Atomic spins as a storage medium for quantum fluctuations of light

Quantum Information and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 518-534

  Julsgaard, B ^a   Schori, C ^a   Sorensen J L ^a   Polzik, E S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuous variables; Quantum memory; Quantum noise; Squeezed light

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; LIGHT; QUANTUM NOISE; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

CESIUM ATOM; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; OFF-RESONANT LIGHT; POLARIZATION STATE; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; QUANTUM MEMORY; QUANTUM STATE; STORAGE MEDIUM;

SQUEEZED LIGHT;

EID: 3142604510     PISSN: 15337146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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