This thesis presents an experimental study of quantum memory based on cold atomic ensembles and discusses photonic entanglement. It mainly focuses on experimental research on storing orbital angular momentum, and introduces readers to methods for storing a single photon carried by an image or an entanglement of spatial modes. The thesis also discusses the storage of photonic entanglement using the Raman scheme as a step toward implementing high-bandwidth quantum memory.
The storage of photonic entanglement is central to achieving long-distance quantum communication based on quantum repeaters and scalable linear optical quantum computation. Addressing this key issue, the findings presented in the thesis are very promising with regard to future high-speed and high-capacity quantum communications.
Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Science and Technology of China
Provides a brief introduction to quantum information and quantum memory
Elaborates on how to achieve quantum storage of high-dimensional entanglement
Demonstrates experiments on implementing Raman quantum memory of single photons and extends them to photonic entanglement
Dong-Sheng Ding
Raman quantum memory Atomic ensemble Quantum entanglement Quantum tomography fidelity High-dimensional entanglement