High-fidelity heralded polarization-state transfer of a photon onto a single atom

We demonstrate heralded absorption of a single laser photon by a single trapped atomic ion, thereby mapping the photonic polarization state onto the atomic spin state with 97.9(1)% average fidelity.

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Published in2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) - Laser Science to Photonic Applications pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors Kurz, Christoph, Muller, Philipp, Schug, Michael, Eich, Pascal, Huwer, Jan, Eschner, Jurgen
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published The Optical Society 01.06.2014
Subjects
Absorption
Atomic beams
Optical polarization
Particle beam optics
Photonics
Polarization
Radio frequency
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Summary:We demonstrate heralded absorption of a single laser photon by a single trapped atomic ion, thereby mapping the photonic polarization state onto the atomic spin state with 97.9(1)% average fidelity.
ISSN:2160-8989
2160-9004
DOI:10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2014.FF2A.3