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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 24: Quantum Effects

Q 24.6: Poster

Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 16:30–18:30, P

Cavity-enhanced spectroscopy of molecular quantum emitters — •Evgenij Vasilenko, Weizhe Li, Senthil Kuppusamy, Mario Ruben, and David Hunger — Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies, Kalrsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Rare earth ions in solid-state hosts are a promising candidate for optically addressable spin qubits, owing to their excellent optical and spin coherence times. Recently, also rare earth ion-based molecular complexes have shown excellent optical coherence properties [1]. Due to the long optical lifetime of the optical transition ⁵D₀-⁷F₀, an efficient spin-photon interface for quantum information processing requires the coupling of single ions to a microcavity.Open-access Fabry-Pérot fiber cavities have been demonstrated to achieve high quality factors and low mode volumes, while simultaneously offering large tunability and efficient collection of the cavity mode [2]. Since the used molecular quantum emitters require a cryogenic environment, the demands on mechanical stability of the cavity setup have a high priority. To tackle these challenges, we report on the development of a monolithic type of cavity assembly, sacrificing some lateral scanning ability for the purpose of significantly increasing the passive stability. We integrate molecules into the cavity in the form of a crystalline thin film on a macroscopic mirror and identify a sub-nanometer local surface roughness, sufficient to avoid excessive scattering loss. We report on first studies of cavity-enhanced emission spectroscopy.

[1] Serrano et al., to appear in Nature, arXiv:2105.07081

[2] Hunger et al., New J. Phys 12, 065038 (2010)