Efficient photon coupling from a diamond nitrogen vacancy center by integration with silica fiber

Patel, Rishi N.; Schröder, Tim; Wan, Noel; Li, Luozhou; Mouradian, Sara L.; Chen, Edward H.; Englund, Dirk R.

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.32

Title: Efficient photon coupling from a diamond nitrogen vacancy center by integration with silica fiber

Journal Article · Fri Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Light, Science & Applications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2016.32· OSTI ID:1623782

Patel, Rishi N. ^[1]; Schröder, Tim ^[2]; Wan, Noel ^[2]; Li, Luozhou ^[2]; Mouradian, Sara L. ^[2]; Chen, Edward H. ^[2]; Englund, Dirk R. ^[2]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Applied Physics
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

A central goal in quantum information science is to efficiently interface photons with single optical modes for quantum networking and distributed quantum computing. Here, we introduce and experimentally demonstrate a compact and efficient method for the low-loss coupling of a solid-state qubit, the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond, with a single-mode optical fiber. In this approach, single-mode tapered diamond waveguides containing exactly one high quality NV memory are selected and integrated on tapered silica fibers. Numerical optimization of an adiabatic coupler indicates that near-unity-efficiency photon transfer is possible between the two modes. Experimentally, we find an overall collection efficiency between 16% and 37% and estimate a single photon count rate at saturation above 700 kHz. This integrated system enables robust, alignment-free, and efficient interfacing of single-mode optical fibers with single photon emitters and quantum memories in solids.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886

OSTI ID:: 1623782

Journal Information:: Light, Science & Applications, Vol. 5, Issue 2; ISSN 2047-7538

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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