A noise-free quantum memory for broadband light at room temperature

• DOI: 10.1364/qim.2017.qt2a.4
• Publication Date: 2017-03-30T07:47:33Z
• Authors: K. T. Kaczmarek; P. M. Ledingham; B. Brecht; A. Feizpour; G. S. Thekkadath; S. E. Thomas; J. H. D. Munns; D. J. Saunders; I. A. Walmsley; J. Nunn
• Keywords: Quantum Memory

We have developed a novel protocol for broadband, noise-free light-matter interactions using off-resonant two-photon absorption.We then used this quantum ladder (QLAD) to store and retrieve 1.5 GHz bandwidth heralded single photons.