Quantum Computing Over Long Time Scales in a Singly Charged Quantum Dot.

[摘要] In this thesis, we will study the continuous wave optical spectroscopy of self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs), focusing on the use of these dots toward quantum computing and information processing applications. Probing the strong field interaction between an intense optical pump beam and a neutral quantum dot will reveal Autler-Townes splitting and Mollow absorption spectrum. The presence of these two phenomenon confirm the isolated nature of the exciton trapped in the quantum dot and the suppression of many-body physics due to exciton confinement. This curbs the decoherence caused by exciton-exciton interactions in higher dimensional heterostructures.After confirming the atom-like nature of the SAQD, we then charge the SAQD with a single electron and use the electron spin as our qubit. By applying a magnetic field perpendicular to the sample growth direction, we turn on the spin flip Raman transitions and create two lambda systems that can be used to coherently manipulate the spin. A single laser resonant with one of the transitions can quickly initialize the spin state via optical pumping while two lasers, one on each leg of the lambda, can initialize the spin into an arbitrary superposition state through coherent population trapping.The developed dark state spectroscopy is then used to demonstrate interaction between the optically generated hole spin with the background nuclear spins. This hole assisted dynamic nuclear polarization creates a feedback mechanism which locks the nuclear field to the laser detunings and suppresses nuclear spin fluctuations. We use dark state spectroscopy to measure a two orders of magnitude increase of the electron spin coherence time, a result of the narrowing of the nuclear field distribution. Furthermore, we find that this nuclear spin narrowing can persist in the dark, without laser interaction, for well over 1s even in the presence of a fluctuating electron charge and electron spin polarization. We have opened the door to quantum computing over long timescales without the need for complicated spin echo or dynamical decoupling schemes.

[发布机构] University of Michigan

[效力级别] Quantum Optics

[关键词] Self Assembled Quantum Dots;Quantum Optics;Physics;Science;Applied Physics