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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE AND QUANTUM MEMORY
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE AND QUANTUM MEMORY
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机译:单光子源和量子存储器的方法和装置
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An optical switch and optical storage loop are used as the basis of a single-photon source and a quantum memory for photonic qubits. To operate as a single-photon source, the techniques include a source [250] of a pair of photons, such as a parametric down-conversion crystal, which is known to emit photons in pairs. The detection of one member of the pair activates the switch, which re-routes the other member into the storage loop [240]. The stored photon is then known to be circulating in the loop, and can be switched out of the loop at a later time chosen by the user, providing a single photon [210d] for potential use in a variety of quantum information processing applications. To operate as a quantum memory for photonic qubits, a single-photon in an arbitrary initial polarization state is coherently stored in the loop, and coherently switched out of the loop when needed
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