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Diba O, Miller HJD, Iles-Smith J, Nazir A. Quantum Work Statistics at Strong Reservoir Coupling. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:190401. [PMID: 38804950 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.190401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Determining the statistics of work done on a quantum system while strongly coupled to a reservoir is a formidable task, requiring the calculation of the full eigenspectrum of the combined system and reservoir. Here, we show that this issue can be circumvented by using a polaron transformation that maps the system into a new frame where weak-coupling theory can be applied. Crucially, this polaron approach reproduces the Jarzynski fluctuation theorem, thus ensuring consistency with the laws of stochastic thermodynamics. We apply our formalism to a system driven across the Landau-Zener transition, where we identify clear signatures in the work distribution arising from a non-negligible coupling to the environment. Our results provide a new method for studying the stochastic thermodynamics of driven quantum systems beyond Markovian, weak-coupling regimes.
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- Owen Diba
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Carter AL, O'Reilly J, Toh G, Saha S, Shalaev M, Goetting I, Monroe C. Ion trap with in-vacuum high numerical aperture imaging for a dual-species modular quantum computer. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:033201. [PMID: 38477652 DOI: 10.1063/5.0180732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Photonic interconnects between quantum systems will play a central role in both scalable quantum computing and quantum networking. Entanglement of remote qubits via photons has been demonstrated in many platforms; however, improving the rate of entanglement generation will be instrumental for integrating photonic links into modular quantum computers. We present an ion trap system that has the highest reported free-space photon collection efficiency for quantum networking. We use a pair of in-vacuum aspheric lenses, each with a numerical aperture of 0.8, to couple 10(1)% of the 493 nm photons emitted from a 138Ba+ ion into single-mode fibers. We also demonstrate that proximal effects of the lenses on the ion position and motion can be mitigated.
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- Allison L Carter
- Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Duke Quantum Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA
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- Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Duke Quantum Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA
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- Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Duke Quantum Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA
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- Duke Quantum Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA
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- Duke Quantum Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA
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- Joint Quantum Institute and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Duke Quantum Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27701, USA
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Lee J, Kim J, An K. Frequency pushing enhanced by an exceptional point in an atom-cavity coupled system. Sci Rep 2024; 14:3471. [PMID: 38342945 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54008-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024] Open
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We observed the frequency pushing of the cavity resonance as a result of the coupling of the cavity field with the ground state 138Ba in a high-Q cavity. A weak probe laser propagated along the axis of a Fabry-Pérot cavity while ground-state barium atoms traversed the cavity mode perpendicularly. By operating the atom-cavity composite in the vicinity of an exceptional point, we could observe a greatly enhanced frequency shift of the cavity transmission peak, which was pushed away from the atomic resonance, resulting in up to 41 ± 7 kHz frequency shift per atom from the empty cavity resonance. We analyzed our results by using the Maxwell-Schrödinger equation and obtained good agreement with the measurements.
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- Joohye Lee
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Applied Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Korea.
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Fang D, Cui JM, Chen WB, Chen Y, Li RR, Zhang CH, Huang YF, Li CF, Guo GC. Arc discharge method to fabricate large concave structures for open-access fiber Fabry-Pérot cavities. OPTICS EXPRESS 2024; 32:2906-2915. [PMID: 38297527 DOI: 10.1364/oe.501532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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We present a novel micro-fabrication technique for creating concave surfaces on the endfacets of photonic crystal fibers. A fiber fusion splicer is used to generate arc discharges to melt and reshape the fiber endfacet. This technique can produce large spherical concave surfaces with roughness as low as 0.12 nm in various types of photonic crystal fibers. The deviation of fabricated surface and a spherical profile in the region of 70 µm in diameter is less than 50 nm. The center of the concave surface and the fiber mode field are highly coincident with a deviation less than 500 nm. Finesse measurements have shown that a Fabry-Pérot cavity composed of the fiber fabricated using this method and a plane mirror maintains finesse of 20000. This method is easy to replicate, making it a practical and efficient approach to fabricate concave surface on fibers for open-access fiber Fabry-Pérot cavities.
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Xu X, Lu Y, Huang Y, Zhou X, Ma R, Xiong H, Li M, Wu Q, Xu J. Frequency modulation of terahertz microcavity via strong coupling with plasmonic resonators. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:44375-44384. [PMID: 38178510 DOI: 10.1364/oe.510365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Tunable terahertz (THz) microcavities are crucial for the compact on-chip THz devices, aiming to future cloud-based computing, and artificial-intelligence technologies. However, the solutions to effectively modulate THz microcavities remain elusive. Strong coupling has been widely demonstrated in many configurations at different ambient conditions to date and may serve as a promising tool to modulate THz microcavities. Here, we schematically design a microcavity-plasmon hybrid system, and propose an effective approach to modulating the resonant frequencies of THz microcavities by the microcavity-resonator strong coupling. In this case, we observed the strongly coupling states, where the resultant two-polariton branches exhibit an anti-crossing splitting in the frequency domain, experimentally exhibiting a ∼6.2% frequency modulation to the microcavity compared to the uncoupled case. This work provides an efficient approach to modulating chip-scale THz microcavities, thereby facilitating the development and application of compact THz integrated devices, further empowering the evolution of future information processing and intelligent computing system.
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Hughes WJ, Doherty TH, Blackmore JA, Horak P, Goodwin JF. Mode mixing and losses in misaligned microcavities. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:32619-32636. [PMID: 37859061 DOI: 10.1364/oe.496981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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We present a study on the optical losses of Fabry-Pérot cavities subject to realistic transverse mirror misalignment. We consider mirrors of the two most prevalent surface forms: idealised spherical depressions, and Gaussian profiles generated by laser ablation. We first describe the mode mixing phenomena seen in the spherical mirror case and compare to the frequently-used clipping model, observing close agreement in the predicted diffraction loss, but with the addition of protective mode mixing at transverse degeneracies. We then discuss the Gaussian mirror case, detailing how the varying surface curvature across the mirror leads to complex variations in round trip loss and mode profile. In light of the severe mode distortion and strongly elevated loss predicted for many cavity lengths and transverse alignments when using Gaussian mirrors, we suggest that the consequences of mirror surface profile are carefully considered when designing cavity experiments.
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Patra A, Caligiuri V, Zappone B, Krahne R, De Luca A. In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Investigation of Resonant Tunneling Polaritons in Metal-Dielectric-Metal Cavities. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1489-1495. [PMID: 36745481 PMCID: PMC9951238 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Polaritons can be generated by tuning the optical transitions of a light emitter to the resonances of a photonic cavity. We show that a dye-doped cavity generates resonant tunneling polaritons with Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) effective permittivity. We studied the polariton spectral dispersion in dye-doped metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) cavities as a function of the in-plane (k||) and out-of-plane (k⊥) components of the incident wavevector. The dependence on k|| was investigated through ellipsometry, revealing the ENZ modes. The k⊥ dependence was measured by varying the cavity thickness under normal incidence using a Surface Force Apparatus (SFA). Both methods revealed a large Rabi splitting well exceeding 100 meV. The SFA-based investigation highlighted the collective nature of strong coupling by producing a splitting proportional to the square root of the involved photons. This study demonstrates the possibility of generating ENZ polaritons and introduces the SFA as a powerful tool for the characterization of strong light-matter interactions.
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- Aniket Patra
- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci 33b, 87036 Rende CS, Italy
- Optoelectronics
Research Line, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci 33b, 87036 Rende CS, Italy
- Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche−Istituto di Nanotecnologia (CNR-Nanotec), via P. Bucci 33c, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche−Istituto di Nanotecnologia (CNR-Nanotec), via P. Bucci 33c, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Optoelectronics
Research Line, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Università della Calabria, via P. Bucci 33b, 87036 Rende CS, Italy
- Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche−Istituto di Nanotecnologia (CNR-Nanotec), via P. Bucci 33c, 87036 Rende, Italy
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Hei XL, Li PB, Pan XF, Nori F. Enhanced Tripartite Interactions in Spin-Magnon-Mechanical Hybrid Systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:073602. [PMID: 36867822 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.073602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Coherent tripartite interactions among degrees of freedom of completely different nature are instrumental for quantum information and simulation technologies, but they are generally difficult to realize and remain largely unexplored. Here, we predict a tripartite coupling mechanism in a hybrid setup comprising a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center and a micromagnet. We propose to realize direct and strong tripartite interactions among single NV spins, magnons, and phonons via modulating the relative motion between the NV center and the micromagnet. Specifically, by introducing a parametric drive (two-phonon drive) to modulate the mechanical motion (such as the center-of-mass motion of a NV spin in diamond trapped in an electrical trap or a levitated micromagnet in a magnetic trap), we can obtain a tunable and strong spin-magnon-phonon coupling at the single quantum level, with up to 2 orders of magnitude enhancement for the tripartite coupling strength. This enables, for example, tripartite entanglement among solid-state spins, magnons, and mechanical motions in quantum spin-magnonics-mechanics with realistic experimental parameters. This protocol can be readily implemented with the well-developed techniques in ion traps or magnetic traps and could pave the way for general applications in quantum simulations and information processing based on directly and strongly coupled tripartite systems.
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- Xin-Lei Hei
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing (RQC), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
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Doherty TH, Kuhn A, Kassa E. Multi-resonant open-access microcavity arrays for light matter interaction. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:6342-6355. [PMID: 36823893 DOI: 10.1364/oe.475921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We report the realisation of a high-finesse open-access cavity array, tailored towards the creation of multiple coherent light-matter interfaces within a compact environment. We describe the key technical developments put in place to fabricate such a system, comprising the creation of tapered pyramidal substrates and an in-house laser machining setup. Cavities made from these mirrors are characterised, by laser spectroscopy, to possess similar optical properties to state-of-the-art fibre-tip cavities, but offer a compelling route towards improved performance, even when used to support only a single mode. The implementation of a 2×2 cavity array and the independent frequency tuning between three neighbouring sites are demonstrated.
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Pan Y, Li L, Zhou X, Huang D, Shen Z, Wang J, Li C, Guo G. Feedback and compensation scheme to suppress the thermal effects from a dipole trap beam for the optical fiber microcavity. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:46280-46293. [PMID: 36558585 DOI: 10.1364/oe.472022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cavity quantum electrodynamics (cavity QED) with neutral atoms is a promising platform for quantum information processing and optical fiber Fabry-Pérot microcavity with small mode volume is an important integrant for the large light-matter coupling strength. To transport cold atoms to the microcavity, a high-power optical dipole trap (ODT) beam perpendicular to the cavity axis is commonly used. However, the overlap between the ODT beam and the cavity mirrors causes thermal effects inducing a large cavity shift at the locking wavelength and a differential cavity shift at the probe wavelength which disturbs the cavity resonance. Here, we develop a feedback and compensation scheme to maintain the optical fiber microcavity resonant with the lasers at the locking and probe wavelengths simultaneously. The large cavity shift of 210 times the cavity linewidth, which makes the conventional PID scheme ineffective can be suppressed actively by a PIID feedback scheme with an additional I parameter. Differential cavity shift at the probe wavelength can be understood from the photothermal refraction and thermal expansion effects on the mirror coatings and be passively compensated by changing the frequency of the locking laser. A further normal-mode splitting measurement demonstrates the strong coupling between 85Rb atoms and cavity mode after the thermal effects are suppressed, which also confirms successful delivery and trapping of atoms into the optical cavity. This scheme can solve the thermal effects of the high-power ODT beam and will be helpful to cavity QED experimental research.
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Ruelle T, Jaeger D, Fogliano F, Braakman F, Poggio M. A tunable fiber Fabry-Perot cavity for hybrid optomechanics stabilized at 4 K. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2022; 93:095003. [PMID: 36182449 DOI: 10.1063/5.0098140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We describe an apparatus for the implementation of hybrid optomechanical systems at 4 K. The platform is based on a high-finesse, micrometer-scale fiber Fabry-Perot cavity, which can be widely tuned using piezoelectric positioners. A mechanical resonator can be positioned within the cavity in the object-in-the-middle configuration by a second set of positioners. A high level of stability is achieved without sacrificing either performance or tunability, through the combination of a stiff mechanical design, passive vibration isolation, and an active Pound-Drever-Hall feedback lock incorporating a reconfigurable digital filter. The stability of the cavity length is demonstrated to be better than a few picometers over many hours both at room temperature and at 4 K.
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- Thibaud Ruelle
- Department of Physics, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Li JY, Li W, Liu J, Zhong J, Liu R, Chen H, Wang XH. Room-Temperature Strong Coupling Between a Single Quantum Dot and a Single Plasmonic Nanoparticle. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:4686-4693. [PMID: 35638870 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A single quantum dot (QD) strongly coupled with a plasmonic nanoparticle yields a promising qubit for scalable solid-state quantum information processing at room temperature. However, realizing such a strong coupling remains challenging due to the difficulty of spatial overlap of the QD excitons with the plasmonic electric fields (EFs). Here, by using a transmission electron microscope we demonstrate for the first time that this overlap can be realized by integrating a deterministic single QD with a single Au nanorod. When a wedge nanogap cavity consisting of them and the substrate is constructed, the plasmonic EFs can be more effectively "dragged" and highly confined in the QD's nanoshell where the excitons mainly reside. With these advantages, we observed the largest spectral Rabi splitting (reported so far) of ∼234 meV for a single QD strong coupling with plasmons. Our work opens a pathway to the massive construction of room-temperature strong coupling solid qubits.
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- Jun-Yu Li
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, International Joint Research Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices of Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Yu D, Vollmer F. Microscale whispering-gallery-mode light sources with lattice-confined atoms. Sci Rep 2021; 11:13899. [PMID: 34230545 PMCID: PMC8260733 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93295-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Microlasers, relying on the strong coupling between active particles and optical microcavity, exhibit fundamental differences from conventional lasers, such as multi-threshold/thresholdless behavior and nonclassical photon emission. As light sources, microlasers possess extensive applications in precision measurement, quantum information processing, and biochemical sensing. Here we propose a whispering-gallery-mode microlaser scheme, where ultracold alkaline-earth metal atoms, i.e., gain medium, are tightly confined in a two-color evanescent lattice that is in the ring shape and formed around a microsphere. To suppress the influence of the lattice-induced ac Stark shift on the moderately-narrow-linewidth laser transition, the red-detuned trapping beams operate at a magic wavelength while the wavelength of the blue-detuned trapping beam is set close to the other magic wavelength. The tiny mode volume and high quality factor of the microsphere ensure the strong atom-microcavity coupling in the bad-cavity regime. As a result, both saturation photon and critical atom numbers, which characterize the laser performance, are substantially reduced below unity. We explore the lasing action of the coupled system by using the Monte Carlo approach. Our scheme may be potentially generalized to the microlasers based on the forbidden clock transitions, holding the prospect for microscale active optical clocks in precision measurement and frequency metrology.
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- Deshui Yu
- Living Systems Institute, Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK.
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- Living Systems Institute, Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
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Distante E, Daiss S, Langenfeld S, Hartung L, Thomas P, Morin O, Rempe G, Welte S. Detecting an Itinerant Optical Photon Twice without Destroying It. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:253603. [PMID: 34241514 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.253603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Nondestructive quantum measurements are central for quantum physics applications ranging from quantum sensing to quantum computing and quantum communication. Employing the toolbox of cavity quantum electrodynamics, we here concatenate two identical nondestructive photon detectors to repeatedly detect and track a single photon propagating through a 60 m long optical fiber. By demonstrating that the combined signal-to-noise ratio of the two detectors surpasses each single one by about 2 orders of magnitude, we experimentally verify a key practical benefit of cascaded nondemolition detectors compared to conventional absorbing devices.
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- Emanuele Distante
- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Saavedra C, Pandey D, Alt W, Pfeifer H, Meschede D. Tunable fiber Fabry-Perot cavities with high passive stability. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:974-982. [PMID: 33726322 DOI: 10.1364/oe.412273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We present three high finesse tunable monolithic fiber Fabry-Perot cavities (FFPCs) with high passive mechanical stability. The fiber mirrors are fixed inside slotted glass ferrules, which guarantee an inherent alignment of the resonators. An attached piezoelectric element enables fast tuning of the FFPC resonance frequency over the entire free-spectral range for two of the designs. Stable locking of the cavity resonance is achieved for sub-Hertz feedback bandwidths, demonstrating the high passive stability. At the other limit, locking bandwidths up to tens of kilohertz, close to the first mechanical resonance, can be obtained. The root-mean-square frequency fluctuations are suppressed down to ∼2% of the cavity linewidth. Over a wide frequency range, the frequency noise is dominated by the thermal noise limit of the system's mechanical resonances. The demonstrated small footprint devices can be used advantageously in a broad range of applications like cavity-based sensing techniques, optical filters or quantum light-matter interfaces.
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Adl H, Gorji S, Habil MK, Suárez I, Chirvony VS, Gualdrón-Reyes AF, Mora-Seró I, Valencia LM, de la Mata M, Hernández-Saz J, Molina SI, Zapata-Rodríguez CJ, Martínez-Pastor JP. Purcell Enhancement and Wavelength Shift of Emitted Light by CsPbI 3 Perovskite Nanocrystals Coupled to Hyperbolic Metamaterials. ACS PHOTONICS 2020; 7:3152-3160. [PMID: 33241076 PMCID: PMC7678722 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Manipulation of the exciton emission rate in nanocrystals of lead halide perovskites (LHPs) was demonstrated by means of coupling of excitons with a hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM) consisting of alternating thin metal (Ag) and dielectric (LiF) layers. Such a coupling is found to induce an increase of the exciton radiative recombination rate by more than a factor of three due to the Purcell effect when the distance between the quantum emitter and HMM is nominally as small as 10 nm, which coincides well with the results of our theoretical analysis. Besides, an effect of the coupling-induced long wavelength shift of the exciton emission spectrum is detected and modeled. These results can be of interest for quantum information applications of single emitters on the basis of perovskite nanocrystals with high photon emission rates.
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- Hamid
Pashaei Adl
- Instituto
de Ciencia de Materiales (ICMUV), Universidad de Valencia, C/Catedrático José
Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencia de Materiales (ICMUV), Universidad de Valencia, C/Catedrático José
Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencia de Materiales (ICMUV), Universidad de Valencia, C/Catedrático José
Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
- Departamento
de Ingeniería Electrónica, Escuela Técnica
Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad
de Valencia, Avenida
de la Universidad s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencia de Materiales (ICMUV), Universidad de Valencia, C/Catedrático José
Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I (UJI), Avenida de Vicent Sos Baynat s/n, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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- Institute
of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat
Jaume I (UJI), Avenida de Vicent Sos Baynat s/n, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de
los Materiales e IM
y QI. F. Ciencias, IMEYMAT, Campus Río San Pedro, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real
(Cádiz), Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de
los Materiales e IM
y QI. F. Ciencias, IMEYMAT, Campus Río San Pedro, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real
(Cádiz), Spain
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- Departamento
de Ingeniería y Ciencia de los Materiales y del Transporte,
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Sevilla, Camino Descubrimientos, s/n.- Isla Cartuja, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencia de
los Materiales e IM
y QI. F. Ciencias, IMEYMAT, Campus Río San Pedro, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real
(Cádiz), Spain
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- Departament
d’Òptica i Optometria i Ciències de la Visió,
Facultad de Física, Universitat
de València, C/Dr
Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Instituto
de Ciencia de Materiales (ICMUV), Universidad de Valencia, C/Catedrático José
Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Spain
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Araneda G, Cerchiari G, Higginbottom DB, Holz PC, Lakhmanskiy K, Obšil P, Colombe Y, Blatt R. The Panopticon device: An integrated Paul-trap-hemispherical mirror system for quantum optics. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2020; 91:113201. [PMID: 33261421 DOI: 10.1063/5.0020661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We present the design and construction of a new experimental apparatus for the trapping of single Ba+ ions in the center of curvature of an optical-quality hemispherical mirror. We describe the layout, fabrication, and integration of the full setup, consisting of a high-optical access monolithic "3D-printed" Paul trap, the hemispherical mirror, a diffraction-limited in-vacuum lens (NA = 0.7) for collection of atomic fluorescence, and a state-of-the art ultra-high vacuum vessel. This new apparatus enables the study of quantum electrodynamics effects such as strong inhibition and enhancement of spontaneous emission and achieves a collection efficiency of the emitted light in a single optical mode of 31%.
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- G Araneda
- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Optics, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Enhanced ion-cavity coupling through cavity cooling in the strong coupling regime. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15693. [PMID: 32973298 PMCID: PMC7519056 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72796-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Incorporating optical cavities in ion traps is becoming increasingly important in the development of photonic quantum networks. However, the presence of the cavity can hamper efficient laser cooling of ions because of geometric constraints that the cavity imposes and an unfavourable Purcell effect that can modify the cooling dynamics substantially. On the other hand the coupling of the ion to the cavity can also be exploited to provide a mechanism to efficiently cool the ion. In this paper we demonstrate experimentally how cavity cooling can be implemented to improve the localisation of the ion and thus its coupling to the cavity. By using cavity cooling we obtain an enhanced ion-cavity coupling of [Formula: see text] MHz, compared with [Formula: see text] MHz when using only Doppler cooling.
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Wright TA, Parry C, Gibson OR, Francis-Jones RJA, Mosley PJ. Resource-efficient frequency conversion for quantum networks via sequential four-wave mixing. OPTICS LETTERS 2020; 45:4587-4590. [PMID: 32797016 DOI: 10.1364/ol.398408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report a resource-efficient scheme in which a single pump laser was used to achieve frequency conversion by Bragg-scattering four-wave mixing in a photonic crystal fiber. We demonstrate bidirectional conversion of coherent light between Sr+2P1/2→2D3/2 emission wavelength at 1092 nm and the telecommunication C band with conversion efficiencies of 4.2% and 37% for up- and down-conversion, respectively. We discuss how the scheme may be viably scaled to meet the temporal, spectral, and polarization stability requirements of a hybrid light-matter quantum network.
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Borne A, Northup TE, Blatt R, Dayan B. Efficient ion-photon qubit SWAP gate in realistic ion cavity-QED systems without strong coupling. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:11822-11839. [PMID: 32403685 DOI: 10.1364/oe.376914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present a scheme for deterministic ion-photon qubit exchange, namely a SWAP gate, based on realistic cavity-QED systems with 171Yb+, 40Ca+ and 138Ba+ ions. The gate can also serve as a single-photon quantum memory, in which an outgoing photon heralds the successful arrival of the incoming photonic qubit. Although strong coupling, namely having the single-photon Rabi frequency be the fastest rate in the system, is often assumed essential, this gate (similarly to the Duan-Kimble C-phase gate) requires only Purcell enhancement, i.e. high single-atom cooperativity. Accordingly, it does not require small mode volume cavities, which are challenging to incorporate with ions due to the difficulty of trapping them close to dielectric surfaces. Instead, larger cavities, potentially more compatible with the trap apparatus, are sufficient, as long as their numerical aperture is high enough to maintain small mode area at the ion's position. We define the optimal parameters for the gate's operation and simulate the expected fidelities and efficiencies, demonstrating that efficient photon-ion qubit exchange, a valuable building block for scalable quantum computation, is practically attainable with current experimental capabilities.
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