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Frontiers in Optics

Rare-earth atoms in solids for quantum photonics

Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

Rare-earth atoms in solids are an attractive candidate system for quantum optics due to their long coherence times and solid-state nature. We study the impact of inhomogeneous broadening on coherent optical processes in such systems.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2019.lm5d.3

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