Long-lived quantum memory

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-104

  Zhao, R ^a   Dudin, Y O ^a   Jenkins, S D ^a,b   Campbell, C J ^a   Matsukevich, D N ^c   Kennedy, T A B ^a   Kuzmich, A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GROUND STATE; OPTICAL LATTICES; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CLOCK TRANSITION; ENTANGLED STATE; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; ONE DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL LATTICE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTUM NETWORK; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 59449086517     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1152     Document Type: Article

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