Abstract
Quantum storage of flying optical qubits, namely coherently mapping photonic states into and out of an optically controlled memory on demand, constitutes an essential component in the optical quantum information processing science, with applications to long-distance optical communication [1]. In this context, practical protocols require sufficiently large storage efficiency to achieve a performance better than direct transmission. Theoretically, the storage and retrieval efficiency can only be improved with the increase of the optical depth (OD). Recent progresses have shown that high OD media enable to reach high-efficiency electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) -based optical storage, albeit without the demonstration of qubit storage [2,3]. Here we experimentally implement an optical quantum memory with single-photon-level probes, showing a EIT-based storage efficiency around 70%. Furthermore, thanks to the spatial multiplexing of the dense atomic ensemble, highly efficient storage of polarization qubit is performed.
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