Coherent microwave control of coupled electron-muon centers

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Hauptverfasser: Doll, Andrin, Wang, Chennan, Prokscha, Thomas, Dreiser, Jan, Salman, Zaher
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author Doll, Andrin
Wang, Chennan
Prokscha, Thomas
Dreiser, Jan
Salman, Zaher
author_facet Doll, Andrin
Wang, Chennan
Prokscha, Thomas
Dreiser, Jan
Salman, Zaher
contents Coherent control by means of tailored excitation is a key to versatile experimental schemes for spectroscopic investigation and technological utilization of quantum systems. Here we study a quantum system which consists of a coupled electron-moun spin state, i.e., muonium, a light isotope of hydrogen. We demonstrate the most fundamental coherent control techniques by microwave excitation of spin transitions, namely driven Rabi oscillations and Ramsey fringes upon free evolution. Unprecedented performance is achieved by the microwave hardware devised for these experiments, which enables coherent spin manipulation of individual, isolated, muonium centers. For muonium formed in SiO$_2$ with strong electron-muon hyperfine interaction, a virtually undamped free precession signal is observed up to a 3.5 $μ$s time window. For muonium formed in Si with weak and anisotropic hyperfine interaction, a strong drive at the multi-quantum transition decouples the muonium center from its magnetic environment formed by the bath of $^{29}$Si nuclear spins at natural abundance. We expect that these capabilities will provide a powerful tool to investigate the effect of the environment on isolated coupled spins, uncover the details of coupled electron-muon systems in matter and validate quantum electrodynamics in the context of muonium spectroscopy.
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spellingShingle Coherent microwave control of coupled electron-muon centers
Doll, Andrin
Wang, Chennan
Prokscha, Thomas
Dreiser, Jan
Salman, Zaher
Quantum Physics
Coherent control by means of tailored excitation is a key to versatile experimental schemes for spectroscopic investigation and technological utilization of quantum systems. Here we study a quantum system which consists of a coupled electron-moun spin state, i.e., muonium, a light isotope of hydrogen. We demonstrate the most fundamental coherent control techniques by microwave excitation of spin transitions, namely driven Rabi oscillations and Ramsey fringes upon free evolution. Unprecedented performance is achieved by the microwave hardware devised for these experiments, which enables coherent spin manipulation of individual, isolated, muonium centers. For muonium formed in SiO$_2$ with strong electron-muon hyperfine interaction, a virtually undamped free precession signal is observed up to a 3.5 $μ$s time window. For muonium formed in Si with weak and anisotropic hyperfine interaction, a strong drive at the multi-quantum transition decouples the muonium center from its magnetic environment formed by the bath of $^{29}$Si nuclear spins at natural abundance. We expect that these capabilities will provide a powerful tool to investigate the effect of the environment on isolated coupled spins, uncover the details of coupled electron-muon systems in matter and validate quantum electrodynamics in the context of muonium spectroscopy.
title Coherent microwave control of coupled electron-muon centers
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.24023