Improved Light-Matter Interaction for Storage of Quantum States of Light in a Thulium-Doped Crystal Cavity

Abstract

We design and implement an atomic frequency comb quantum memory for 793 nm wavelength photons using a monolithic cavity based on a thulium-doped Y${}_3$Al${}_5$O${}_{12}$ (Tm:YAG) crystal. Approximate impedance matching results in the absorption of approximately $90\%$ of input photons and a memory efficiency of (27.5$\pm$ 2.7)% over a 500 MHz bandwidth. The cavity enhancement leads to a significant improvement over the previous efficiency in Tm-doped crystals using a quantum memory protocol. In turn, this allows us for the first time to store and recall quantum states of light in such a memory. Our results demonstrate progress toward efficient and faithful storage of single photon qubits with large time-bandwidth product and multi-mode capacity for quantum networking.

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