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Title: Field-based design of a resonant dielectric antenna for coherent spin-photon interfaces
We propose a field-based design for dielectric antennas to interface diamond color centers in dielectric membranes with a Gaussian propagating far field. This antenna design enables an efficient spin-photon interface with a Purcell factor exceeding 400 and a 93% mode overlap to a 0.4 numerical aperture far-field Gaussian mode. The antenna design with the back reflector is robust to fabrication imperfections, such as variations in the dimensions of the dielectric perturbations and the emitter dipole location. The field-based dielectric antenna design provides an efficient free-space interface for closely packed arrays of quantum memories for multiplexed quantum repeaters, arrayed quantum sensors, and modular quantum computers.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1747426
PAR ID:
10479899
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optica Publishing Group
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Volume:
29
Issue:
11
ISSN:
1094-4087
Page Range / eLocation ID:
16469
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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