Efficient cavity-assisted storage of photonic qubits in a solid-state quantum memory

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Main Authors: Duranti, Stefano, Wengerowsky, Sören, Feldmann, Leo, Seri, Alessandro, Casabone, Bernardo, de Riedmatten, Hugues
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author Duranti, Stefano
Wengerowsky, Sören
Feldmann, Leo
Seri, Alessandro
Casabone, Bernardo
de Riedmatten, Hugues
author_facet Duranti, Stefano
Wengerowsky, Sören
Feldmann, Leo
Seri, Alessandro
Casabone, Bernardo
de Riedmatten, Hugues
contents We report on the high-efficiency storage and retrieval of weak coherent optical pulses and photonic qubits in a cavity-enhanced solid-state quantum memory. By using an atomic frequency comb (AFC) memory in a $Pr^{3+}:Y_2 SO_5$ crystal embedded in a low-finesse impedance-matched cavity, we stored weak coherent pulses at the single photon level with up to 62% efficiency for a pre-determined storage time of 2 $μ$s. We also confirmed that the impedance-matched cavity enhances the efficiency for longer storage times up to 70 $μ$s. Taking advantage of the temporal multimodality of the AFC scheme, we then store weak coherent time-bin qubits with (51+-2)% efficiency and a measurement-device limited fidelity over (94.8+-1.4)% for the retrieved qubits. These results represent the most efficient storage in a single photon level AFC memory and the most efficient qubit storage in a solid-state quantum memory up-to-date.
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spellingShingle Efficient cavity-assisted storage of photonic qubits in a solid-state quantum memory
Duranti, Stefano
Wengerowsky, Sören
Feldmann, Leo
Seri, Alessandro
Casabone, Bernardo
de Riedmatten, Hugues
Quantum Physics
We report on the high-efficiency storage and retrieval of weak coherent optical pulses and photonic qubits in a cavity-enhanced solid-state quantum memory. By using an atomic frequency comb (AFC) memory in a $Pr^{3+}:Y_2 SO_5$ crystal embedded in a low-finesse impedance-matched cavity, we stored weak coherent pulses at the single photon level with up to 62% efficiency for a pre-determined storage time of 2 $μ$s. We also confirmed that the impedance-matched cavity enhances the efficiency for longer storage times up to 70 $μ$s. Taking advantage of the temporal multimodality of the AFC scheme, we then store weak coherent time-bin qubits with (51+-2)% efficiency and a measurement-device limited fidelity over (94.8+-1.4)% for the retrieved qubits. These results represent the most efficient storage in a single photon level AFC memory and the most efficient qubit storage in a solid-state quantum memory up-to-date.
title Efficient cavity-assisted storage of photonic qubits in a solid-state quantum memory
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.03509