Quantum memories: emerging applications and recent advances

Quantum light-matter interfaces are at the heart of photonic quantum technologies. Quantum memories for photons, where non-classical states of photons are mapped onto stationary matter states and preserved for subsequent retrieval, are technical realizations enabled by exquisite control over interac...

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Published in:Journal of modern optics Vol. 63; no. 20; pp. 2005 - 2028
Main Authors: Heshami, Khabat, England, Duncan G., Humphreys, Peter C., Bustard, Philip J., Acosta, Victor M., Nunn, Joshua, Sussman, Benjamin J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Taylor & Francis 12.11.2016
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Computation
Information processing
Light-matter interfaces
Memory devices
Nonlinear optics
Optical data processing
Optical quantum
optical quantum information processing
Optics
Original
Photonics
Photons
Quantum computing
Quantum memories
Quantum phenomena
Quantum theory
Review
light-matter interfaces
Quantum memories
optical quantum information processing
ISSN:0950-0340, 1362-3044, 1362-3044
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Summary:Quantum light-matter interfaces are at the heart of photonic quantum technologies. Quantum memories for photons, where non-classical states of photons are mapped onto stationary matter states and preserved for subsequent retrieval, are technical realizations enabled by exquisite control over interactions between light and matter. The ability of quantum memories to synchronize probabilistic events makes them a key component in quantum repeaters and quantum computation based on linear optics. This critical feature has motivated many groups to dedicate theoretical and experimental research to develop quantum memory devices. In recent years, exciting new applications, and more advanced developments of quantum memories, have proliferated. In this review, we outline some of the emerging applications of quantum memories in optical signal processing, quantum computation and non-linear optics. We review recent experimental and theoretical developments, and their impacts on more advanced photonic quantum technologies based on quantum memories.
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ISSN:0950-0340
1362-3044
1362-3044
DOI:10.1080/09500340.2016.1148212