Suppressing spectral diffusion of emitted photons with optical pulses

Fotso, H. F.; Feiguin, A. E.; Awschalom, D. D.; Dobrovitski, V. V.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.033603

Suppressing spectral diffusion of emitted photons with optical pulses

Journal Article · Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.033603· OSTI ID:1239145

Fotso, H. F. ^[1]; Feiguin, A. E. ^[2]; Awschalom, D. D. ^[3]; Dobrovitski, V. V. ^[4]

Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

In many quantum architectures the solid-state qubits, such as quantum dots or color centers, are interfaced via emitted photons. However, the frequency of photons emitted by solid-state systems exhibits slow uncontrollable fluctuations over time (spectral diffusion), creating a serious problem for implementation of the photon-mediated protocols. Here we show that a sequence of optical pulses applied to the solid-state emitter can stabilize the emission line at the desired frequency. We demonstrate efficiency, robustness, and feasibility of the method analytically and numerically. Taking nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond as an example, we show that only several pulses, with the width of 1 ns, separated by few ns (which is not difficult to achieve) can suppress spectral diffusion. As a result, our method provides a simple and robust way to greatly improve the efficiency of photon-mediated entanglement and/or coupling to photonic cavities for solid-state qubits.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1239145

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1235788

Report Number(s):: IS-J--8664

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 116; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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