Raman scheme for adjustable-bandwidth quantum memory

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Le Gouet J L ^a   Berman, P R ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC VELOCITIES; BEAM ANGLE; CONTROL BEAMS; DOPPLER; DOPPLER WIDTH; INPUT PULSE; MEMORY BANDWIDTHS; OPTICAL DEPTH; QUANTUM MEMORIES; RAMAN SCHEMES; RAMAN TRANSITION; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; STORAGE MEDIUM;

BANDWIDTH;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 69449106643     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.012320     Document Type: Article

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