Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices
A photonic quantum memory (QM) is a device that has the capability of storing a quantum state of light and retrieving back after a controlled time. It is an important element in quantum information science and is, among other applications, a crucial device for quantum repeater architectures which ha...
| Autor: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/461494 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461494 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-114003 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física 535 |
| id |
ES_7b0d1132923e690afb09294697c7a2ff |
|---|---|
| oai_identifier_str |
oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/461494 |
| network_acronym_str |
ES |
| network_name_str |
España |
| repository_id_str |
|
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices |
| title |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices |
| spellingShingle |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices Kutluer, Kutlu Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física 535 |
| title_short |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices |
| title_full |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices |
| title_fullStr |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices |
| title_sort |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devices |
| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv |
Kutluer, Kutlu |
| author |
Kutluer, Kutlu |
| author_facet |
Kutluer, Kutlu |
| author_role |
author |
| dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv |
De Riedmatten, Hugues Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències Fotòniques |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv |
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física 535 |
| topic |
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física 535 |
| description |
A photonic quantum memory (QM) is a device that has the capability of storing a quantum state of light and retrieving back after a controlled time. It is an important element in quantum information science and is, among other applications, a crucial device for quantum repeater architectures which have been proposed to overcome the loss and the decoherence issues in long distance transmission of photons. Rare earth ion doped solid state systems are promising candidates for QMs which combine the advantages of solid state systems, such as scalability and reduced experimental complexity, with the long coherence time typically found in atomic systems. In this thesis, I investigated three different QM protocols in a Pr3+:Y2SiO5 crystal. The first part describes here the first demonstration of the spectral hole memory (SHoMe) protocol which was proposed theoretically in 2009. This protocol relies on slowing down the light in a long-lived spectral hole and transferring the excitations to the spin state. We first prepare a spectral hole, then send an input pulse whose bandwidth is comparable with the hole and stop the compressed light in the crystal by transferring the off-resonant coherence to the spin state with an optical p pulse. Later a second p pulse transfers the coherence back and leads to the emission of the stored light. We reached a storage and retrieval efficiency of around 40% in the classical regime, and of 31% in the single photon level, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 33 ± 4 for a mean input photon number of 1. These results demonstrate the most efficient and noiseless spin-wave solid-state optical memory at the single photon level to date. The second part of the thesis describes new experiments using the well-known atomic frequency comb (AFC) protocol. It is based on tailoring the inhomogeneously broadened absorption profile of the rare earth with periodic absorptive peaks, which induces the re-emission of the absorbed light field after a certain time determined by the separation between the peaks. In this chapter I describe several AFC experiments. First I present the storage of frequency converted telecom photons into our crystal where we obtained a total efficiency of 1.9 ± 0.2 % for a storage time of 1.6 µs storage time and signal-to-noise ratio of more than 200 for a mean input photon number of 1. Then I discuss the results of improved excited state storage efficiency values for long storage times where we achieved 30% at short storage times and up to 17% at 10 µs storage time. And finally I present a spin-wave AFC experiment where we obtained a signal-to-noise ratio value of 28 ± 8 for a mean input photon number of 1, the highest value achieved so far for this kind of experiment. Finally, in the last part, I describe the first demonstration of a solid-state photon pair source with embedded multimode quantum memory. The aim of the protocol is to combine a single photon source and a QM in one ensemble as in the well-known Duan-Lukin-Zoller-Cirac (DLCZ) scheme however this time not in a cold atomic ensemble but in a solid-state crystal. The protocol takes advantage of the AFC protocol for rephasing the ions and obtaining efficient read-out. The use of AFC also makes the protocol temporally multi-mode. In the experiment, after the AFC preparation we send an on-resonant write pulse and detect the decayed Stokes photons which herald single spin excitations. At a later time a read pulse transfers the spin excitation back to the excited state and we detect the anti-Stokes photons. We show strong non-classical second order cross-correlations between the Stokes and anti-Stokes photons and demonstrate storage of 11 temporal modes. The results presented in this thesis represent a significant contribution to the field of solid-state quantum memories and an important steps towards the realization of scalable quantum network architectures with solid state systems. |
| publishDate |
2017 |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2017 2018 2018 |
| dc.type.none.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| format |
doctoralThesis |
| status_str |
publishedVersion |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv |
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461494 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-114003 |
| url |
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461494 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-114003 |
| dc.language.none.fl_str_mv |
Inglés |
| language_invalid_str_mv |
Inglés |
| dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| rights_invalid_str_mv |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
| dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
159 p. application/pdf application/pdf |
| dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
| dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa) reponame:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red instname:CBUC, CESCA |
| instname_str |
CBUC, CESCA |
| reponame_str |
TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| collection |
TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| repository.name.fl_str_mv |
|
| repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
| _version_ |
1869411485672800256 |
| spelling |
Quantum memory protocols for photonic solid-state devicesKutluer, KutluÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física535A photonic quantum memory (QM) is a device that has the capability of storing a quantum state of light and retrieving back after a controlled time. It is an important element in quantum information science and is, among other applications, a crucial device for quantum repeater architectures which have been proposed to overcome the loss and the decoherence issues in long distance transmission of photons. Rare earth ion doped solid state systems are promising candidates for QMs which combine the advantages of solid state systems, such as scalability and reduced experimental complexity, with the long coherence time typically found in atomic systems. In this thesis, I investigated three different QM protocols in a Pr3+:Y2SiO5 crystal. The first part describes here the first demonstration of the spectral hole memory (SHoMe) protocol which was proposed theoretically in 2009. This protocol relies on slowing down the light in a long-lived spectral hole and transferring the excitations to the spin state. We first prepare a spectral hole, then send an input pulse whose bandwidth is comparable with the hole and stop the compressed light in the crystal by transferring the off-resonant coherence to the spin state with an optical p pulse. Later a second p pulse transfers the coherence back and leads to the emission of the stored light. We reached a storage and retrieval efficiency of around 40% in the classical regime, and of 31% in the single photon level, with a signal-to-noise ratio of 33 ± 4 for a mean input photon number of 1. These results demonstrate the most efficient and noiseless spin-wave solid-state optical memory at the single photon level to date. The second part of the thesis describes new experiments using the well-known atomic frequency comb (AFC) protocol. It is based on tailoring the inhomogeneously broadened absorption profile of the rare earth with periodic absorptive peaks, which induces the re-emission of the absorbed light field after a certain time determined by the separation between the peaks. In this chapter I describe several AFC experiments. First I present the storage of frequency converted telecom photons into our crystal where we obtained a total efficiency of 1.9 ± 0.2 % for a storage time of 1.6 µs storage time and signal-to-noise ratio of more than 200 for a mean input photon number of 1. Then I discuss the results of improved excited state storage efficiency values for long storage times where we achieved 30% at short storage times and up to 17% at 10 µs storage time. And finally I present a spin-wave AFC experiment where we obtained a signal-to-noise ratio value of 28 ± 8 for a mean input photon number of 1, the highest value achieved so far for this kind of experiment. Finally, in the last part, I describe the first demonstration of a solid-state photon pair source with embedded multimode quantum memory. The aim of the protocol is to combine a single photon source and a QM in one ensemble as in the well-known Duan-Lukin-Zoller-Cirac (DLCZ) scheme however this time not in a cold atomic ensemble but in a solid-state crystal. The protocol takes advantage of the AFC protocol for rephasing the ions and obtaining efficient read-out. The use of AFC also makes the protocol temporally multi-mode. In the experiment, after the AFC preparation we send an on-resonant write pulse and detect the decayed Stokes photons which herald single spin excitations. At a later time a read pulse transfers the spin excitation back to the excited state and we detect the anti-Stokes photons. We show strong non-classical second order cross-correlations between the Stokes and anti-Stokes photons and demonstrate storage of 11 temporal modes. The results presented in this thesis represent a significant contribution to the field of solid-state quantum memories and an important steps towards the realization of scalable quantum network architectures with solid state systems.Una memòria quàntica (MQ) és un dispositiu que té la capacitat d'emmagatzemar l'estat quàntic de la llum i retornar-lo després d'un temps controlat.És un element important en la ciència de la informació quàntica i és un dispositiu crucial per a arquitectures de repetidors quàntica.Els sistemes d'estat sòlid basats en ions de terres rares són candidats prometedors per implementar MQs, ja que combinen els avantatges dels sistemes sòlids (escalabilitat i poca complexitat experimental) amb els llargs temps de coherència dels sistemes atòmics.En aquesta tesis he investigat tres protocols diferents de MQ en un cristall de Pr3+:Y2SiO5. La primera part descriu la primera demostració del protocol de memòria basat en forats espectrals (MFE), que va ser proposat teòricament el 2009. Aquest protocol es basa en disminuir la velocitat de la llum en un forat espectral de vida llarga i transferir les excitacions a un estat d'espín. Comencem preparant un forat espectral, després enviem un pols de llum amb una amplada espectral comparable a la del forat i aturem la llum comprimida en el cristall transferint la coherència fora de ressonància a l'estat d'espín amb un pols òptic.Seguidament un segon pols retorna la coherència i porta a l'emissió de la llum emmagatzemada. Aconseguim una eficiència d'emmagatzematge i recuperació de 40% en el règim clàssic i de 31% al nivell de fotons individuals, amb una relació senyal-soroll de 33 ±4 per un nombre mitjà de fotons incidents igual a 1. Aquests resultats demostren la memòria òtica operant al nivell de fotons individuals amb més eficiència i més lliure de soroll. La segona part de la tesis descriu nous experiments que utilitzen el protocol de pintes de freqüència atòmiques (PFA). Aquest està basat en modificar el perfil d'absorció eixamplat inhomogèniament dels ions de terres rares, creant pics d'absorció periòdics que indueixen la reemissió del camp de llum absorbit, després d'un cert temps que ve determinat per la separació dels pics. En aquest capítol descric varis experiments de PFA. Primer presento l'emmagatzematge en el nostre cristall de fotons amb freqüència convertida des de telecom, obtenint una eficiència total de 1.9 ± 0.2% per un temps d'emmagatzematge de 1.6us i una relació senyal-soroll de més de 200 per un nombre mitjà de fotons incidents igual a 1. Seguidament discuteixo els resultats obtinguts amb una millorada eficiència d'emmagatzematge en l'estat excitat per temps d'emmagatzematge llargs, on vam obtenir 30% per temps curts i 17% a 10us. I finalment presento un experiment de PFA amb ona d'espín on vam obtenir una relació senyal-soroll de 28 ± 8 per un nombre mitjà de fotons incidents igual a 1, el valor més alt assolit mai en un experiment d'aquest tipus. Finalment, en la última part, descric la primera demostració d'una font de parelles de fotons d'estat sòlid integrada amb una memòria quàntica multimodal. L'objectiu del protocol és combinar en un sol sistema una font de fotons individuals i una MQ, com té lloc en el conegut esquema de Duan-Lukin-Cirac-Zoller (DLCZ), però en aquest cas amb un cristall en lloc d'un sistema d'àtoms freds.El protocol agafa els avantatges del protocol PFA per refasar els ions i obtenir una recuperació eficient. Utilitzant PFA fa que el protocol sigui temporalment multimodal.En l'experiment, després de la preparació de la PFA, enviem un pols d'escriptura en ressonància i detectem un fotó Stokes que anuncia excitacions d'espín individuals. Un temps més tard, un pols de lectura transfereix l'excitació d'espín de tornada cap a l'estat excitat i detectem fotons anti-Stokes. Mostrem fortes correlacions de segon ordre no-clàssiques entre els fotons de Stokes i anti-Stokes i demostrem l'emmagatzematge de 11 modes temporals. Els resultats presentats en aquesta tesis representen una contribució significativa en el camp de les memòries quàntiques d'estat sòlid i un pas important cap a la realització d'arquitectures de xarxes quàntiques amb sistemes d'estat sòlidDOCTORAT EN FOTÒNICA (Pla 2013)Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaDe Riedmatten, HuguesUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències Fotòniques201820182017info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion159 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10803/461494https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-114003TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)reponame:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Redinstname:CBUC, CESCAInglésL'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:www.tdx.cat:10803/4614942026-06-14T12:46:07Z |
| score |
15.300719 |