Phys. Rev. A 75, 032327 (2007) [8 pages]Analysis of a quantum memory for photons based on controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadeningSee Also: Publisher's Note Received 15 November 2006; published 21 March 2007; publisher error corrected 22 March 2007 We present a detailed analysis of a quantum memory for photons based on controlled and reversible inhomogeneous broadening. The explicit solution of the equations of motion is obtained in the weak excitation regime, making it possible to gain insight into the dependence of the memory efficiency on the optical depth, and on the width and shape of the atomic spectral distributions. We also study a simplified memory protocol which does not require any optical control fields. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032327
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032327
PACS:
03.67.Hk, 32.80.−t, 42.50.Md
See AlsoPublisher's Note: Nicolas Sangouard, Christoph Simon, Mikael Afzelius, and Nicolas Gisin, Publisher's Note: Analysis of a quantum memory for photons based on controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening [Phys. Rev. A 75, 032327 (2007)], Phys. Rev. A 75, 039904 (2007). |
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