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View SchemaCoherent control of collective spontaneous emission in an extended atomic ensemble and quantum storage
| Authors | Alexey Kalachev, Stefan Kroll |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0606155 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606155 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.023814 |
Abstract
Coherent control of collective spontaneous emission in an extended atomic ensemble resonantly interacting with single-photon wave packets is analyzed. A scheme for coherent manipulation of collective atomic states is developed such that superradiant states of the atomic system can be converted into subradiant ones and vice versa. Possible applications of such a scheme for optical quantum state storage and single-photon wave packet shaping are discussed. It is shown that also in the absence of inhomogeneous broadening of the resonant line, single-photon wave packets with arbitrary pulse shape may be recorded as a subradiant state and reconstructed even although the duration of the wave packets is larger than the superradiant life-time. Specifically the applicability for storing time-bin qubits, which are used in quantum cryptography is analyzed.
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