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Telecom Quantum Frequency Conversion of Ba+ Trapped Ions for Quantum Networking

Michael Kwan, Kate S. Collins, Qudsia Sara Quraishi, Edo Waks A

Published Jan 1, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate two-stage, polarization-preserving quantum frequency conversion for converting Ba+ single photons to the telecom O-band for quantum networking. We anticipate three orders of magnitude improved SNR over our prior work converting to C-band.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_fs.2025.ff115_3

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