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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Mapping entanglement in and out of quantum memories

Hui Deng, Kyung Soo Choi, Julien Laurat, Harry J. Kimble

Published May 4, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report entanglement generation in atomic quantum memories via deterministic mapping of photonic entanglement. The atomic entanglement is retrieved back into photon modes after a programmable storage time, with an overall efficiency of 17%.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2008.4553208

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