Electron spin resonance spectroscopy of high purity crystals at millikelvin temperatures

Warrick G. Farr; Daniel L. Creedon; Maxim Goryachev; Karim Benmessai; Michael E. Tobar

doi:10.1117/12.2033898

7 December 2013 Electron spin resonance spectroscopy of high purity crystals at millikelvin temperatures

Warrick G. Farr, Daniel L. Creedon, Maxim Goryachev, Karim Benmessai, Michael E. Tobar

Proceedings Volume 8923, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems; 89230R (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033898
Event: SPIE Micro+Nano Materials, Devices, and Applications, 2013, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Abstract

Progress in the emerging field of engineered quantum systems requires the development of devices that can act as quantum memories. The realisation of such devices by doping solid state cavities with paramagnetic ions imposes a trade-off between ion concentration and cavity coherence time. Here, we investigate an alternative approach involving interactions between photons and naturally occurring impurity ions in ultra-pure crystalline microwave cavities exhibiting exceptionally high quality factors. We implement a hybrid Whispering Gallery/Electron Spin Resonance method to perform rigorous spectroscopy of an undoped single-crystal sapphire resonator over the frequency range 8{19 GHz, and at external applied DC magnetic fields up to 0.9 T. Measurements of a high purity sapphire cooled close to 100 mK reveal the presence of Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, and V²⁺ impurities. A host of electron transitions are measured and identified, including the two-photon classically forbidden quadrupole transition (Δm_s = 2) for Fe³⁺, as well as hyperfine transitions of V²⁺.

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Warrick G. Farr, Daniel L. Creedon, Maxim Goryachev, Karim Benmessai, and Michael E. Tobar "Electron spin resonance spectroscopy of high purity crystals at millikelvin temperatures", Proc. SPIE 8923, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems, 89230R (7 December 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2033898

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