Acoustic control of optical excitation of rare-earth ions

Ryuichi Ohta, Grégoire Lelu, Xuejun Xu, Tomohiro Inaba, Kenichi Hitachi, Yoshitaka Taniyasu, Haruki Sanada, Atsushi Ishizawa, Takehiko Tawara, Katsuya Oguri, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hajime Okamoto

Published Jan 1, 2023• 0 citations

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Abstract

We investigated phonon-assisted optical excitation of erbium ions using surface acoustic waves. The results will pave the way to on-chip control of the energy transduction between telecom-photons and long-lived electron spins.

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2023.sf2p.5

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