公开(公告)号：US20140291490A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-02

申请号：US14349535

申请日：2012-10-12

Applicant: Element Six Technologies Limited

Inventor： Ronald Hanson ,  Hannes Bernien ,  Matthew Lee Markham ,  Daniel James Twitchen

IPC: G02F3/00 ,  G06N99/00

CPC classification number: G02F3/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G06N99/002 ,  H01L29/127 ,  H01L29/66977 ,  H01L29/66984

Abstract: A device for achieving multi-photon interference, said device comprising: at least two solid state photon emitters, each solid state photon emitter comprising nuclear and electron spin states coupled together, each solid state photon emitter being configured to produce photon emission comprising a photon emission peak, wherein the photon emission peaks from different solid state photon emitters have a first frequency difference between peak intensities, and wherein the electron spin states of each solid state photon emitter are resolvable; an excitation arrangement configured to individually address the at least two solid state photon emitters; a plurality of optical out coupling structures wherein each solid state photon emitter is provided with an associated optical out coupling structure; a tuning arrangement configured to reduce the first frequency difference between the peak intensities of the photon emission peaks from the at least two solid state photon emitters to a second frequency difference which is smaller than the first frequency difference; a photon interference arrangement configured to overlap photon emissions from the at least two solid state emitters after tuning; and a detector arrangement configured to detect photon emissions from the at least two solid state emitters after tuning and passing through the photon interference arrangement, wherein the detector arrangement is configured to resolve sufficiently small differences in photon detection times that tuned photon emissions from the at least two solid state emitters are quantum mechanically indistinguishable resulting in quantum interference between indistinguishable photon emissions from different solid state photon emitters.

Abstract translation: 一种用于实现多光子干涉的装置，所述装置包括：至少两个固态光子发射器，每个固态光子发射器包括耦合在一起的核和电子自旋状态，每个固态光子发射器被配置为产生包含光子发射的光子发射 峰值，其中来自不同固态光子发射器的光子发射峰值具有峰值强度之间的第一频率差，并且其中每个固态光子发射器的电子自旋状态是可分辨的; 激励装置，被配置为单独地寻址所述至少两个固态光子发射器; 多个光学输出耦合结构，其中每个固态光子发射器设置有相关联的光耦合结构; 调谐装置，被配置为将来自所述至少两个固态光子发射器的所述光子发射峰的峰值强度之间的第一频率差减小到小于所述第一频率差的第二频率差; 配置为在调谐之后与来自所述至少两个固态发射器的光子发射重叠的光子干涉装置; 以及检测器装置，被配置为在调谐和通过光子干涉装置之后检测来自所述至少两个固态发射器的光子发射，其中所述检测器装置被配置为解决光子检测时间中足够小的差异， 两个固态发射体是量子力学上不可区分的，导致来自不同固态光子发射体的不可区分的光子发射之间的量子干涉。

公开(公告)号：US09335606B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-10

申请号：US14349535

申请日：2012-10-12

Applicant: Element Six Technologies Limited

Inventor： Ronald Hanson ,  Hannes Bernien ,  Matthew Lee Markham ,  Daniel James Twitchen

IPC: G02F3/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  G06N99/00 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/12 ,  B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/00

CPC classification number: G02F3/00 ,  B82Y10/00 ,  B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G06N99/002 ,  H01L29/127 ,  H01L29/66977 ,  H01L29/66984

Abstract: A device for achieving multi-photon interference is provided based on nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond material. Nitrogen-vacancy defects having a narrow band width and a similar emission frequency are identified within a high quality diamond material. The device has an excitation arrangement configured to individually address nitrogen-vacancy defects and optical outcoupling structures for increasing outcoupling of photons from each nitrogen-vacancy defect. A tuning arrangement is configured to tune the emission from each nitrogen-vacancy defect to reduce differences in frequency and the photons are overlapped. A detector is provided to detect the photon emissions. The detector is configured to resolve sufficiently small differences in photon detection times such that tuned photon emissions from the nitrogen-vacancy defects are quantum mechanically indistinguishable resulting in quantum interference between indistinguishable photon emissions from different nitrogen-vacancy defects.

Abstract translation: 基于金刚石材料中的氮空位缺陷提供了一种用于实现多光子干涉的装置。 在高质量的金刚石材料中识别具有窄带宽和类似发射频率的氮空位缺陷。 该装置具有被配置为单独地解决氮空位缺陷和光学输出耦合结构的激励装置，用于增加每个氮空位缺陷的光子的耦合。 调谐装置被配置为调整每个氮空位缺陷的发射以减少频率差异，并且光子重叠。 提供检测器以检测光子发射。 检测器被配置为解决光子检测时间中的足够小的差异，使得来自氮空位缺陷的调谐光子发射是量子机械上不可区分的，导致来自不同氮空位缺陷的不可区分的光子发射之间的量子干涉。