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Coherently driving a single quantum two-level system with dichromatic laser pulses

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Date
15/07/2019
Author
He, Yu-Ming
Wang, Hui
Wang, Can
Chen, M.-C.
Ding, Xing
Qin, Jian
Duan, Z.-C.
Chen, Si
Li, J.-P.
Liu, Run-Ze
Schneider, C.
Atatüre, Mete
Hoefling, Sven
Lu, Chao-Yang
Pan, Jian-Wei
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QC Physics
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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Abstract
The excitation of individual two-level quantum systems using an electromagnetic field is an elementary tool of quantum optics, with widespread applications across quantum technologies. The efficient excitation of a single two-level system usually requires the driving field to be at the same frequency as the transition between the two quantum levels. However, in solid-state implementations, the scattered laser light can dominate over the single photons emitted by the two-level system, imposing a challenge for single-photon sources. Here, we propose a background-free method for the coherent excitation and control of a two-level quantum system using a phase-locked dichromatic electromagnetic field with no spectral overlap with the optical transition. We demonstrate this method experimentally by stimulating single-photon emission from a single quantum dot embedded in a micropillar, reaching single-photon purity of 0.988(1) and indistinguishability of 0.962(6). The phase-coherent nature of our two-colour excitation scheme is demonstrated by the dependence of the resonance fluorescence intensity on the relative phase between the two pulses. Our two-colour excitation method represents an additional and useful tool for the study of atom–photon interaction, and the generation of spectrally isolated indistinguishable single photons.
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He , Y-M , Wang , H , Wang , C , Chen , M-C , Ding , X , Qin , J , Duan , Z-C , Chen , S , Li , J-P , Liu , R-Z , Schneider , C , Atatüre , M , Hoefling , S , Lu , C-Y & Pan , J-W 2019 , ' Coherently driving a single quantum two-level system with dichromatic laser pulses ' , Nature Physics . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0585-6
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Nature Physics
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Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0585-6
ISSN
1745-2473
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Journal article
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© 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher's policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0585-6
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Funding: M.A. is supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant PHOENICS (no. 617985), and the EPSRC Quantum Technology Hub NQIT (EP/M013243/1).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19282

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