Atomic vapor quantum memory for a photonic polarization qubit

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 25786-25793

  Cho, Young Wook ^a   Kim, Yoon Ho ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; RUBIDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY; VAPORS;

ATOMIC VAPOR; ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; QUANTUM MEMORIES; QUANTUM PROCESS TOMOGRAPHY; RUBIDIUM ATOMS; STORAGE TIME; VAPOR CELLS;

POLARIZATION;

RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASES; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RUBIDIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78650066537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025786     Document Type: Article

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