Optimal Storage and Retrieval of Single-Photon Waveforms
arXiv:1207.2670 · doi:10.1364/OE.20.024124
Abstract
We report an experimental demonstration of optimal storage and retrieval of heralded single-photon wave packets using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in cold atoms at a high optical depth. We obtain an optimal storage efficiency of (49+/-3)% for single-photon waveforms with a temporal likeness of 96%. Our result brings the EIT quantum light-matter interface close to practical quantum information applications.
5 pages, 4 figures
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