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Nature Research, Nature Communications, 1(8), 2017

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14451

Proceedings of The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics 2017

DOI: 10.3390/optofluidics2017-04379

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Coherent control of a strongly driven silicon vacancy optical transition in diamond

Journal article published in 2017 by Abdullah Rasmita, Yu Zhou, Ke Li, Qihua Xiong, Igor Aharonovich ORCID, Wei-Bo Gao ORCID
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Abstract

AbstractThe ability to prepare, optically read out and coherently control single quantum states is a key requirement for quantum information processing. Optically active solid-state emitters have emerged as promising candidates with their prospects for on-chip integration as quantum nodes and sources of coherent photons connecting these nodes. Under a strongly driving resonant laser field, such quantum emitters can exhibit quantum behaviour such as Autler–Townes splitting and the Mollow triplet spectrum. Here we demonstrate coherent control of a strongly driven optical transition in silicon vacancy centre in diamond. Rapid optical detection of photons enabled the observation of time-resolved coherent Rabi oscillations and the Mollow triplet spectrum. Detection with a probing transition further confirmed Autler–Townes splitting generated by a strong laser field. The coherence time of the emitted photons is comparable to its lifetime and robust under a very strong driving field, which is promising for the generation of indistinguishable photons.