Session S1: Diamond-based Quantum Information Processing
2:30 PM–5:30 PM, Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Morial Convention Center Room: LaLouisiane AB
Sponsoring Unit:
DCMP
Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.MAR.S1.4
Abstract: S1.00004 : Coherent Population Trapping of Single Spins in Diamond under Optical Excitation
4:18 PM–4:54 PM
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Author:
Charles Santori
(Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA)
The nitrogen-vacancy (N-V) center in diamond has long-lived electronic and nuclear spin coherence combined with optical addressability, making it an attractive candidate system for building a photonic network for quantum information applications. However, realizing such schemes will require control over the N-V energy level structure and integration into high-quality microphotonic structures operating at visible wavelengths. In this talk I will describe experiments on optical manipulation of N-V centers in low-nitrogen diamond samples. Typically the optical transitions of NV$^{-}$ are spin-conserving, so that if the N-V begins in the m$_{s}$=0 ground state, it can undergo many optical excitation/fluorescence cycles before transitioning to m$_{s}=\pm $1. However, by applying stress to the crystal, or by using strain already present, it is possible to realize a $\Lambda $-type system with one excited state coupled by optical transitions to multiple ground states. By this technique we have observed coherent population trapping both in N-V ensembles and in single N-V centers. These results demonstrate the potential for all-optical spin manipulation in this system. I will also describe initial work on coupling N-V centers to photonic structures with the goal of enhancing emission into the zero-phonon line, as needed for applications such as quantum repeaters.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2008.MAR.S1.4