Publications (17)
All-optical control of long-lived nuclear spins in rare-earth doped nanoparticles
D. Serrano, J. Karlsson, A. Fossati +2
Nanoscale systems offer key capabilities for quantum technologies that include single qubit control and readout, multiple qubit gate operation, extremely sensitive and localized se…
Nanoscale graphitization and defect evolution in silicon-vacancy center-containing nanodiamonds under high-pressure high-temperature annealing
M. De Feudis, B. Yavkin, L. Henry +6
Group-IV color centers, such as the silicon-vacancy (SiV) defect, are highly promising for solid-state quantum technologies. However, nanodiamonds typically exhibit significant lat…
Coherent optical and spin spectroscopy of nanoscale Pr3+:Y2O3
D. Serrano, C. Deshmukh, S. Liu +4
We investigate the potential for optical quantum technologies of Pr3+:Y2O3 in the form of monodisperse spherical nanoparticles. We measured optical inhomogeneous lines of 27 GHz, a…
Inhomogeneous response of an ion ensemble from mechanical stress
S. Zhang, N. Galland, N. LuÄiÄ +6
Material strain has recently received growing attention as a complementary resource to control the energy levels of quantum emitters embedded inside a solid-state environment. Some…
First-order thermal insensitivity of the frequency of a narrow spectral hole in a crystal
S. Zhang, S. Seidelin, R. Le Targat +3
The possibility of generating an narrow spectral hole in a rare-earth doped crystal opens the gateway to a variety of applications, one of which is the realization of an ultrastabl…
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy of a scheelite crystal using microwave photon counting
E. Billaud, L. Balembois, J. Travesedo +11
Counting the microwave photons emitted by an ensemble of electron spins when they relax radiatively has recently been introduced as a sensitive new method for electron paramagnetic…
Prediction of the Optical Polarization and High Field Hyperfine Structure Via a Parametrized Crystal-Field Model for the Low Symmetry Centers in Er Doped YSiO
N. L. Jobbitt, J. -P. R. Wells, M. F. Reid +3
We report on the development and application of a parametrized crystal-field model for both C symmetry centers in trivalent erbium-doped YSiO. High resolution Zee…
Mechanical tunability of an ultra-narrow spectral feature with uniaxial stress
N. Galland, N. Lucic, B. Fang +6
Rare-earth doped crystals have numerous applications ranging from frequency metrology to quantum information processing. To fully benefit from their exceptional coherence propertie…
Anomalous sub-kelvin thermal frequency shifts of ultra narrow-linewidth solid state emitters
X. Lin, M. T. Hartman, B. Pointard +5
We investigate the frequency response of narrow spectral holes in a doped crystal structure as a function of temperature below 1 K. We identify a particular regime in which this re…
Electrical Control of Optical Emitter Relaxation Pathways enabled by Graphene
K. J. Tielrooij, L. Orona, A. Ferrier +16
Controlling the energy flow processes and the associated energy relaxation rates of a light emitter is of high fundamental interest, and has many applications in the fields of quan…
Broadband and long-duration optical memory in Yb:YSO
T. Sanchez Mejia, L. Nicolas, A. Gelmini Rodriguez +2
Optical quantum memories are essential components for realizing the full potential of quantum networks. Among these, rare-earth-doped crystal memories stand out due to their large…
Microscale crystalline rare-earth doped resonators for strain-coupled optomechanics
J. F. Motte, N. Galland, J. Debray +7
Rare-earth ion doped crystals for hybrid quantum technologies is an area of growing interest in the solid-state physics community. We have earlier theoretically proposed a hybrid s…
Double-heterodyne probing for ultra-stable laser based on spectral hole burning in a rare-earth doped crystal
N. Galland, N. Lucic, S. Zhang +7
We present an experimental technique for realizing a specific absorption spectral pattern in a rare-earth-doped crystal at cryogenic temperatures. This pattern is subsequently prob…
Hyperfine spectroscopy in a quantum-limited spectrometer
S. Probst, G. L. Zhang, M. RanÄiÄ +12
We report measurements of electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) performed at millikelvin temperatures in a custom-built high-sensitivity spectrometer based on superconduct…
All-microwave spectroscopy and polarization of individual nuclear spins in a solid
J. Travesedo, J. O'Sullivan, L. Pallegoix +10
We report magnetic resonance spectroscopy measurements of individual nuclear spins in a crystal coupled to a neighbouring paramagnetic center, detected using microwave fluorescence…
Precision hyperfine spectroscopy of an individual nuclear-spin-9/2
J. Travesedo, Z. W. Huang, L. Mykolyshyn +12
Single-spin magnetic resonance spectroscopy promises to yield structural and chemical information at the level of individual atoms or molecules, in a non-invasive way. Here, we use…
Precision measurements of electric-field-induced frequency displacements of an ultranarrow optical transition in ions in a solid
S. Zhang, N. LuÄiÄ, N. Galland +5
We report a series of measurements of the effect of an electric field on the frequency of the ultranarrow linewidth optical transition of …