Multimode storage and retrieval of microwave fields in a spin ensemble

Physical Review X

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Grezes, C ^a   Julsgaard, B ^b   Kubo, Y ^a,f   Stern, M ^a   Umeda, T ^c   Isoya, J ^c   Sumiya, H ^d   Abe, H ^e   Onoda, S ^e   Ohshima, T ^e   Jacques, V ^f,g   Esteve, J ^h   Vion, D ^a   Esteve, D ^a   Molmer K ^b   Bertet, P ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^e JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Quantum information

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PUMPING; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

NITROGEN VACANCIES; NITROGEN-VACANCY CENTER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; QUANTUM CIRCUIT; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 84904545469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.021049     Document Type: Article

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