TY - JOUR
T1 - Coherent transfer of time-bin photons to electron spins in a semiconductor
AU - Kosaka, Hideo
AU - Inagaki, Takahiro
AU - Hitomi, Ryuta
AU - Izawa, Fumishige
AU - Rikitake, Yoshiaki
AU - Imamura, Hiroshi
AU - Mitsumori, Yasuyoshi
AU - Edamatsu, Keiichi
PY - 2012/4/5
Y1 - 2012/4/5
N2 - We demonstrate that a coherent superposition state of two temporally separated optical pulses, called a time-bin state, can be transferred to that of up-down electron spins in a semiconductor by synchronizing the time separation to the precession period of either electrons or holes. The time-bin transfer scheme does not require polarization-mode degeneracy and can map the time-bin state to the electron spin state that is not accessible directly using only polarization. The scheme offers an alternate approach for quantum interfaces between photons and electron spins.
AB - We demonstrate that a coherent superposition state of two temporally separated optical pulses, called a time-bin state, can be transferred to that of up-down electron spins in a semiconductor by synchronizing the time separation to the precession period of either electrons or holes. The time-bin transfer scheme does not require polarization-mode degeneracy and can map the time-bin state to the electron spin state that is not accessible directly using only polarization. The scheme offers an alternate approach for quantum interfaces between photons and electron spins.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.042304
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.85.042304
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859792167
VL - 85
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
SN - 1050-2947
IS - 4
M1 - 042304
ER -