Controlling the properties of single photons is essential for a wide array of
emerging optical quantum technologies spanning quantum sensing, quantum
computing, and quantum communications. Essential components for these
technologies include single photon sources, quantum memories, waveguides, and
detectors. The ideal spectral operating parameters (wavelength and bandwidth)
of these components are rarely similar; thus, frequency conversion and spectral
control are key enabling steps for component hybridization. Here we perform
signal processing of single photons by coherently manipulating their spectra
via a modified quantum memory. We store 723.5 nm photons, with 4.1 nm
bandwidth, in a room-temperature diamond crystal; upon retrieval we demonstrate
centre frequency tunability over 4.2 times the input bandwidth, and bandwidth
modulation between 0.5 to 1.9 times the input bandwidth. Our results
demonstrate the potential for diamond, and Raman memories in general, to be an
integrated platform for photon storage and spectral conversion.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
