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arXiv:0912.2970 · Nature Photonics

Towards high-speed optical quantum memories

K. F. Reim, Joshua Nunn, Virginia O. Lorenz, Benjamin Sussman, K. C. Lee, Nathan K. Langford, Dieter Jaksch, Ian A. Walmsley

Published Mar 7, 2010• 343 citations
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10.1038/nphoton.2010.30

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