Single-photon-level quantum image memory based on cold atomic ensembles

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ding, Dong Sheng ^a   Zhou, Zhi Yuan ^a   Shi, Bao Sen ^a   Guo, Guang Can ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COLD; MEMORY; PHOTON; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885341880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3527     Document Type: Article

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