Coherent control of interacting solid-state spins below the diffraction limit

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09122v2
• Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:41:16 GMT
• Title: Coherent control of interacting solid-state spins below the diffraction limit
• Authors: Haitong Xu, Mehmet T. Uysal, Lukasz Dusanowski, Adam Turflinger, Ashwin K. Boddeti, Joseph Alexander, Jeff D. Thompson,
• Abstract summary: Optically addressed atomic defects in the solid-state are widely used as single-photon sources and memories for quantum network applications.<n>Rare-earth ions offer a unique solution, as their narrow homogeneous optical linewidth allows frequency-domain resolution of a large number of emitters.<n>We demonstrate coherent optical and spin control of a pair of interacting Er$3+$ ions, together with a nearby nuclear spin ancilla.
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• Abstract: Optically addressed atomic defects in the solid-state are widely used as single-photon sources and memories for quantum network applications. The solid-state environment allows for a high density of electron and nuclear spins with the potential to form registers for coherent information processing. However, it is challenging to reliably address individual spins at nanometer separations where interactions are large. Rare-earth ions offer a unique solution, as their narrow homogeneous optical linewidth allows frequency-domain resolution of a large number of emitters without regard to their spatial separation. In this work, we realize coherent optical and spin control of a pair of interacting Er$^{3+}$ ions, together with a nearby nuclear spin ancilla. We demonstrate two-qubit electron-electron gates and use them to perform repeated quantum non-demolition measurements on one of the Er$^{3+}$ ions. We also demonstrate electron-nuclear gates to allow coherent storage and retrieval of qubit information in a nuclear spin, and show that the nuclear spin coherence survives readout of the electron spin. These techniques can be readily scaled to larger numbers of electron and nuclear spins, paving the way for massively multiplexed quantum network nodes.

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