Cavity-enhanced single artificial atoms in siliconShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 15, no 1, article id 5296Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Artificial atoms in solids are leading candidates for quantum networks, scalable quantum computing, and sensing, as they combine long-lived spins with mobile photonic qubits. Recently, silicon has emerged as a promising host material where artificial atoms with long spin coherence times and emission into the telecommunications band can be controllably fabricated. This field leverages the maturity of silicon photonics to embed artificial atoms into the world's most advanced microelectronics and photonics platform. However, a current bottleneck is the naturally weak emission rate of these atoms, which can be addressed by coupling to an optical cavity. Here, we demonstrate cavity-enhanced single artificial atoms in silicon (G-centers) at telecommunication wavelengths. Our results show enhancement of their zero phonon line intensities along with highly pure single-photon emission, while their lifetime remains statistically unchanged. We suggest the possibility of two different existing types of G-centers, shedding new light on the properties of silicon emitters. The authors demonstrate a cavity enhancement of single artificial atoms at telecommunication wavelengths in silicon by coupling them to highly optimized photonic crystal cavities, showing intensity enhancement and highly pure single-photon emission.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2024. Vol. 15, no 1, article id 5296
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Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-350480DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49302-0ISI: 001252409000012PubMedID: 38906895Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85196486187OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-350480DiVA, id: diva2:1884259
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QC 20240715
2024-07-152024-07-152024-07-15Bibliographically approved