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arXiv:0709.2258 · Physical Review Letters

Quantum Memory for Squeezed Light

J. Appel, Eden V. Figueroa, Dmitry Korystov, Mirko Lobino, Alexander I. Lvovsky

Published Mar 5, 2008• 381 citations
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Abstract

We produce a 600-ns pulse of 1.86-dB squeezed vacuum at 795 nm in an optical parametric amplifier and store it in a rubidium vapor cell for 1 mus using electromagnetically induced transparency. The recovered pulse, analyzed using time-domain homodyne tomography, exhibits up to 0.21+/-0.04 dB of squeezing. We identify the factors leading to the degradation of squeezing and investigate the phase evolution of the atomic coherence during the storage interval.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.100.093602

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