Light storage for one second in room-temperature alkali vapor

Or Katz; Ofer Firstenberg

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04458-4

Nature Communications (May 2018)

Light storage for one second in room-temperature alkali vapor

Or Katz,
Ofer Firstenberg

Affiliations

Or Katz: Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science
Ofer Firstenberg: Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04458-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Storing quantum memories for a long time is important and challenging for quantum communication. Here the authors demonstrate a storage time of about 1 s using spin exchange relaxation free resonance in cesium vapor.

Published in Nature Communications

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