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Coherent Control in the Ground and Optically Excited States of an Ensemble of Erbium Dopants

  • Pablo Cova Fariña
  • , Benjamin Merkel
  • , Natalia Herrera Valencia
  • , Penghong Yu
  • , Alexander Ulanowski
  • , Andreas Reiserer
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
  • University of Munich
  • Heriot-Watt University

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Abstract

Ensembles of erbium dopants can realize quantum memories and frequency converters that operate in the minimal-loss wavelength band of fiber optical communication. Their operation requires the initialization, coherent control, and readout of the electronic spin state. In this work, we use a split-ring microwave resonator to demonstrate such control in both the ground and optically excited state. The presented techniques can also be applied to other combinations of dopant and host and may facilitate the further development of quantum memory protocols and sensing schemes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number064028
JournalPhysical Review Applied
Volume15
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

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