A Broadband DLCZ Quantum Memory in Room-Temperature Atoms
arXiv:1704.06309 · doi:10.1038/s42005-018-0057-9
Abstract
Quantum memory capable of stopping flying photons and storing their quantum coherence is essential for scalable quantum technologies. A room-temperature broadband quantum memory will enable the implementation of large-scale quantum systems for real-life applications. Due to either intrinsic high noises or short lifetime, it is still challenging to find a room-temperature broadband quantum memory beyond conceptual demonstration. Here, we present a far-off-resonance Duan-Lukin-Cirac-Zoller (FORD) protocol and demonstrate the broadband quantum memory in room-temperature atoms. We observe a low unconditional noise level of and a cross-correlation up to 28. A strong violation of Cauchy-Schwarz inequality indicates high-fidelity generation and preservation of non-classical correlation. Furthermore, the achieved cross-correlation in room-temperature atoms exceeds the key boundary of 6 above which quantum correlation is able to violate Bell's inequality. Our results open up the door to an entirely new realm of memory-enabled quantum applications at ambient conditions.
arXiv comment13 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
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