Suppressing spectral diffusion of emitted photons with optical pulses
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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- 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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1239145
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1235788
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-8664
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
- Grant/Contract Number:
- DMR1339564; AC02-07CH11358
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Fotso, H. F., Feiguin, A. E., Awschalom, D. D., and Dobrovitski, V. V. Suppressing spectral diffusion of emitted photons with optical pulses. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.033603.
Fotso, H. F., Feiguin, A. E., Awschalom, D. D., & Dobrovitski, V. V. Suppressing spectral diffusion of emitted photons with optical pulses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.033603
Fotso, H. F., Feiguin, A. E., Awschalom, D. D., and Dobrovitski, V. V. Fri .
"Suppressing spectral diffusion of emitted photons with optical pulses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.033603. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1239145.
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title = {Suppressing spectral diffusion of emitted photons with optical pulses},
author = {Fotso, H. F. and Feiguin, A. E. and Awschalom, D. D. and Dobrovitski, V. V.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.033603},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 3,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2016}
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