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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 24: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics I
Q 24.8: Poster
Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 16:30–18:30, S Fobau Physik
An optical nanofiber-based interface for solid-state quantum emitters — •Sarah M. Skoff1, Hardy Schauffert1, Johanna Hütner1, Thomas Hoinkes1, and Arno Rauschenbeutel1,2 — 1Atominstitut, TU Wien, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Vienna, Austria — 2Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany
In recent years, solid-state quantum emitters have gained increased interest as building blocks for quantum networks, quantum metrology and nanosensors. For all these applications, strong light-matter interactions are essential.
A versatile tool to achieve such interactions is an optical nanofiber, which is the tapered part of a commercial optical fiber that has a subwavelength diameter waist. This allows an appreciable amount of light to propagate outside the fiber in the form of an evanescent wave. We use such optical nanofibers to optically address individual molecules in solids and we will present this fully fiber-integrated system in more detail.
Due to the transverse confinement of the light field provided by the optical nanofiber, the interaction with quantum emitters is already significant. However, this nanofiber-based approach can be combined with a fiber-based cavity to enhance the light-matter interaction even further. As many solid-state quantum emitters require cryogenic temperatures, we will show the implementation of an optical resonator for these temperatures and demonstrate that it is sufficient to reach the strong coupling regime.