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Coherent optical and spin spectroscopy of nanoscale Pr3+:Y2O3

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Pith's one-line read Nanoscale praseodymium crystals beat bulk spin memory

desk verdict Solid, careful spectroscopy of a new nanoscale rare-earth system; the headline 'exceeds bulk Pr3+ crystals' claim overreaches the evidence, but the core data are trustworthy and worth a serious referee. read the letter →

arxiv 1909.02260 v1 pith:SVKJBPHH submitted 2019-09-05 quant-ph cond-mat.mtrl-sci

D. Serrano , C. Deshmukh , S. Liu , A. Tallaire , A. Ferrier , H. de Riedmatten , P. Goldner This is my paper · ORCID
classification quant-phcond-mat.mtrl-sci PACS 42.50.Md76.30.Kg76.70.Hb78.67.-n
keywords Pr3+:Y2O3rare-earthnanoparticlescoherentspectroscopyspectralholeburningnuclearspincoherencequantummemorysinglephotonemission
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The reading

This paper sets out to show that nanoscale Pr${}^{3+}$:Y$_2$O$_3$ is a usable material for quantum devices by measuring how long its optical and nuclear-spin states stay coherent. It reports optical homogeneous linewidths of 108 kHz and 315 kHz for 400 nm and 150 nm particles at 1.4 K on the $^1D_2(0)\leftrightarrow{}^3H_4(0)$ transition, and a zero-field nuclear spin coherence time of 880 microseconds for the 10.42 MHz transition, longer than previously reported for bulk Pr${}^{3+}$ doped crystals. The paper also presents the first determination of the hyperfine structure of Pr${}^{3+}$ in Y$_2$O$_3$, combining spectral hole burning with a full Hamiltonian model. These results matter because they indicate that nanoparticles of this material could serve as spin-photon interfaces emitting indistinguishable single photons.

What carries the argument

The argument is carried by the zero-field hyperfine level scheme of $^{141}$Pr${}^{3+}$ (nuclear spin $I=5/2$) at the $C_2$ sites: three doubly degenerate levels, $\pm1/2$, $\pm3/2$, $\pm5/2$, set by hyperfine and quadrupole interactions. Spectral hole burning maps those splittings, two-pulse Raman spin echoes measure spin inhomogeneous and homogeneous linewidths, two-pulse photon echoes measure optical $T_2$, and a Hamiltonian $H = H_{\mathrm{FI}} + H_{\mathrm{CF}} + H_{\mathrm{HF}} + H_Q + H_Z + H_z$ with fitted parameters reproduces the observed levels and gyromagnetic factors. The load-bearing physical mechanism is the large crystal-field splitting of Pr${}^{3+}$ in Y$_2$O$_3$ compared with other hosts, which suppresses the second-order hyperfine and Zeeman couplings that usually limit nuclear spin coherence and makes the spin transitions relatively insensitive to magnetic noise.

What would settle it

Perform site-selective spectroscopy on a single nanoparticle or on a narrow spectral hole inside the 27 GHz inhomogeneous line and look for additional hyperfine transitions beyond 5.99 and 10.42 MHz; observing extra lines, or a shorter $T_2$ than 880 microseconds on a selected sub-ensemble, would show that the ensemble values mix contributions from $C_2$ and $C_{3i}$ sites.

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Core claim

The central claim, stated the way the authors would state it to a fair reader, is that Pr${}^{3+}$ ions on the $C_2$ sites of cubic Y$_2$O$_3$ retain narrow optical and nuclear spin resonances even in nanoparticles down to 150 nm. For the $^3H_4(0)\leftrightarrow{}^1D_2(0)$ line at 619.011 nm, the homogeneous linewidth is $108\pm21$ kHz in 400 nm particles and $315\pm64$ kHz in 150 nm particles, corresponding to optical $T_2$ values of $3.0\pm0.3\ \mu$s and $1.0\pm0.1\ \mu$s. The paper reports the ground-state hyperfine splittings as 5.99 MHz and 10.42 MHz, the excited-state splittings as 1.4 and 2.9 MHz, and spin inhomogeneous linewidths of 42 to 48 kHz in nanoparticles. Its headline result is the zero-field spin $T_2$ of $880\pm40\ \mu$s measured on the $\pm3/2\leftrightarrow\pm5/2$ transition at 10.42 MHz in 400 nm particles, a value the authors say exceeds that of bulk Pr${}^{3+}$ doped crystals reported so far.

Load-bearing premise

Every reported optical and spin signal is assumed to come from Pr${}^{3+}$ ions at $C_2$ symmetry sites; if ions at the other crystallographic site, $C_{3i}$, also contribute, the measured splittings, linewidths, and $T_2$ would be mixture averages rather than properties of a single site.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • The known hyperfine level scheme and the 880 microsecond zero-field spin coherence provide the input needed to design spin-wave quantum memory protocols in this nanoscale material.
  • Cavity-QED single-photon sources become plausible: with the measured branching ratio 0.057 and an estimated effective Purcell factor around 340, the optical $T_2$ values already satisfy the condition for Fourier-transform-limited emission.
  • The inverse relation between particle or crystallite size and optical linewidth gives a practical rule: shrinking particles to reduce cavity scattering costs optical coherence, so effort should go to reducing size without sacrificing optical $T_2$.
  • Because spin dephasing in this host is dominated by magnetic rather than electric interactions, zero-field operation is realistic for storage, avoiding the magnetic-field noise that affects other Pr${}^{3+}$ materials.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the $C_2$-only assignment is correct, single-ion or few-ion spectroscopy of Pr${}^{3+}$:Y$_2$O$_3$ should show the same hyperfine ladder with no additional lines; this is a testable route to confirm the material's suitability for single-emitter devices.
  • The proposed mechanism, that larger crystal-field splittings lengthen spin coherence, could be turned into a screening rule for other rare-earth hosts, predicting that hosts with crystal-field splittings larger than Y$_2$O$_3$'s would show still longer zero-field spin $T_2$.
  • The paper's distinction between crystallite size and particle size suggests a direct experiment: prepare nanoparticles of the same 150 nm diameter but different crystallite sizes and measure optical $T_2$; the surface-charge model predicts a different scaling than the crystallite-boundary model.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper reports a combined optical and nuclear-spin coherent spectroscopy study of 141Pr3+:Y2O3 in the form of a ceramic and two sizes of monodisperse nanoparticles (400 nm and 150 nm diameter). It presents measurements of optical inhomogeneous linewidths (9 GHz for the ceramic, 27 GHz for nanoparticles), optical homogeneous linewidths from two-pulse photon echoes (72, 108, and 315 kHz for ceramic, 400-nm particles, and 150-nm particles, respectively), and the first determination of the ground- and excited-state hyperfine splittings (5.99 and 10.42 MHz in the ground state; 1.4 and 2.9 MHz in the excited state) using spectral hole burning and Raman spin echoes. Spin inhomogeneous linewidths and coherence lifetimes are measured; the largest spin T2 is 880 ± 40 µs for the ±3/2↔±5/2 transition at 10.42 MHz in 400-nm particles at zero field. The hyperfine structure is modeled by a full Hamiltonian with parameters adjusted to fit the data, and effective gyromagnetic factors are derived. The paper discusses the prospects of this material for quantum memories and cavity-enhanced single-photon sources, including an estimated Purcell factor of 340.

Significance. The work is a valuable experimental contribution to rare-earth-ion quantum technologies. It provides the first hyperfine characterization of Pr3+:Y2O3, demonstrates coherent optical and spin spectroscopy in nanoscale particles with direct, error-barred measurements, and reports spin coherence lifetimes exceeding 0.8 ms at zero field. The comparison with Eu3+:Y2O3 is informative, and the Purcell-factor analysis gives a concrete pathway toward cavity integration. The main advertised conclusion, however, rests on a comparative claim about bulk Pr3+ crystals that is not fully substantiated in the manuscript, which slightly tempers the significance until properly qualified.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract; Sec. III D; Conclusion] The statement that the 880 µs spin T2 'exceeds that of bulk Pr3+ doped crystals so far reported' is not supported by the evidence presented. In Sec. III D, the only explicit comparison is to 'the reported zero-field spin coherence lifetimes in bulk Pr3+:Y2SiO5 [53]', and the paper does not survey other bulk Pr3+ hosts (e.g., YAlO3, La2(WO4)3, LiYF4) that are cited elsewhere in the text. The abstract also omits the 'zero-field' qualifier, which broadens the claim beyond what is justified. The authors should either provide a systematic literature comparison of zero-field spin T2 values in bulk Pr3+ crystals or qualify the claim to the specific host (e.g., 'exceeds reported zero-field values in Pr3+:Y2SiO5').
minor comments (7)
  1. [Abstract; Conclusion] Add the 'zero-field' qualifier to the spin T2 claim and specify the comparison host to match the more cautious wording in Sec. III D.
  2. [II. Experimental] The text uses 'monodispersed' and 'developping'; these should be 'monodisperse' and 'developing'.
  3. [III A] The attribution of the nanoparticle line broadening to O2 plasma processing is presented as a conclusion but is inferred from prior Eu3+ work; recommend phrasing as 'likely due'.
  4. [III C] Since a1, a2, and a3 are fitted to the measured splittings, the agreement in Table I should be clearly described as a fit result rather than an independent prediction.
  5. [III D] The phrase 'providing one order of magnitude better accuracy' should be quantified, as the hole-burning values are given only to 0.1 MHz.
  6. [III E] In the Purcell factor discussion, note that the condition C > 2T1/T2 is verified for the idealized cavity parameters chosen; the sentence 'with such Purcell factor' could be misunderstood as an experimental demonstration.
  7. [II. Experimental] The authors state they will focus on Pr3+ ions at C2 sites but do not explicitly justify that the 619.011 nm line arises from C2 sites only; adding a sentence on the electric-dipole forbidden character of C3i transitions or citing prior site-selective work would remove ambiguity.

Circularity Check

1 steps flagged · score 2.0 of 10

One fitted hyperfine-parameter set is presented as a calculation, but the central optical and spin-coherence results are direct measurements; overall circularity is minor.

  1. fitted input called prediction [Section III C (Hyperfine structures and g-factors calculation), around Table I]
    "These ai, which contain several parameters not precisely known like 4f electron radius or screening factors, were adjusted to give the best fit to the 3H4(0) and 1D2(0) experimental hyperfine splittings (Fig. 4). ... The calculated and experimental splittings, in good agreement, are shown in Table I."

    The Table I agreement is not an independent prediction: the three Hamiltonian parameters a1, a2, and a3 were adjusted to the same experimental 3H4(0) and 1D2(0) splittings that are then labeled 'Calc.' and compared with 'Exp.'. The agreement is therefore imposed by the fitting procedure rather than obtained from first principles. The circularity is partial because there are four measured splittings for three fitted parameters, leaving one degree of freedom, and the fitted parameters are checked against literature values. This step does not affect the paper's main optical linewidth or spin T2 claims, which are direct photon-echo and spin-echo observables.

full rationale

The paper's strongest results are experimental observables: optical inhomogeneous and homogeneous linewidths from PLE and two-pulse photon echoes, and spin linewidths and T2 values from two-pulse Raman spin echoes. These measurements are fitted only to simple exponentials or a standard echo-modulation form, with no parameter being pre-loaded from the claimed conclusions. The hyperfine Hamiltonian section does contain a fitted-input presentation: a1, a2, and a3 are adjusted to the experimental hyperfine splittings, and the resulting agreement in Table I is described as a successful calculation. This is a genuine but localized circular presentation, not a fabrication of the result. The 'exceeds bulk Pr3+ crystals' statement is an unsupported literature-scope claim and a correctness concern, but it is not a circular derivation. Self-citations to the authors' prior methodology are present but not load-bearing in a way that forces the reported numbers. Overall score 2 reflects one minor circular step while the central claims remain self-contained.

Assumptions & free parameters 5 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central experimental claims rest on direct measurements, not on fitted models. The only fitted quantities are hyperfine and spin Hamiltonian parameters used to model the measured splittings; these do not enter the linewidth or T2 extractions.

free parameters (5)
  • a1 = 660 MHz
    Hyperfine interaction parameter adjusted to best fit the experimental ground and excited state hyperfine splittings (Sec. III C).
  • a2 = 18.6 MHz
    Quadrupolar interaction parameter from the 4f electrons, adjusted to best fit the experimental hyperfine splittings (Sec. III C).
  • a3 = 4.7e-8
    Lattice contribution to the quadrupole interaction, dimensionless, adjusted to best fit the experimental hyperfine splittings (Sec. III C).
  • Ground state M and Q tensor parameters = D = -2.66 MHz, |E| = 0.2 MHz, |g1| = 13.9 MHz/T, |g2| = 18.6 MHz/T, |g3| = 84.7 MHz/T
    Spin Hamiltonian parameters fitted to the calculated hyperfine splittings under a 5 mT field (Table II, Sec. III C).
  • Excited state M and Q tensor parameters = D = 0.72 MHz, |E| = 0.078 MHz, |g1| = 10.8 MHz/T, |g2| = 12.9 MHz/T, |g3| = 14.9 MHz/T
    Spin Hamiltonian parameters fitted to the calculated hyperfine splittings under a 5 mT field (Table II, Sec. III C).
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption The 619.011 nm optical transition and observed hole and spin signals originate from Pr3+ ions at C2 sites.
    Stated in Sec. II: 'we will focus on the spectroscopic properties of Pr3+ ions occupying C2 sites.' No direct site-selective verification is provided.
  • domain assumption Crystal-field parameters for Y2O3 from Morrison et al. (1983) are valid for Pr3+.
    Used in the Hamiltonian calculation in Sec. III C without re-determination for this specific dopant concentration or particle size.
  • domain assumption For even-electron Pr3+ in non-degenerate crystal-field levels, electron Zeeman and hyperfine interactions contribute only in second order.
    Sec. III C invokes this to justify the hyperfine structure calculation and the spin Hamiltonian approach.
  • domain assumption Spin echo decays follow E = A exp(-2τ/T2) [1 + m cos^2(ωτ/2)] for the 5.99 MHz transition and a single exponential for the 10.42 MHz transition.
    Used in Sec. III D to extract spin T2 values from the echo amplitude decays.

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We investigate the potential for optical quantum technologies of Pr3+:Y2O3 in the form of monodisperse spherical nanoparticles. We measured optical inhomogeneous lines of 27 GHz, and optical homogeneous linewidths of 108 kHz and 315 kHz in particles of 400 nm and 150 nm average diameters respectively for the 1D2(0)--> 3H4(0) transition at 1.4 K. Furthermore, ground state and 1D2 excited state hyperfine structures in Y2O3 are here for the first time determined by spectral hole burning and modeled by complete Hamiltonian calculations. Ground-state spin transitions have energies of 5.99 MHz and 10.42 MHz for which we demonstrate spin inhomogeneous linewidths of 42 and 45 kHz respectively. Spin T2 up to 880 microseconds was obtained for the +-3/2-->+-5/2 transition at 10.42 MHz, a value which exceeds that of bulk Pr3+ doped crystals so far reported. These promising results confirm nanoscale Pr3+:Y2O3 as a very appealing candidate to integrate quantum devices. In particular, we discuss here the possibility of using this material for realizing spin photon interfaces emitting indistinguishable single photons.

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Figure 1. FIG. 1. Pulse sequences. (a) Spectral hole burning sequence. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. FIG. 2. Optical inhomogeneous lines and coherence lifetimes. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. FIG. 3. Hyperfine level structure and spin population life [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Measured hyperfine structure in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_4.png]
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Spin inhomogeneous linewidth obtained by two-pulse [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_5.png]
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Spin echo decay curves at T = 1.4 K. (a) Spin-echo [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_6.png]
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Low temperature fluorescence spectroscopy of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_7.png]

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