Maximum coherence in optical transitions in rare-earth-ion-activated solids

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7611, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rebane, Aleks K ^a,b   Thiel, Charles W ^a   Mohan, R Krishna ^a   Cone, Rufus L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Optical coherence; Quantum information processing; Rare earth doped solids

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; DEPHASING; DEPHASING RATES; ENCODED INFORMATION; ENERGY LEVEL; FIGURES OF MERITS; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL COHERENCES; OPTICAL TRANSIENT; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; RADIATION FIELD; RARE-EARTH DOPED CRYSTALS; RARE-EARTH-DOPED SOLIDS; SPONTANEOUS RADIATIVE DECAY; STORAGE MEDIUM; STORAGE TIME;

COHERENT LIGHT; DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL RECORDING; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 77951671262     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.848879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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