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Memory-assisted quantum key distribution resilient against multiple-excitation effects
摘要： Memory-assisted measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution (MA-MDI-QKD) has recently been proposed as a technique to improve the rate-versus-distance behavior of QKD systems by using existing, or nearly-achievable, quantum technologies. The promise is that MA-MDI-QKD would require less demanding quantum memories than the ones needed for probabilistic quantum repeaters. Nevertheless, early investigations suggest that, in order to beat the conventional memory-less QKD schemes, the quantum memories used in the MA-MDI-QKD protocols must have high bandwidth-storage products and short interaction times. Among different types of quantum memories, ensemble-based memories offer some of the required specifications, but they typically suffer from multiple excitation effects. To avoid the latter issue, in this paper, we propose two new variants of MA-MDI-QKD both relying on single-photon sources for entangling purposes. One is based on known techniques for entanglement distribution in quantum repeaters. This scheme turns out to offer no advantage even if one uses ideal single-photon sources. By finding the root cause of the problem, we then propose another setup, which can outperform single memory-less setups even if we allow for some imperfections in our single-photon sources. For such a scheme, we compare the key rate for different types of ensemble-based memories and show that certain classes of atomic ensembles can improve the rate-versus-distance behavior.
关键词： quantum cryptography,quantum networks,quantum key distribution (QKD),quantum memory,single-photon source,quantum communications
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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High-performance Raman quantum memory with optimal control in room temperature atoms
摘要： Quantum memories are essential for quantum information processing. Techniques have been developed for quantum memory based on atomic ensembles. The atomic memories through optical resonance usually suffer from the narrow-band limitation. The far off-resonant Raman process is a promising candidate for atomic memories due to broad bandwidths and high speeds. However, to date, the low memory efficiency remains an unsolved bottleneck. Here, we demonstrate a high-performance atomic Raman memory in 87Rb vapour with the development of an optimal control technique. A memory efficiency of above 82.0% for 6 ns~20 ns optical pulses is achieved. In particular, an unconditional fidelity of up to 98.0%, significantly exceeding the no-cloning limit, is obtained with the tomography reconstruction for a single-photon level coherent input. Our work marks an important advance of atomic memory towards practical applications in quantum information processing.
关键词： room temperature atoms,broadband,optimal control,Raman quantum memory,high efficiency,high fidelity
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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Weak coherent pulses for single-photon quantum memories
摘要： Attenuated laser pulses are often employed in place for single photons in order to test the efficiency of the elements of a quantum network. In this work we analyse theoretically the dynamics of storage of an attenuated light pulse (where the pulse intensity is at the single photon level) propagating along a transmission line and impinging on the mirror of a high finesse cavity. Storage is realised by the controlled transfer of the photonic excitations into a metastable state of an atom confined inside the cavity and occurs via a Raman transition with a suitably tailored laser pulse, which drives the atom and minimizes reflection at the cavity mirror. We determine the storage efficiency of the weak coherent pulse which is reached by protocols optimized for single-photon storage. We determine the figures of merit and we identify the conditions on an arbitrary pulse for which the storage dynamics approaches the one of a single photon. Our formalism can be extended to arbitrary types of input pulses and to quantum memories composed by spin ensembles, and serves as a basis for identifying the optimal protocols for storage and readout.
关键词： storage efficiency,single-photon,weak coherent pulse,quantum network,quantum memory
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Tightening the entropic uncertainty relations for multiple measurements and applying it to quantum coherence
摘要： The uncertainty principle sets limit on our ability to predict the values of two incompatible observables measured on a quantum particle simultaneously. This principle can be stated in various forms. In quantum information theory, it is expressed in terms of the entropic measures. Uncertainty bound can be altered by considering a particle as a quantum memory correlating with the primary particle. In this work, a method is provided for converting the entropic uncertainty relation in the absence of quantum memory to that in its presence. It is shown that the lower bounds obtained through the method are tighter than those having been achieved so far. The method is also used to obtain the uncertainty relations for multiple measurements in the presence of quantum memory. Also for a given state, the lower bounds on the sum of the relative entropies of unilateral coherences are provided using the uncertainty relations in the presence of quantum memory, and it is shown which one is tighter.
关键词： Quantum memory,Entropic uncertainty relations,Quantum coherence,Multiple measurements
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:21
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Quantum-memory-enabled ultrafast optical switching in carbon nanotubes
摘要： Optical nonlinearities can be engineered into high-speed optical gates when a probe signal is switched coherently and fast by an optical control pulse through various nonlinear effects for switching. In semiconductors, strong light–matter interaction can also excite many electrons to interact with each other, which can deteriorate switching through Coulomb-induced dephasing. Here, we demonstrate that optical transmission of carbon nanotubes can be switched reversibly hundreds of times via detuned Rabi splitting, faster than 200 fs via nonresonant but strong control pulses. Our detailed experiment–theory analysis identifies that quantum memory in Coulombic scattering restores reversibility whilst simultaneously reducing undesirable pure dephasing of coherences. This capability creates new possibilities for ultrafast quantum optoelectronic processing in quantum materials.
关键词： carbon nanotubes,Ultrafast switching,quantum memory of many-body nonlinearilties,excitonic Stark shift,quantum optoelectronics
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Storage of RF photons in minimal conditions
摘要： We investigate the minimal conditions to store coherently a RF pulse in a material medium. We choose a commercial quartz as a memory support because it is a widely available component with a high Q-factor. Pulse storage is obtained by varying dynamically the light–matter coupling with an analog switch. This parametric driving of the quartz dynamics can be alternatively interpreted as a stopped-light experiment. We obtain an ef?ciency of 26%, a storage time of 209 μs and a time-to-bandwidth product of 98 by optimizing the pulse temporal shape. The coherent character of the storage is demonstrated. Our goal is to connect different types of memories in the RF and optical domain for quantum information processing. Our motivation is essentially fundamental.
关键词： quantum memory,quartz resonator,radiofrequency photons
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Optimal storage of a single photon by a single intra-cavity atom
摘要： We theoretically analyze the efficiency of a quantum memory for single photons. The photons propagate along a transmission line and impinge on one of the mirrors of a high-finesse cavity. The quantum memory is constituted by a single atom within the optical resonator. Photon storage is realized by the controlled transfer of the photonic excitation into a metastable state of the atom and occurs via a Raman transition with a suitably tailored laser pulse, which drives the atom. Our study is supported by numerical simulations, in which we include the modes of the transmission line and we use the experimental parameters of existing experimental setups. It reproduces the results derived using input–output theory in the corresponding regimes and can be extended to compute dynamics where the input–output formalism cannot be straightforwardly applied. Our analysis determines the maximal storage efficiency, namely, the maximal probability to store the photon in a stable atomic excitation, in the presence of spontaneous decay and cavity parasitic losses. It further delivers the form of the laser pulse that achieves the maximal efficiency by partially compensating parasitic losses. We numerically assess the conditions under which storage based on adiabatic dynamics is preferable to non-adiabatic pulses. Moreover, we systematically determine the shortest photon pulse that can be efficiently stored as a function of the system parameters.
关键词： single photon,three level system,storage efficiency,optical cavity,single atom,quantum memory
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Quantum information capsule and information delocalization by entanglement in multiple-qubit systems
摘要： Where do entangled multiple-qubit systems store information? For information injected into a qubit, this question is nontrivial and interesting since the entanglement delocalizes the information. So far, a common picture is that of a qubit and its purification partner sharing the information quantum mechanically. Here, we introduce a new picture of a single qubit in the correlation space, referred to as quantum information capsule (QIC), confining the information perfectly. This picture is applicable for the entangled multiple-qubit system in an arbitrary state. Unlike the partner picture, in the QIC picture, by swapping the single-body state, leaving other subsystems untouched, the whole information can be retrieved out of the system. After the swapping process, no information remains in the system.
关键词： Quantum information,Quantum memory,Black hole information loss problem,Quantum entanglement
更新于2025-09-19 17:15:36
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Controlled Logic Gate Based on a Four-Node Linear Hybrid Cluster State
摘要： In the case of a large amount of computation, a situation may arise when the intermediate results of calculations need to be stored for a given time. In this work, we show how to create a hybrid atomic-field cluster state and create a controlled gate in such a way that the results of calculations are recorded under long-lived degrees of freedom of an atomic ensemble and can be stored for a long time.
关键词： cluster quantum state,controlled logic gate,one-way computing,quantum memory
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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Spin-orbit-coupled quantum memory of a double quantum dot
摘要： The concept of quantum memory plays an incisive role in the quantum information theory. As confirmed by the several recent rigorous mathematical studies, the quantum memory inmate in the bipartite system ρAB can reduce the uncertainty about part B, after measurements done on part A. In the present work, we extend this concept to systems with a spin-orbit coupling and introduce the notion of spin-orbit quantum memory. We self-consistently explore the Uhlmann fidelity, the pre- and the post-measurement entanglement entropy, and the post-measurement conditional quantum entropy of the system with spin-orbit coupling and show that measurement performed on the spin subsystem decreases the uncertainty of the orbital part. The uncovered effect enhances with the strength of the spin-orbit coupling. We study the concept of macroscopic realism introduced by Leggett and Garg [Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 857 (1985)] and observe that POVM measurements done on the system under the particular protocol are noninvasive. For the extended system, we perform quantum Monte Carlo calculations and consider the reshuffling of the electron densities due to an external electric field.
关键词： quantum Monte Carlo,spin-orbit coupling,entanglement entropy,POVM measurements,conditional quantum entropy,quantum memory,Uhlmann fidelity
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22