Science Daily November 2, 2023
Rare-earth (RE) atoms in solid-state materials are attractive components for photonic quantum information systems because of their coherence properties even in high-temperature environments. Researchers in Japan performed the single-site optical spectroscopy and optical addressing of a single RE atom in an amorphous silica optical fiber at room temperature. The single-site optical spectroscopy of the tapered RE-doped fiber showed nonresonant emission lines similar to those seen in the case of an unstructured fiber and the autocorrelation function of photons emitted from the fiber showed the antibunching effect due to the spatial isolation given by the tapered fiber structure. According to the researchers the ability to address single RE atoms at room temperature provides a very stable and cost-effective technical platform for the realization of a solid-state system for a large-scale quantum optical network and other quantum technologies based on many spectral channels from visible to midinfrared wavelengths… read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
A schematic illustration of an isolated single atom in a tapered fiber… Credit:Â Phys. Rev. Applied 20, 044038, 16 October, 2023Â