Rare-earth-doped LiNbO 3and KTiOPO 4(KTP) for waveguide quantum memories

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Thiel, C W ^a   Sun, Y ^b   MacFarlane, R M ^a,c   Böttger, Thomas ^d   Cone, R L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; BULK CRYSTALS; BULK SINGLE CRYSTALS; DECOHERENCE; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HOST MATERIALS; PHOTON ECHOES; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; QUANTUM MEMORIES; RARE EARTH IONS; RARE-EARTH DOPED CRYSTALS; SPECTRAL-HOLE BURNING; ZEEMAN EFFECT;

ERBIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM THEORY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84862206472     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/45/12/124013     Document Type: Article

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