2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/167791We demonstrate a heralded quantum memory based on mapping of a photon polarization state onto a single collective-spin excitation (magnon) shared between two spatially overlapped atomic ensembles. The polarization fidelity is measured by quantum state tomography to be above 90(2)% for any input polarization, which far exceeds the classical limit of 2/3. The process also constitutes a quantum non-destructive probe that detects and regenerates a photon without touching its - potentially undetermined - polarization.Quantum PhysicsHeralded single-magnon quantum memory for photon polarization statestext