arXiv:1802.06172 · Physical Review A

Controlling rare-earth ions in a nanophotonic resonator using the ac Stark shift

John G. Bartholomew, Tian Zhong, Jonathan M. Kindem, Raymond Lopez‐Rios, Jake Rochman, Ioana Craiciu, Evan Miyazono, Andrei Faraon

Published Jun 28, 2018• 11 citations

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Abstract

Rare-earth ions in crystals are one of the most promising platforms for building quantum technologies, such as quantum memories. Now, through the miniaturization of such systems in an on-chip nanophotonic resonator, the ac Stark shift due to a single photon can be used as a versatile way to control the ions.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.97.063854

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