Stoichiometric rare-earth crystals for applications in quantum information

Sellars, Matthew; Ahlefeldt, Rose; Hush, Michael

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Stoichiometric rare-earth crystals for applications in quantum information

Date

2017

Authors

Sellars, Matthew

Ahlefeldt, Rose

Hush, Michael

Publisher

Optical Society of American (OSA)

Abstract

We demonstrate that in stoichiometric rare-earth crystals the excitation induced interactions between ions can be resolved over the optical inhomogeneous linewidth, introducing the possibility of utilising many-body effects for quantum information applications.