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Direct optical excitation of a fullerene-incarcerated metal ion

Mark A G Jones, Kyriakos Porfyrakis, G Andrew D Briggs, Robert A Taylor, Arzhang Ardavan

abstract: The endohedral fullerene Er3N@C80 shows characteristic 1.5 micron photoluminescence at cryogenic temperatures associated with radiative relaxation from the crystal-field split Er3+ 4I13/2 manifold to the 4I15/2 manifold. Previous observations of this luminescence were carried out by photoexcitation of the fullerene cage states leading to relaxation via the ionic states. We present direct non-cage-mediated optical interaction with the erbium ion. We have used this interaction to complete a photoluminescence-excitation map of the Er3+ 4I13/2 manifold. This ability to interact directly with the states of an incarcerated ion suggests the possibility of coherently manipulating fullerene qubit states with light.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0604131
categories:
quant-ph
doi:
10.1016/j.cplett.2006.06.094
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0604131
journal_ref:
Chem. Phys. Lett. 428, 303 (2006)
created:
2006-04-18
updated:
2006-04-20

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