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arXiv:1410.5962 · Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Relaxation, decoherence, and steady-state population inversion in qubits doubly dressed by microwave and radiofrequency fields

A. P. Saǐko, Ryhor Fedaruk, S A Markevich

Published Jul 28, 2014• 26 citations
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Abstract

The coherent dynamics of relaxing spin qubits driven by a classical bichromatic field comprising a strong resonant component and a weaker component with a frequency close to the strong-field Rabi frequency is studied. The double dressing by the bichromatic field modifies dephasing and dissipation processes. We demonstrate that detuning of the weaker-field frequency from the strong-field Rabi frequency prolongs the decay of Rabi oscillations between some doubly dressed states. The sensitivity of Rabi oscillations to the modified detuning-dependent relaxation is illustrated for nitrogen-vacancy qubits in diamond. We discuss a steady-state population inversion of the doubly dressed-state levels.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/47/15/155502

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We study the coherent dynamics of relaxing qubits driven by a bichromatic radiation in the dispersive regime, when detuning of the frequency ωrfω_{rf}ωrf​ of a longitudinal radiofrequency field from the Rabi frequency ω1ω_{1}ω1​ in a transverse microwave field is comparable in magnitude to ωrfω_{rf}ωrf​ and ω1ω_{1}ω1​. We analytically describe this regime beyond the rotating wave approximation and find that the dominant feature of dynamics of qubits is the shift of the Rabi frequency caused by the dynamical Zeeman and Bloch-Siegert-like effects. These fundamental effects can be experimentally separated because, unlike the Bloch-Siegert effect, the dynamical Zeeman effect depends on the detuning sign. Our theoretical results are in a good agreement with the experimental data obtained in pulse EPR for the E1′E'_{1}E1′​ centers in crystalline quartz.
The dynamics of a two-level spin system dressed by bichromatic radiation is studied under the conditions of double resonance when the frequency of one (microwave) field is equal to the Larmor frequency of the spin system and the frequency of the other (radio-frequency) field ω rf is close to the Rabi frequency ω 1 in a microwave field. It is shown theoretically that Rabi oscillations between dressed-spin states with the frequency ɛ are accompanied by higher-frequency oscillations at frequencies n ω rf and n ω rf ± ɛ, where n = 1, 2,.... The most intense among these are the signals corresponding to n = 1. The counter-rotating (antiresonance) components of the RF field give rise to a shift of the dressed-state energy, i.e., to a frequency shift similar to the Bloch-Siegert shift. In particular, this shift is manifested as the dependence of the Rabi-oscillation frequency ɛ on the sign of the detuning ω 1 − ω rf from resonance. In the case of double resonance, the oscillation amplitude is asymmetric; i.e., the amplitude at the sum frequency ω rf + ɛ increases, while the amplitude at the difference frequency ω rf − ɛ decreases. The predicted effects are confirmed by observations of the nutation signals of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of E ′ 1 centers in quartz and should be taken into account to realize qubits with a low Rabi frequency in solids.
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