Abstract
A quantum optical memory (QM) is a device that can store and release quantum states of light on demand. Such a device is capable of synchronising probabilistic events, for example, locally synchronising non-deterministic photon sources for the generation of multi-photon states, or successful quantum gate operations within a quantum computational architecture [1], as well as for globally synchronising the generation of entanglement over long distances within the context of a quantum repeater [2]. Desirable attributes for a QM to be useful for these computational and communicational tasks include high end-to-end transmission (including storage and retrieval efficiency), large storage-time-bandwidth product, room temperature operation for scalability and, of utmost importance, noise free performance for true quantum operation.
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