Quantum teleportation between remote atomic-ensemble quantum memories

Quantum teleportation and quantum memory are two crucial elements for large-scale quantum networks. With the help of prior distributed entanglement as a "quantum channel," quantum teleportation provides an intriguing means to faithfully transfer quantum states among distant locations witho...

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Hauptverfasser: Bao, Xiao-Hui (VerfasserIn) , Xu, Xiao-Fan (VerfasserIn) , Li, Che-Ming (VerfasserIn) , Yuan, Zhen-Sheng (VerfasserIn) , Pan, Jian-Wei (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2012
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 109, Heft: 50, Pages: 20347-20351
ISSN:1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1207329109
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1207329109
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.pnas.org/content/109/50/20347
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Verfasserangaben:Xiao-Hui Bao, Xiao-Fan Xu, Che-Ming Li, Zhen-Sheng Yuan, Chao-Yang Lu, Jian-Wei Pan
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Zusammenfassung:Quantum teleportation and quantum memory are two crucial elements for large-scale quantum networks. With the help of prior distributed entanglement as a "quantum channel," quantum teleportation provides an intriguing means to faithfully transfer quantum states among distant locations without actual transmission of the physical carriers [Bennett CH, et al. (1993) Phys Rev Lett 70(13):1895-1899]. Quantum memory enables controlled storage and retrieval of fast-flying photonic quantum bits with stationary matter systems, which is essential to achieve the scalability required for large-scale quantum networks. Combining these two capabilities, here we realize quantum teleportation between two remote atomic-ensemble quantum memory nodes, each composed of ∼108 rubidium atoms and connected by a 150-m optical fiber. The spin wave state of one atomic ensemble is mapped to a propagating photon and subjected to Bell state measurements with another single photon that is entangled with the spin wave state of the other ensemble. Two-photon detection events herald the success of teleportation with an average fidelity of 88(7)%. Besides its fundamental interest as a teleportation between two remote macroscopic objects, our technique may be useful for quantum information transfer between different nodes in quantum networks and distributed quantum computing.
Beschreibung:Approved October 11, 2012 (received for review May 2, 2012)
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ISSN:1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1207329109