Faithfully storing an unknown quantum light state is essential to advanced quantum
communication and distributed quantum computation applications. The required quantum …

We report on the quantum storage and retrieval of photonic polarization quantum bits onto
and out of a solid state storage device. The qubits are implemented with weak coherent …

Storage of quantum information encoded into heralded single photons is an essential
constituent of long-distance quantum communication based on quantum repeaters and of …

We report an experimental demonstration of optimal storage and retrieval of heralded single-
photon wave packets using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in cold atoms at …

The unusual features of quantum mechanics are enabling the development of technologies
not possible with classical physics. These devices utilize nonclassical phenomena in the …

Three-level atomic gradient echo memory (Λ-GEM) is a proposed candidate for efficient
quantum storage and for linear optical quantum computation with time-bin multiplexing …

Coherent and reversible storage of multiphoton entanglement with a multimode quantum
memory is essential for scalable all-optical quantum information processing. Although a …

We demonstrate the conditional detection of time-bin qubits after storage in and retrieval
from a photon-echo–based waveguide quantum memory. Each qubit is encoded into one …

Entanglement between a single photon and a quantum memory forms the building blocks for
a quantum repeater and quantum network. Previous entanglement sources are typically with …

The cross-Kerr nonlinearity (XKNL) effect can induce efficient photon interactions in principle
with which photonic multiqubit gates can be performed using far fewer physical resources …