TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping broadband single-photon wave packets into an atomic memory
AU - Nunn, J
AU - Walmsley, IA
AU - Raymer, M G
AU - Surmacz, K
AU - Waldermann, F C
AU - Wang, Z
AU - Jaksch, D
PY - 2007/1/22
Y1 - 2007/1/22
N2 - We analyze a quantum optical memory based on the off-resonant Raman interaction of a single broadband photon, copropagating with a classical control pulse, with an atomic ensemble. The conditions under which the memory can perform optimally are found, by means of a universal mode decomposition. This enables the memory efficiency to be specified in terms of a single parameter, and the control field pulse shape to be determined via a simple nonlinear scaling. We apply the same decomposition to determine the optimal configurations for read-out.
AB - We analyze a quantum optical memory based on the off-resonant Raman interaction of a single broadband photon, copropagating with a classical control pulse, with an atomic ensemble. The conditions under which the memory can perform optimally are found, by means of a universal mode decomposition. This enables the memory efficiency to be specified in terms of a single parameter, and the control field pulse shape to be determined via a simple nonlinear scaling. We apply the same decomposition to determine the optimal configurations for read-out.
UR - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.75.011401
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.011401
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.011401
M3 - Article
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 75
JO - Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 11401R
ER -