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Controlling interactions between high-frequency phonons and single quantum systems using phononic crystals

Kuruma, Kazuhiro [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)] (ORCID:0000000208300230)·Pingault, Benjamin [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000312592747)·Chia, Cleaven [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000255047784)·Haas, Michael [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)]·Joe, Graham D. [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)]·Assumpcao, Daniel Rimoli [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000203749901)·Ding, Sophie Weiyi [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000254766832)·Jin, Chang [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000319288318)·Xin, C. J. [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000295961407)·Yeh, Matthew [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000187116505)·Sinclair, Neil [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)]·Lončar, Marko [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000250295017)
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Abstract

The ability to control phonons in solids is key in many fields of quantum science, ranging from quantum information processing to sensing. Phonons often act as a source of noise and decoherence when solid-state quantum systems interact with the phonon bath of their host matrix. In this study, we demonstrate the ability to control the phononic local density of states of the host matrix using phononic crystals and measure its positive impact on single quantum systems. We design and fabricate diamond phononic crystals with features down to around 20 nm, resulting in a high-frequency complete phononic bandgap from 50 to 70 GHz. The engineered local density of states is probed using single silicon-vacancy colour centres embedded in the phononic crystals. We observe an 18-fold reduction in the phonon-induced orbital relaxation rate of the emitters compared to bulk, thereby demonstrating that the phononic crystal suppresses spontaneous single-phonon processes. Furthermore, we show that our approach can efficiently suppress single-phonon-emitter interactions up to 20 K, allowing the investigation of multi-phonon processes in the emitters. Our results represent an important step towards the realization of efficient phonon-emitter interfaces that can be used for quantum acoustodynamics and quantum phononic networks.

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Kuruma, Kazuhiro [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)] (ORCID:0000000208300230), Pingault, Benjamin [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000312592747), Chia, Cleaven [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000255047784), Haas, Michael [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)], Joe, Graham D. [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)], Assumpcao, Daniel Rimoli [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000203749901), Ding, Sophie Weiyi [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000254766832), Jin, Chang [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000319288318), Xin, C. J. [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000295961407), Yeh, Matthew [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000187116505), Sinclair, Neil [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)], Lončar, Marko [Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000250295017). 2024-12-18. Controlling interactions between high-frequency phonons and single quantum systems using phononic crystals. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02697-5

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