通过微波光子计数器检测它们的光
Emanuele Albertinale1, Léo Balembois1, Eric Billaud1
1Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, SPEC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Nature
|December 16, 2021
概括
研究人员使用光检测到中的电子旋转, 这是微波频率的首次. 这种利用超导量子装置和单微波光子探测器的新方法为小型自旋组合的磁共振光谱学打开了大门.
科学领域:
- 量子物理学
- 固态物理
- 光谱学
背景情况:
- 量子发射器辐射能量,具有连贯和不连贯的 (光) 组件.
- 由于辐射速率低且缺乏探测器,电子旋转通常通过相连贯回声检测,而不是光.
- 自发微波光子发射从旋转一直没有观察到.
研究的目的:
- 在微波频率上检测电子自旋光.
- 开发一种观察电子自旋的不连贯辐射的方法.
- 在小型自旋组合上探索磁共振光谱的新可能性.
主要方法:
- 在千克尔文温度下运行的超导量子装置.
- 通过将旋转连接到高质量的超导共振器来提高旋转辐射衰减速率.
- 开发并使用基于超导量子位的新型单微波光子探测器 (SMPD).
主要成果:
- 在微波频率下成功检测出体中一小部分的光.
- 证明SMPD也可以检测旋转回声.
- 通过共振和光检测实现了标准旋转特征测量 (拉比测量,光谱).
结论:
- 这项研究首次对微波频率的电子自旋光进行了观察.
- 开发的SMPD和光检测方法为磁共振光谱学提供了一个新的工具.
- 这种技术有可能以高灵敏度对少量旋转进行表征.
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