Efficient optical pumping using hyperfine levels in 145Nd3+:Y2SiO5 and its application to optical storage

Efficient optical pumping is an important tool for state initialization in quantum technologies, such as optical quantum memories. In crystals doped with Kramers rare-earth ions, such as erbium and neodymium, efficient optical pumping is challenging due to the relatively short population lifetimes o...

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Published in:	New Journal of Physics
Main Authors:	Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro, Alexey Tiranov, Jonathan Lavoie, Alban Ferrier, Philippe Goldner, Nicolas Gisin, Mikael Afzelius
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Subjects:	optical pumping rare-earth ion doped crystal neodymium optical storage quantum memory
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aabe3b