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Optical and Zeeman spectroscopy of individual Er ion pairs in silicon

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 نشر من قبل Rose Ahlefeldt
 تاريخ النشر 2021
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We make the first study the optical energy level structure and interactions of pairs of single rare earth ions using a hybrid electro-optical detection method applied to Er-implanted silicon. Two examples of Er3+ pairs were identified in the optical spectrum by their characteristic energy level splitting patterns, and linear Zeeman spectra were used to characterise the sites. One pair is positively identified as two identical Er3+ ions in sites of at least C2 symmetry coupled via a large, 200 GHz Ising-like spin interaction and 1.5 GHz resonant optical interaction. Small non-Ising contributions to the spin interaction are attributed to distortion of the site measurable because of the high resolution of the single-ion measurement. The interactions are compared to previous measurements made using rare earth ensemble systems, and the application of this type of strongly coupled ion array to quantum computing is discussed.



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