Measurement-Device-Independent Verification of a Quantum Memory

POSTER

Abstract

We report an experiment that verifies an atomic-ensemble quantum memory via a measurement-device-independent scheme. A single photon generated via Rydberg blockade in one atomic ensemble is stored in another atomic ensemble via electromagnetically induced transparency. After storage for a long duration, this photon is retrieved and interfered with a second photon to perform a joint Bell-state measurement (BSM). The quantum state for each photon is chosen based on a quantum random number generator, respectively, in each run. By evaluating correlations between the random states and BSM results, we certify that our memory is genuinely entanglement preserving.

*This work was supported by National Key R&D Program of China, Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologies, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Publication: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 127, 160502 (2021)

Presenters

  • Yong Yu

    • Delft University of Technology

Authors

  • Yong Yu

    • Delft University of Technology
  • Peng-Fei Sun

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Yu-Zhe Zhang

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Bing Bai

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Yu-Qiang Fang

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Xi-Yu Luo

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Zi-Ye An

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Jun Li

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Jun Zhang

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Feihu Xu

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Xiao-Hui Bao

    • University of Science and Technology of China
  • Jian-Wei Pan

    • University of Science and Technology of China