Photonic quantum states generated from atomic systems play prominent roles in long-distance quantum networks and scalable quantum communication, because entangled photon pairs from atomic ensembles possess a universal identity and narrow spectral bandwidth for quantum repeaters. In this study, we propose and demonstrate a novel, to the best of our knowledge, method for the joint spectral intensity measurement of narrowband continuous wave (CW)-mode photon pairs from a warm atomic ensemble using stimulated emission and beat interferometry for the first time. Our approach offers the advantage of sub-megahertz resolution, absolute optical frequency measurements with megahertz-level accuracy, fast collection time, and high signal-to-noise ratio; thus, our method can find important applications in the characterization of narrowband photon pairs generated from sources including atoms and artificially structured material.
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Radiology
January 2025
From the Department of Radiology, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Rd, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27701 (B.W.T., K.R.K., B.C.A., S.P.T., D.E.K., B.H., M.R.B., D.M., E.S., E.A.); Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (N.F., S.M., A.E.) and Department of Medical Physics (W.P.S., E.S., E.A.), Duke University, Durham, NC.
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