Ma, L.
, Tang, X.
and Slattery, O.
(2020),
Optical quantum memory and its applications in quantum communication systems, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.125.002
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Optical quantum memory and its applications in quantum communication systems
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Optical quantum memory is a device that can store the quantum state of photons and retrieve it with high fidelity on demand. The device can be used to enhance performance for many quantum communication systems such as measurement device independent (MDI) quantum key distribution (QKD). Optical quantum memory is also a critical device to implement quantum repeaters that can break the distance limitation of quantum communication systems and realize long distance QKD. This chapter provides a general overview of the theory and experimental results of optical quantum memory, and discusses its applications in quantum communication systems to date.Citation
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Quantum memory, Quantum communication, Quantum key distribution, Measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution, Quantum repeater
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Created January 15, 2020, Updated March 1, 2021