Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1542454 | Optics Communications | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We studied optical coherence properties of the 1.53 μm telecommunication transition in an Er3+-doped silicate optical fiber through spectral holeburning and photon echoes. We find decoherence times of up to 3.8 μs at a magnetic field of 2.2 T and a temperature of 150 mK. A strong magnetic-field dependent optical dephasing was observed and is believed to arise from an interaction between the electronic Er3+ spin and the magnetic moment of tunneling systems in the glass. Furthermore, we observed fine-structure in the Erbium holeburning spectrum originating from superhyperfine interaction with 27Al host nuclei. Our results show that Er3+-doped silicate fibers are promising material candidates for quantum state storage.
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Authors
Matthias U. Staudt, Sara R. Hastings-Simon, Mikael Afzelius, Didier Jaccard, Wolfgang Tittel, Nicolas Gisin,