Toward quantum information processing using EIT in diamond

Charles Santori*, David Fattal, Sean M. Spillane, Marco Fiorentino, R. G. Beausoleil, W. J. Munro, T. P. Spiller, Andrew D. Greentree, Paolo Olivero, Martin Draganski, James R. Rabeau, Patrick Reichart, Brant C. Gibson, Sergey Rubanov, Shane T. Huntington, David N. Jamieson, Steven Prawer

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Abstract

We describe how a quantum non-demolition device based on electromagnetically-induced transparency in solid-state atom-like systems could be realized. Such a resource, requiring only weak optical nonlinearities, could potentially enable photonic quantum information processing (QIP) that is much more efficient than QIP based on linear optics alone. As an example, we show how a parity gate could be constructed. A particularly interesting physical system for constructing devices is the nitrogen-vacancy defect in diamond, but the excited-state structure for this system is unclear in the existing literature. We include some of our latest spectroscopic results that indicate that the optical transitions are generally not spin-preserving, even at zero magnetic field, which allows the realization of a A-type system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6130
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 May 2006
EventAdvanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing III - San Jose, CA, United Kingdom
Duration: 24 Jan 200625 Jan 2006

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing III
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CitySan Jose, CA
Period24/01/0625/01/06

Keywords

  • Diamond
  • Electromagnetically induced transparency
  • Nitrogen-vacancy
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Quantum information processing

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