Deterministic synthesis and processing of frequency-bin qubits in a macroscopically coherent quantum memory

Abstract:Quantum information processing requires efficient storage and manipulation of photonic this http URL, we advance a cavity-assisted quantum memory protocol based on Pre-created Long-lived Macroscopic (PLM) coherence, thereby transforming quantum memory from a passive storage device into a platform for deterministic in-memory photonic processing. It is demonstrated that spin PLM coherence enables all-optical control of quantum memory using robust radio-frequency rotations alone. Here, the spin coherence serves as a distributed coherent quantum bus, which mediates the deterministic synthesis and storage of frequency-bin states through spectrally nonlocal impedance matching. We identify an inherent time-reversal symmetry in the underlying dynamical equations, ensuring unitary evolution of the quantum memory operations. The presented results demonstrate a unified platform for quantum storage and optical signal processing, enabling controlled manipulation of frequency-bin photonic qubits and paving the way for scalable multimode quantum networks based on spectral-encoding architectures.

Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Applied Physics (physics.app-ph); Optics (physics.optics)

arXiv:2609.23171 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2609.23171v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.23171 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)

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