Author:
Pearson Donny R.,Riedel Zachary W.,Tobar Selvin,Prabhu Ashwith V.,Shoemaker Daniel P.,Goldschmidt Elizabeth A.
Abstract
We present the characterization of stoichiometric europium materials as progress towards realizing long-lived, ensemble-based quantum memory devices. The candidate materials demonstrate inhomogeneous optical linewidths similar to those in doped materials with 1000x larger densities.