We will pursue a hybrid approach, exploiting the strong single - and two - photon absorption possible in the gas - phase of rubidium atoms, together with integrated - photonics, to achieve strong interactions between photons and atoms, and use these interactions to achieve efficient quantum memories,
efficient photon detectors, and reliable entangling gates.
Fair sampling: Thanks to NIST's single -
photon detectors, the experiment was
efficient enough to ensure that the detected
photons and measurement results were representative of the actual totals.
In sufficiently thin samples, deconvolution can outperform optical sectioning techniques due to a higher
photon flux via the more
efficient camera
detector and lack of a light - reducing pinhole.