Experimental demonstration of quantum memory for light

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7016, 2004, Pages 482-486

  Julsgaard, Brian ^a   Sherson, Jacob ^a,b   Cirac, J Ignacio ^c   Flurášek, Jaromír ^d,e   Polzik, Eugene S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; CESIUM; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM OPTICS;

ATOMIC QUANTUM STATES; QUANTUM MEMORY; QUANTUM OBJECTS; RADIO-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC PULSE;

OPTICAL RECORDING;

CESIUM;

LIGHT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME;

EID: 9644289571     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03064     Document Type: Article

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