Internship and thesis proposals
Rare-Earth based quantum memory

Domaines
Condensed matter
Quantum information theory and quantum technologies

Type of internship
Expérimental et théorique
Description
The internship project takes place at the ENS Lyon Physics Laboratory. It offers the chance to build a random-access quantum memory, a device that stores several quantum states and releases any one of them on demand, a key ingredient for parallel quantum processing. Electron spin ensembles store microwave states about 100 times longer than superconducting qubits but are limited to below 10% efficiency, a challenge the project tackles using ytterbium ions in CaWO₄, which keep state-of-the-art coherence at high concentration and operate at zero magnetic field. The milestones are to test a new deposition technique that boosts spin–resonator coupling, then demonstrate storage of classical and quantum microwave fields at an efficiency close to 100%.

Contact
Audrey Bienfait
Laboratory : laboratoire de physique, ENS de Lyon - umr 5672
Team : ENS de Lyon, Physique
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