Entanglement between more than two hundred macroscopic atomic ensembles in a solid

P. Zarkeshian; C. Deshmukh; N. Sinclair; S. K. Goyal; G. H. Aguilar; P. Lefebvre; M. Grimau Puigibert; V. B. Verma; F. Marsili; M. D. Shaw; S. W. Nam; K. Heshami; D. Oblak; W. Tittel; C. Simon

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00897-7

Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Entanglement between more than two hundred macroscopic atomic ensembles in a solid

P. Zarkeshian,
C. Deshmukh,
N. Sinclair,
S. K. Goyal,
G. H. Aguilar,
P. Lefebvre,
M. Grimau Puigibert,
V. B. Verma,
F. Marsili,
M. D. Shaw,
S. W. Nam,
K. Heshami,
D. Oblak,
W. Tittel,
C. Simon

Affiliations

P. Zarkeshian: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
C. Deshmukh: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
N. Sinclair: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
S. K. Goyal: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
G. H. Aguilar: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
P. Lefebvre: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
M. Grimau Puigibert: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
V. B. Verma: National Institute of Standards and Technology
F. Marsili: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
M. D. Shaw: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
S. W. Nam: National Institute of Standards and Technology
K. Heshami: National Research Council of Canada
D. Oblak: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
W. Tittel: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary
C. Simon: Institute for Quantum Science and Technology, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Calgary

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00897-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Multipartite entanglement is of both fundamental and practical interest, but is notoriously difficult to witness and characterise. Here, Zarkeshian et al. demonstrate multipartite entanglement in an atomic frequency comb storing a single photon in a Dicke state spread over a macroscopic ensemble.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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