Narrow optical transitions in erbium-implanted silicon waveguides

Autor: Gritsch, Andreas, Weiss, Lorenz, Früh, Johannes, Rinner, Stephan, Reiserer, Andreas
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Physical Review X 12, 041009 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.12.041009
Popis: The realization of a scalable architecture for quantum information processing is a major challenge for quantum science. A promising approach is based on emitters in nanostructures that are coupled by light. Here, we show that erbium dopants can be reproducibly integrated at well-defined lattice sites by implantation into pure silicon. We thus achieve a narrow inhomogeneous broadening, less than 1 GHz, strong optical transitions, and an outstanding optical coherence even at temperatures of 8 K, with an upper bound to the homogeneous linewidth of around 10 kHz. Our study thus introduces a promising materials platform for the implementation of on-chip quantum memories, microwave-to-optical conversion, and distributed quantum information processing.
Databáze: arXiv