Toward quantum microwave to optical conversion using rare earth ion containing crystals

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Fernandez-Gonzalvo, Xavier
King, Gavin G. G.
Horvath, Sebastian P.
Everts, Jonathan R.
Berrington, Matthew
Chen, Yu-Hui
Ahlefeldt, Rose
Longdell, Jevon Joseph

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Optical Society of American (OSA)

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With an Er:Y2SiO5 crystal at 4 K we achieve microwave to optical conversion with quantum efficiency 10-5. Theory and initial results at milli-kelvin temperatures and with fully concentrated rare earth crystals point to significant improvements.

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Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2019

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2037-12-31