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Presenter: Amirhossein AlizadehKhaledi
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Date: Mon, January 13, 2020
Time: 13:00:00 - 14:00:00
Place: EOW 430

ABSTRACT

Abstract:

Single-photon emitters based on individual atoms or individual atomic-like defects are highly sought-after components for future quantum technologies. A key challenge in this field is how to isolate just one such emitter; the best approaches still have an active emitter yield of only 50% so that deterministic integration of single active emitters is not yet possible. Here, we demonstrate the ability to isolate individual erbium emitters embedded in 20 nm nanocrystals of NaYF4 using plasmonic aperture optical tweezers. The optical tweezers capture the nanocrystal, whereas the plasmonic aperture enhances the emission of the Er and allows the measurement of discrete emission rate values corresponding to different numbers of erbium ions. Three separate synthesis runs show near-Poissonian distribution in the discrete levels of emission yield that correspond to the expected ion concentrations, indicating that the yield of active emitters is approximately 80%. Fortunately, the trap allows for selecting the nanocrystals with only a single emitter, and so this gives a route to isolating and integrating single emitters in a deterministic way. This demonstration is a promising step toward single-photon quantum information technologies that utilize single ions in a solid-state medium, particularly because Er emits in the low-loss fiber-optic 1550 nm telecom band.

In another project, the different upconverted lights from samples with gold nanoparticles on mono dielectric layers on top of the gold samples are investigated. Under 1550~nm pulsed laser illumination, we observe second and third harmonic generations, two-photon photoluminescence, and bright broadband upconverted emission, which we believe is due to light-induced inelastic tunneling emission.