Microwave saturation and the Rabi frequency of the Rydberg states of electrons on helium

E. Collin; W. Bailey; P. Fozooni; P. G. Frayne; P. Glasson; K. Harrabi; M. J. Lea; G. Papageorgiou

doi:10.1016/S1386-9477(02)01088-3

Microwave saturation and the Rabi frequency of the Rydberg states of electrons on helium

E. Collin
, W. Bailey
, P. Fozooni
, P. G. Frayne
, P. Glasson
, K. Harrabi^*
, M. J. Lea
, G. Papageorgiou

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present measurements of the resonant microwave excitation of the Rydberg energy levels of surface state electrons on superfluid helium. The temperature dependent line width γ(T) agrees well with theoretical predictions and is very small below 300 mK. Absorption saturation and power broadening were observed as the fraction of electrons in the first excited state was increased to 0.49, close to the thermal excitation limit of 0.5. The Rabi frequency was determined as a function of microwave power. The experiments show that the conditions are met for the use of these states in an electronic qubit.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-187
Number of pages	2
Journal	Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Volume	18
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1386-9477(02)01088-3
State	Published - May 2003
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank M.I. Dykman, P.M. Platzman and J. Singleton for discussions and F. Greenough, A.K. Betts and others for technical support. The work was supported by the EPSRC, the EU, INTAS and Royal Holloway, University of London.

Keywords

Electrons on helium
Microwave excitation
Quantum computing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics

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Microwave saturation and the Rabi frequency of the Rydberg states of electrons on helium

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