Temporal multimode storage of entangled photon pairs

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  • Alexey Tiranov
  • Peter C. Strassmann
  • Jonathan Lavoie
  • Nicolas Brunner
  • Marcus Huber
  • Varun B. Verma
  • Sae Woo Nam
  • Richard P. Mirin
  • Adriana E. Lita
  • Francesco Marsili
  • Mikael Afzelius
  • Félix Bussières
  • Nicolas Gisin
Multiplexed quantum memories capable of storing and processing entangled photons are essential for the development of quantum networks. In this context, we demonstrate the simultaneous storage and retrieval of two entangled photons inside a solid-state quantum memory and measure a temporal multimode capacity of ten modes. This is achieved by producing two polarization entangled pairs from parametric down conversion and mapping one photon of each pair onto a rare-earth-ion doped (REID) crystal using the atomic frequency comb (AFC) protocol. We develop a concept of indirect entanglement witnesses, which can be used as Schmidt number witness, and we use it to experimentally certify the presence of more than one entangled pair retrieved from the quantum memory. Our work puts forward REID-AFC as a platform compatible with temporal multiplexing of several entangled photon pairs along with a new entanglement certification method useful for the characterisation of multiplexed quantum memories.
Original languageEnglish
Article number240506
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume117
Number of pages6
ISSN0031-9007
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jun 2016
Externally publishedYes

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