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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Quantum Nano-photonic Devices Based on Rare-earth Ions

Andrei Faraon

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

I present our progress towards developing optical quantum memories based on photonic crystal cavities fabricated in rare-earth-doped crystals. These devices exhibit large spontaneous emission rate enhancement, enabling optical control of single rare-earth ion quantum bits.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2017.sm1k.4

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