Telecom-band-integrated multimode photonic quantum memory.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 37450592.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adf4587 and PMC identifier 10348679.
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Abstract
Telecom-band-integrated quantum memory is an elementary building block for developing quantum networks compatible with fiber communication infrastructures. Toward such a network with large capacity, an integrated multimode photonic quantum memory at telecom band has yet been demonstrated. Here, we report a fiber-integrated multimode quantum storage of single photon at telecom band on a laser-written chip. The storage device is a fiber-pigtailed Er<sup>3+</sup>:LiNbO<sub>3</sub> waveguide and allows a storage of up to 330 temporal modes of heralded single photon with 4-GHz-wide bandwidth at 1532 nm and a 167-fold increasing of coincidence detection rate with respect to single mode. Our memory system with all-fiber addressing is performed using telecom-band fiber-integrated and on-chip components. The results represent an important step for the future quantum networks using integrated photonics devices.
Medical subject headings
- Optics and Photonics
- Photons