enhance light-matter interactions and have engendered
a broad range of nonlinear effects; however, the storage of light
has proven elusive. Here, we report the first demonstration of an
optical memory in a hollow-core photonic crystal fibre. We store
gigahertz-bandwidth light in the hyperfine coherence of caesium atoms
at room temperature using a far-detuned Raman interaction. We demonstrate
a signal-to-noise ratio of 2.6:1 at the single-photon level and a
memory efficiency of 27 ± 1%. Our results demonstrate the potential
of a room-temperature fibre-integrated optical memory for implementing
local nodes of quantum information networks. © 2014 Macmillan Publishers
Limited. All rights reserved.},
affiliation = {Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1
3PU, United Kingdom; Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai 200240, China; Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light,
91058 Erlangen, Germany; National Research Council of Canada, 1200
Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada},
document_type = {Article},
doi = {10.1038/nphoton.2014.45},
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