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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

Frequency multiplexed quantum memories with read-out on demand for quantum repeaters

Neil E. Sinclair, Erhan Sağlamyürek, Hassan Mallahzadeh, Joshua A. Slater, Morgan P. Hedges, Mathew George, Raimund Ricken, Daniel Oblak, W. Sohler, Wolfgang Tittel

Published Jun 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose an approach to quantum repeaters based on frequency multiplexing and experimentally demonstrate the key component: a frequency multimode quantum memory featuring recall on demand in the frequency domain.
DOI
10.1109/cleopr.2013.6599945

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