Quantum state storage and processing for polarization qubits in an inhomogeneously broadened Λ-type three-level medium
arXiv:1109.5110 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.042314
Abstract
We address the propagation of a single photon pulse with two polarization components, i.e., a polarization qubit, in an inhomogeneously broadened "phaseonium" Λ-type three-level medium. We combine some of the non-trivial propagation effects characteristic for this kind of coherently prepared systems and the controlled reversible inhomogeneous broadening technique to propose several quantum information processing applications, such as a protocol for polarization qubit filtering and sieving as well as a tunable polarization beam splitter. Moreover, we show that, by imposing a spatial variation of the atomic coherence phase, an effcient quantum memory for the incident polarization qubit can be also implemented in Λ-type three-level systems.
9 pages, 4 figures
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