Atoms, Photons and Entanglement for Quantum Information Technologies
Atoms, Photons and Entanglement for Quantum Information Technologies Julio T. Barreiro a, Dieter Meschede b, Eugene Polzik c, E. Arimondo d, Fabrizio Illuminati e, Luigi Lugiato f a Institut fur Experimentalphysik, Universitat Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria b Institut fur Angewandte Physik, Universitat Bonn, Wegelerstr. 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany c Niels Bohr Institute, Danish Quantum Optics Center QUANTOP, Copenhagen University, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark d Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Pisa, Lgo Buonarroti 3, I-56122 Pisa, Italy e Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, I-84084 Fisciano (…
Transient optical absorption in KNbO3 crystals irradiated with pulsed electron beam
Abstract Transient optical absorption spectra as well as absorption decay kinetics in pure, Mg- and Rb-doped KNbO 3 have been measured at RT after pulsed (10 ns, 0.27 MeV) electron beam irradiation. Three types of short-lived radiation defects are observed with bands peaking at ∼460 nm, ∼780 nm and > 1000nm. The relevant radiation-induced decay processes are discussed.
Quantum state transfer between light and matter via teleportation
Quantum teleportation is an interesting feature of quantum mechanics. Entanglement is used as a link between two remote locations to transfer a quantum state without physically sending it – a process that cannot be realized utilizing merely classical tools. Furthermore it has become evident that teleportation is also an important element of future quantum networks and it can be an ingredient for quantum computation. This article reports for the first time the teleportation from light to atoms. In the experiment discussed, the quantum state of a light beam is transferred to an atomic ensemble. The key element of light-atom entanglement created via a dispersive interaction lays the foundation…
Luminescence properties of KNbO3 crystals
Thermostimulated luminescence, X-ray-induced luminescence, photostimulated luminescence as well as the time-resolved luminescence and absorption after pulsed electron beam irradiation were studied in KNbO3 crystals at 80–400 K. A correlation between defects causing the luminescence and blue-light-induced IR absorption effects supressing the second harmonic generation efficiency in KNbO3 is discussed.