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Entanglement between a telecom photon and a room-temperature atomic-vapor quantum memory

Yang Wang, Alexander N. Craddock, Felipe Giraldo, Rourke Sekelsky, Mael Flament, Mehdi Namazi

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report experimental results of entangling a telecom photon and a long-lived atomic quantum memory, a key step in building a quantum repeater for long-distance quantum communications.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2024.fth3r.7

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