Quantum memory for nonstationary light fields based on controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kraus, B ^a   Tittel, W ^a   Gisin, N ^a   Nilsson, M ^b   Kroll S ^b   Cirac, J I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTENSE FIELDS; LIGHT FIELDS; OPTICAL BLOCH EQUATIONS; QUANTUM MEMORY; QUBITS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ENERGY STORAGE; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; PHOTONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33344471039     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.020302     Document Type: Article

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