Optically Addressing Single Rare-Earth Ions in a Nanophotonic Cavity

Tian Zhong1,2,3, Jonathan M Kindem1,2, John G Bartholomew1,2

  • 1Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.

Physical Review Letters
|November 17, 2018
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