Efficient coherent optical storage of multi-dimensional states in cold atom ensembles

Xin Yang; Jinwen Wang; Shuwei Qiu; Yan Gu; Jianyi Xu; Xinji Zeng; Mingtao Cao; Yun Chen; Chengyuan Wang; Dong Wei; Fuli Li; Hong Gao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.559202

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 6, 1747(2025)

Efficient coherent optical storage of multi-dimensional states in cold atom ensembles

Xin Yang^1、†, Jinwen Wang^1、†, Shuwei Qiu¹, Yan Gu¹, Jianyi Xu¹, Xinji Zeng¹, Mingtao Cao^2,4、*, Yun Chen³, Chengyuan Wang^1,5、*, Dong Wei¹, Fuli Li¹, and Hong Gao^1,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

²Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710600, China

³Department of Physics, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China

⁴e-mail: mingtaocao@ntsc.ac.cn

⁵e-mail: wcy1992@xjtu.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: honggao@xjtu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Quantum Optics

Received: Feb. 14, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 9, 2025

Published Online: Jun. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Mingtao Cao (mingtaocao@ntsc.ac.cn), Chengyuan Wang (wcy1992@xjtu.edu.cn), Hong Gao (honggao@xjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.559202

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.559202

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