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Entanglement of a photon and a collective atomic excitation

Entanglement of a photon and a collective atomic excitation
Entanglement of a photon and a collective atomic excitation
We describe a new experimental approach to probabilistic atom-photon (signal) entanglement. Two qubit states are encoded as orthogonal collective spin excitations of an unpolarized atomic ensemble. After a programmable delay, the atomic excitation is converted into a photon (idler). Polarization states of both the signal and the idler are recorded and are found to be in violation of the Bell inequality. Atomic coherence times exceeding several microseconds are achieved by switching off all the trapping fields—including the quadrupole magnetic field of the magneto-optical trap—and zeroing out the residual ambient magnetic field
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Matsukevich, D.N.
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Chanelière, T.
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Bhattacharya, M.
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Lan, S.-Y.
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Jenkins, S.D.
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Kennedy, T.A.B.
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Kuzmich, A.
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Matsukevich, D.N.
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Chanelière, T.
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Bhattacharya, M.
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Lan, S.-Y.
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Jenkins, S.D.
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Kennedy, T.A.B.
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Kuzmich, A.
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Matsukevich, D.N., Chanelière, T., Bhattacharya, M., Lan, S.-Y., Jenkins, S.D., Kennedy, T.A.B. and Kuzmich, A. (2005) Entanglement of a photon and a collective atomic excitation. Physical Review Letters, 95 (4), 040405-[4pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.040405).

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We describe a new experimental approach to probabilistic atom-photon (signal) entanglement. Two qubit states are encoded as orthogonal collective spin excitations of an unpolarized atomic ensemble. After a programmable delay, the atomic excitation is converted into a photon (idler). Polarization states of both the signal and the idler are recorded and are found to be in violation of the Bell inequality. Atomic coherence times exceeding several microseconds are achieved by switching off all the trapping fields—including the quadrupole magnetic field of the magneto-optical trap—and zeroing out the residual ambient magnetic field

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Published date: July 2005

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Local EPrints ID: 176281
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/176281
PURE UUID: 8220f5b7-33c3-4c33-af92-772b1f8a681c

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Date deposited: 07 Mar 2011 14:49
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:38

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Author: D.N. Matsukevich
Author: T. Chanelière
Author: M. Bhattacharya
Author: S.-Y. Lan
Author: S.D. Jenkins
Author: T.A.B. Kennedy
Author: A. Kuzmich

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