Scalable registration of single quantum emitters within solid immersion lenses through femtosecond laser writing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15533v2
• Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:32:19 GMT
• Title: Scalable registration of single quantum emitters within solid immersion lenses through femtosecond laser writing
• Authors: Alexander R. Jones, Xingrui Cheng, Shravan Kumar Parthasarathy, Muhammad Junaid Arshad, Pasquale Cilibrizzi, Roland Nagy, Patrick Salter, Jason Smith, Cristian Bonato, Christiaan Bekker,
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate a marker-free, femtosecond laser writing technique to generate individual quantum emitters within photonic structures.<n>This method is scalable for developing integrated quantum devices using spin-photon interfaces in silicon carbide.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The precise registration of solid-state quantum emitters to photonic structures is a major technological challenge for fundamental research (e.g. in cavity quantum electrodynamics) and applications to quantum technology. Standard approaches include the complex multi-step fabrication of photonic structures on pre-existing emitters, both registered within a grid of lithographically-defined markers. Here, we demonstrate a marker-free, femtosecond laser writing technique to generate individual quantum emitters within photonic structures. Characterization of 28 defect centers, laser-written at the centers of pre-existing solid immersion lens structures, showed offsets relative to the photonic structure's center of 260~nm in the x-direction and 60~nm in the y-direction, with standard deviations of $\pm 170$~nm and $\pm 90$~nm, respectively, resulting in an average 4.5 times enhancement of the optical collection efficiency. This method is scalable for developing integrated quantum devices using spin-photon interfaces in silicon carbide and is easily extendable to other materials.

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