Session V33: Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Communication II

11:15 AM–1:51 PM, Thursday, March 8, 2007
Colorado Convention Center - 403

Sponsoring Unit: GQI
Chair: Christopher Fuchs, Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent

Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.MAR.V33.2

Abstract: V33.00002 : Investigations of an optical memory based on stimulated photon echoes

11:27 AM–11:39 AM

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Authors:

  Wolfgang Tittel
    (University of Calgary)

  Matthias Staudt
    (University of Geneva)

  Sara Simon-Hastings
    (University of Geneva)

  Mikael Afzelius
    (University of Geneva)

  Valerio Scarani
    (University of Geneva)

  Nicolas Gisin
    (University of Geneva)

By interfering photon echoes produced in a Erbium-doped LiNbO3 waveguiding structure, we investigated the preservation of information encoded into the relative phase and amplitudes of optical pulses during storage and retrieval in an optical memory based on stimulated photon echo. Our findings are of particular interest for future long-distance quantum communication protocols, which rely on the reversible transfer of quantum states between light and atoms with high fidelity.

To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2007.MAR.V33.2