Fast entanglement distribution with atomic ensembles and fluorescent detection

Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensemble quantum memories are promising candidates for achieving scalable distribution of entanglement over long distances. Recently, important experimental progress has been made toward their implementation. However, the entanglement rates and scalability of curren...

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Main Authors: Brask, J. B. (Author), Jiang, L. (Author), Gorshkov, Alexey V. (Author), Sørensen, A. S. (Author), Lukin, M. D. (Author), Vuletic, Vladan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2010-07-14T16:34:14Z.
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520 |a Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensemble quantum memories are promising candidates for achieving scalable distribution of entanglement over long distances. Recently, important experimental progress has been made toward their implementation. However, the entanglement rates and scalability of current approaches are limited by relatively low retrieval and single-photon detector efficiencies. We propose a scheme which makes use of fluorescent detection of stored excitations to significantly increase the efficiency of connection and hence the rate. Practical performance and possible experimental realizations of the new protocol are discussed. 
520 |a National Science Foundation 
520 |a Center for Ultracold Atoms 
520 |a Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency 
520 |a EU FET-Open project COMPAS (212008) 
520 |a Danish National Research Foundation 
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