Echo protocols of an optical quantum memory

Abstract

Based on new obtained analytical results, the main properties of photon echo quantum memory protocols are analysed and discussed together with recently achieved experimental results. The main attention is paid to studying the influence of spectral dispersion and nonlinear interaction of light pulses with resonant atoms. The distinctive features of the effect of spectral dispersion on the quantum storage of broadband signal pulses in the studied echo protocols are identified and discussed. Using photon echo area theorem, closed analytical solutions for echo protocols of quantum memory are obtained, describing the storage of weak and intense signal pulses, allowing us to find the conditions for the implementation of high efficiency in the echo protocols under strong nonlinear interaction of signal and control pulses with atoms. The key existing practical problems and the ways to solve them in realistic experimental conditions are outlined. We also briefly discuss the potential of using the considered photon echo quantum memory protocols in a quantum repeater.

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Keywords

optical quantum memory / photon echo / crystals with rare earth ions / quantum repeater

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Acknowledgements

The authors greatly thank Dr. N. M. Arslanov for useful discussions. This work was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Register No. 121020400113-1).

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