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Frontiers in Optics

Photonic Bus Connecting Atomic-Ensemble Spin-Wave Quantum Memories

Vladan Vuletić, Jonathan Simon, Haruka Tanji, Saikat Ghosh

Published Jan 1, 2007• 2 citations
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Abstract

A single spin-wave quantum (magnon) is transferred phase-coherently between two atomic ensembles via a dark state of an optical resonator. Partial transfer results in an entangled state, with the magnon shared between the two ensembles.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2007.fwn1

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