Entanglement and non-locality between disparate solid-state quantum memories mediated by photons

Abstract

Entangling quantum systems with different characteristics through the exchange of photons is a prerequisite for building future quantum networks. Proving the presence of entanglement between quantum memories for light working at different wavelengths furthers this goal. Here, we report on a series of experiments with a thulium-doped crystal, serving as a quantum memory for 794 nm photons, an erbium-doped fibre, serving as a quantum memory for telecommunication-wavelength photons at 1535 nm, and a source of photon pairs created via spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Characterizing the photons after re-emission from the two memories, we find non-classical correlations with a cross-correlation coefficient of $g_{12}^{(2)}=53\pm 8$; entanglement preserving storage with input-output fidelity of ${\mathcal{F}}_{IO}\approx 93\pm 2\%$; and non-locality featuring a violation of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt Bell-inequality with $S=2.6\pm 0.2$. Our proof-of-principle experiment shows that entanglement persists while propagating through different solid-state quantum memories operating at different wavelengths.

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