Scalable quantum photonics with single color centers in silicon carbide

Marina Radulaski, Matthias Widmann, Matthias Niethammer, Jingyuan Linda Zhang, Sang-Yun Lee, Torsten Rendler, Konstantinos G. Lagoudakis, Nguyen Tien Son, Erik Janzén, Takeshi Ohshima, Jörg Wrachtrup, Jelena Vučković

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Abstract

Silicon carbide is a promising platform for single photon sources, quantum bits (qubits), and nanoscale sensors based on individual color centers. Toward this goal, we develop a scalable array of nanopillars incorporating single silicon vacancy centers in 4H-SiC, readily available for efficient interfacing with free-space objective and lensed-fibers. A commercially obtained substrate is irradiated with 2 MeV electron beams to create vacancies. Subsequent lithographic process forms 800 nm tall nanopillars with 400–1400 nm diameters. We obtain high collection efficiency of up to 22 kcounts/s optical saturation rates from a single silicon vacancy center while preserving the single photon emission and the optically induced electron-spin polarization properties. Our study demonstrates silicon carbide as a readily available platform for scalable quantum photonics architecture relying on single photon sources and qubits.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1782-1786
Number of pages5
JournalNano Letters
Volume17
Issue number3
Early online date24 Feb 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Mar 2017

Keywords

  • color centers
  • nanopillars
  • photonics
  • silicon carbide
  • spin-qubits
  • spintronics

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