Growth and Spectroscopy of Lanthanide Doped Y${}_2$SiO${}_5$ Microcrystals for Quantum Information Processing

Jamin L. B. Martin, Lily F. Williams, Michael F. Reid +1

Lanthanide-doped Y${}_2$SiO${}_5$ microcrystals were prepared using the solution combustion, solid state and sol-gel synthesis techniques. Of these, the sol-gel method yields the m…