Quantum light storage in rare-earth-ion-doped solids

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/2/020303

Abstract

The reversible transfer of unknown quantum states between light and matter is essential for constructing large-scale quantum networks. Over the last decade, various physical systems have been proposed to realize such quantum memory for light. The solid-state quantum memory based on rare-earth-ion-doped solids has the advantages of a reduced setup complexity and high robustness for scalable application. We describe the methods used to spectrally prepare the quantum memory and release the photonic excitation on-demand. We will review the state of the art experiments and discuss the perspective applications of this particular system in both quantum information science and fundamental tests of quantum physics.

Keywords: quantum memory quantum physics quantum network rare-earth-ion-doped solids

Received: 31 August 2017
Revised: 20 November 2017
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PACS:	03.67.Hk	(Quantum communication)
	42.50.Md	(Optical transient phenomena: quantum beats, photon echo, free-induction decay, dephasings and revivals, optical nutation, and self-induced transparency)
	03.67.Pp	(Quantum error correction and other methods for protection against decoherence)
	42.50.Ex	(Optical implementations of quantum information processing and transfer)

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Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0304100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61327901, 11774331, 11774335, 11504362, 11325419, and 11654002), the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. QYZDY-SSW-SLH003), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant Nos. WK2470000023 and WK2470000026).

Corresponding Authors: Zong-Quan Zhou, Chuan-Feng Li
E-mail: zq_zhou@ustc.edu.cn;cfli@ustc.edu.cn

About author: 03.67.Hk; 42.50.Md; 03.67.Pp; 42.50.Ex

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Yi-Lin Hua(华怡林), Zong-Quan Zhou(周宗权), Chuan-Feng Li(李传锋), Guang-Can Guo(郭光灿) Quantum light storage in rare-earth-ion-doped solids 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 020303

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