Gradient echo memory in an ultra-high optical depth cold atomic ensemble

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sparkes, B M ^a   Bernu, J ^a   Hosseini, M ^a   Geng, J ^a,b   Glorieux, Q ^a,c   Altin, P A ^a   Lam, P K ^a   Robins, N P ^a   Buchler, B C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ENSEMBLE; COHERENCE TIME; COMMUNICATION RANGE; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; MEMORY EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM MEMORY; QUANTUM REPEATERS;

PHYSICS; RESEARCH;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883391856     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/8/085027     Document Type: Article

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