Heralded initialization of charge state and optical-transition frequency of diamond tin-vacancy centers
Julia M. Brevoord (TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Lorenzo de Santis (TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
T. Yamamoto (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, TU Delft - QID/Taminiau Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Matteo Pasini (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Nina Codreanu (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Tim Turan (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab)
Hans K.C. Beukers (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab)
Christopher Waas (TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Ronald Hanson (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QID/Hanson Lab, TU Delft - QN/Hanson Lab, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
More Info
expand_more
Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.
Abstract
Diamond tin-vacancy centers have emerged as a promising platform for quantum information science and technology. A key challenge for their use in more-complex quantum experiments and scalable applications is the ability to prepare the center in the desired charge state with the optical transition at a predefined frequency. Here we report on heralding such successful preparation using a combination of laser excitation, photon detection, and real-time logic. We first show that fluorescence photon counts collected during an optimized resonant probe pulse strongly correlate with the subsequent charge state and optical-transition frequency, enabling real-time heralding of the desired state through threshold photon counting. We then implement and apply this heralding technique to photoluminescence-excitation measurements, coherent optical driving, and an optical Ramsey experiment, finding strongly increased optical coherence with increasing threshold. Finally, we demonstrate that the prepared optical frequency follows the probe laser across the inhomogeneous linewidth, enabling tuning of the transition frequency over multiple homogeneous linewidths.