Working Beyond Moore's Limit - Coherent Nonlinear Optical Control of Individual and Coupled Single Electron Doped Quantum Dots

Abstract

Work on this program was aimed at developing and understanding nano-optical structures with emphasis on developing quantum optical based devices. Specific work focused on semiconductor quantum dots. During this research period, a number of important discoveries were made as well as critical demonstrations of importance to future technology. The discoveries include (1) Measurement of dynamic nuclear spin polarization kinetics for fluctuation freezing, a result that extends the coherence time of the electron spin by over 2 orders of magnitude; (2) Design and demonstration of coherent optical control steps in preparation for deterministic spin-photon entanglement; (3) Demonstration of initialization of the 2 qubit states; (4) Demonstration of nonlocal nuclear spin freezing in quantum dot molecules; (5) Measurement of the Overhauser magnetic field distribution before and after fluctuation freezing; and (6) Demonstration of a flying qubit by entanglement of the quantum dot spin polarization with the polarization of a spontaneously emitted photon. Future work is focusing on use of cavity enhanced quantum dots for demonstration teleportation between information contained in a spontaneous photon down conversion source to a quantum dot spin.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 2015
Accession Number
AD1003429

Entities

People

  • Duncan G. Steel

Organizations

  • Board of Regents of the University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Energy Levels
  • Ground State
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Nuclear Spins
  • Physics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Dots
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Quantum Properties
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots