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Spectroscopic detection and state preparation of a single praseodymium ion in a crystal

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Utikal,  Tobias
Sandoghdar Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Eichhammer,  Emanuel
Sandoghdar Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Götzinger,  Stephan
Sandoghdar Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Sandoghdar,  Vahid
Sandoghdar Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Utikal, T., Eichhammer, E., Petersen, L., Renn, A., Götzinger, S., & Sandoghdar, V. (2014). Spectroscopic detection and state preparation of a single praseodymium ion in a crystal. Nature Communications, 5: 3627. doi:10.1038/ncomms4627.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0006-950F-2
Abstract
The narrow optical transitions and long spin coherence times of rare earth ions in crystals make them desirable for a number of applications ranging from solid-state spectroscopy and laser physics to quantum information processing. However, investigations of these features have not been possible at the single-ion level. Here we show that the combination of cryogenic high-resolution laser spectroscopy with optical microscopy allows one to spectrally select individual praseodymium ions in yttrium orthosilicate. Furthermore, this spectral selectivity makes it possible to resolve neighbouring ions with a spatial precision of the order of 10 nm. In addition to elaborating on the essential experimental steps for achieving this long-sought goal, we demonstrate state preparation and read out of the three ground-state hyperfine levels, which are known to have lifetimes of the order of hundred seconds.