Nuclear spin physics in quantum dots: An optical investigation

B Urbaszek, X Marie, T Amand, O Krebs, P Voisin… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
The mesoscopic spin system formed by the 10 4–10 6 nuclear spins in a semiconductor
quantum dot offers a unique setting for the study of many-body spin physics in the …

Epitaxial quantum dots: a semiconductor launchpad for photonic quantum technologies

X Zhou, L Zhai, J Liu - Photonics Insights, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Epitaxial quantum dots formed by III–V compound semiconductors are excellent sources of
non-classical photons, creating single photons and entangled multi-photon states on …

Quantum entanglement between an optical photon and a solid-state spin qubit

E Togan, Y Chu, AS Trifonov, L Jiang, J Maze… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Quantum entanglement is among the most fascinating aspects of quantum theory. Entangled
optical photons are now widely used for fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and …

Quantum interface of an electron and a nuclear ensemble

DA Gangloff, G Ethier-Majcher, C Lang, EV Denning… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Coherent excitation of an ensemble of quantum objects underpins quantum many-body
phenomena and offers the opportunity to realize a memory that stores quantum information …

Hyperfine Spectroscopy and Fast, All-Optical Arbitrary State Initialization and Readout of a Single, Ten-Level Vacancy Nuclear Spin Qudit in Diamond

C Adambukulam, BC Johnson, A Morello, A Laucht - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
A high-spin nucleus coupled to a color center can act as a long-lived memory qudit in a spin-
photon interface. The germanium vacancy (GeV) in diamond has attracted recent attention …

Laser cooling and real-time measurement of the nuclear spin environment of a solid-state qubit

E Togan, Y Chu, A Imamoglu, MD Lukin - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Control over quantum dynamics of open systems is one of the central challenges in quantum
science and engineering. Coherent optical techniques, such as coherent population …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear spin diffusion in the central spin system of a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dot

P Millington-Hotze, S Manna, SF Covre da Silva… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The spin diffusion concept provides a classical description of a purely quantum-mechanical
evolution in inhomogeneously polarized many-body systems such as nuclear spin lattices …

Improving a solid-state qubit through an engineered mesoscopic environment

G Éthier-Majcher, D Gangloff, R Stockill, E Clarke… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
A controlled quantum system can alter its environment by feedback, leading to reduced-
entropy states of the environment and to improved system coherence. Here, using a …

[HTML][HTML] Optical spin locking of a solid-state qubit

JH Bodey, R Stockill, EV Denning, DA Gangloff… - npj Quantum …, 2019 - nature.com
Quantum control of solid-state spin qubits typically involves pulses in the microwave domain,
drawing from the well-developed toolbox of magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Driving a …

Generalized Schrieffer-Wolff formalism for dissipative systems

EM Kessler - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2012 - APS
We present a formalized perturbation theory for Markovian master equations in the language
of a generalized Schrieffer-Wolff (SW) transformation. A nonunitary rotation decouples the …