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This chapter is dedicated to the presentation of the quantum memory protocol, on which our experiments are based. It describes the storage in parallel of multiple quantum states into a spin ensemble, and their on-demand retrieval. Simulations of this protocol performed by B. Julsgaard are presented at the end of this chapter with realistic experimental parameters.
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Grèzes, C. (2016). Proposal: A Spin Ensemble Quantum Memory for Superconducting Qubits. In: Towards a Spin-Ensemble Quantum Memory for Superconducting Qubits. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21572-3_3
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