Diffusion effects in gradient echo memory

Date

2013

Authors

Luo, X.-W
Hope, Joseph
Hillman, Benjamin
Stace, T M

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American Physical Society

Abstract

We study the effects of diffusion on a Λ-gradient echo memory, which is a coherent optical quantum memory, using thermal gases. The efficiency of this memory is high for short storage time, but decreases exponentially due to decoherence as the storage ti

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Keywords: Coherent optical; Diffusion effects; Gradient echo; Memory systems; Numerical results; Quantum memory; Storage efficiency; Transverse diffusions; Mathematical models; Physics; Diffusion

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Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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Journal article

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Open Access

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