Vanadium in Silicon Carbide: Telecom-ready spin centres with long relaxation lifetimes and hyperfine-resolved optical transitions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2206.06240v1
• Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:20:39 GMT
• Title: Vanadium in Silicon Carbide: Telecom-ready spin centres with long relaxation lifetimes and hyperfine-resolved optical transitions
• Authors: T. Astner, P. Koller, C. M. Gilardoni, J. Hendriks, N. T. Son, I. G. Ivanov, J. U. Hassan, C. H. van der Wal, and M. Trupke
• Abstract summary: Vanadium in silicon carbide (SiC) is emerging as an important candidate system for quantum technology. Key characteristics of this defect family including their spin relaxation lifetime (T1), charge state dynamics, and level structure are not fully understood.
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• Abstract: Vanadium in silicon carbide (SiC) is emerging as an important candidate system for quantum technology due to its optical transitions in the telecom wavelength range. However, several key characteristics of this defect family including their spin relaxation lifetime (T1), charge state dynamics, and level structure are not fully understood. In this work, we determine the T1 of an ensemble of vanadium defects, demonstrating that it can be greatly enhanced at low temperature. We observe a large spin contrast exceeding 90% and long spin-relaxation times of up to 25s at 100mK, and of order 1s at 1.3K. These measurements are complemented by a characterization of the ensemble charge state dynamics. The stable electron spin furthermore enables high-resolution characterization of the systems' hyperfine level structure via two-photon magneto-spectroscopy. The acquired insights point towards high-performance spin-photon interfaces based on vanadium in SiC.

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