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Synchronization and Phase Shaping of Single Photons with High-Efficiency Quantum Memory

  • 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

  • 2Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

  • 3Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Quantum Precision Measurement, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

Funds: Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2020YFA0309500), the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2019B030330001), the Key Project of Science and Technology of Guangzhou (Grant No. 2019050001), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11822403, 62005082, 12004120, U20A2074, and U1801661), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2018A0303130066), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2020M672681), and the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2020A1515110848).
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  • Received Date: July 21, 2021
  • Published Date: August 31, 2021
    Abstract
  • Time synchronization and phase shaping of single photons both play fundamental roles in quantum information applications that rely on multi-photon quantum interference. Phase shaping typically requires separate modulators with extra insertion losses. Here, we develop an all-optical built-in phase modulator for single photons using a quantum memory. The fast phase modulation of a single photon in both step and linear manner are verified by observing the efficient quantum-memory-assisted Hong–Ou–Mandel interference between two single photons, where the anti-coalescence effect of bosonic photon pairs is demonstrated. The developed phase modulator may push forward the practical quantum information applications.
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