Lanthanide upconversion luminescence at the nanoscale: fundamentals and optical properties

A Nadort, J Zhao, EM Goldys - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Upconversion photoluminescence is a nonlinear effect where multiple lower energy
excitation photons produce higher energy emission photons. This fundamentally interesting …

Atomic source of single photons in the telecom band

AM Dibos, M Raha, CM Phenicie, JD Thompson - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Single atoms and atomlike defects in solids are ideal quantum light sources and memories
for quantum networks. However, most atomic transitions are in the ultraviolet-visible portion …

Storage of photonic time-bin qubits for up to 20 ms in a rare-earth doped crystal

A Ortu, A Holzäpfel, J Etesse, M Afzelius - npj Quantum Information, 2022 - nature.com
Long-duration quantum memories for photonic qubits are essential components for
achieving long-distance quantum networks and repeaters. The mapping of optical states …

[图书][B] Spectroscopic properties of rare earths in optical materials

G Liu, B Jacquier - 2006 - books.google.com
Aimed at researchers and graduate students, this book provides up-to-date information
about the electronic interactions that impact the optical properties of rare earth ions in solids …

Upconversion luminescence with tunable lifetime in NaYF 4: Yb, Er nanocrystals: role of nanocrystal size

J Zhao, Z Lu, Y Yin, C McRae, JA Piper, JM Dawes… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite recent achievements to reduce surface quenching in NaYF4: Yb, Er nanocrystals, a
complete understanding of how the nanocrystal size affects the brightness of upconversion …

[图书][B] Crystalline lasers: Physical processes and operating schemes

A Kaminskii - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
By the end of the 1970s, crystalline lasers were widely used in science, engineering,
medicine, and technology. The types of lasers used have continued to grow in number to …

Optical decoherence and spectral diffusion at in versus magnetic field, temperature, and concentration

T Böttger, CW Thiel, Y Sun, RL Cone - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2006 - APS
The mechanisms and effects of spectral diffusion for optical transitions of paramagnetic ions
have been explored using the inhomogeneously broadened 1536 nm I 15∕ 2 4→ I 13∕ 2 4 …

Effects of magnetic field orientation on optical decoherence in

T Böttger, CW Thiel, RL Cone, Y Sun - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2009 - APS
The influence of the anisotropic Zeeman effect on optical decoherence was studied for the
1.54 μ m telecom transition in Er 3+: Y 2 SiO 5 using photon echo spectroscopy as a function …

Coherent frequency up-conversion of microwaves to the optical telecommunications band in an Er: YSO crystal

X Fernandez-Gonzalvo, YH Chen, C Yin, S Rogge… - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
The ability to convert quantum states from microwave photons to optical photons is important
for hybrid system approaches to quantum information processing. We report the up …

Optical storage for 0.53 s in a solid-state atomic frequency comb memory using dynamical decoupling

A Holzäpfel, J Etesse, KT Kaczmarek… - New Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum memories with long storage times are key elements in long-distance quantum
networks. The atomic frequency comb (AFC) memory in particular has shown great promise …