Fused silica microsphere with a few Eu^3＋ ions on the equator is fabricated. The photon emission sharply modulated by whispering gallery （WG） modes is observed under excitation of 395 nm laser, which is in agreemen...Fused silica microsphere with a few Eu^3＋ ions on the equator is fabricated. The photon emission sharply modulated by whispering gallery （WG） modes is observed under excitation of 395 nm laser, which is in agreement with the prediction in theory. The quality factor of the WG modes in microsphere is estimated larger than 3000 from the emission spectrum, which is limited by our monochrometer. It proves that pumping Eu^3＋ in microsphere cavity in free space is feasible, and this system seems suitable for realizing strong coupling in future quantum computation purposes.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 60537020 and 60121503, the Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘Fused silica microsphere with a few Eu^3＋ ions on the equator is fabricated. The photon emission sharply modulated by whispering gallery （WG） modes is observed under excitation of 395 nm laser, which is in agreement with the prediction in theory. The quality factor of the WG modes in microsphere is estimated larger than 3000 from the emission spectrum, which is limited by our monochrometer. It proves that pumping Eu^3＋ in microsphere cavity in free space is feasible, and this system seems suitable for realizing strong coupling in future quantum computation purposes.
