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Room temperature Purcell enhanced single erbium ions in silicon-carbide-on-insulator microring resonators

Optics 2026-05-08 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Spin-carrying single-photon emitters operating in the telecommunication C-band (1530-1565nm) are prime candidates for integrated spin-photon interfaces, offering seamless compatibility with existing fiber-optic infrastructure, an essential component for future quantum networks. In this context, erbium-dopants (Er3+\text{Er}^{3+}) are particularly compelling due to their exceptional emitter properties, including small spectral diffusion and long spin coherence times. However, their low C-band photon-emission rate and operation at cryogenic temperatures has limited the realization of this technology. In this work, we demonstrate fully integrated single-photon emission from an ion implanted Er3+\text{Er}^{3+}-embedded into a 4H-silicon-carbide-on-insulator (4H-SiCOI) microring resonator operating at room temperature. By optimizing the mode overlap between the resonator and the Er3+\text{Er}^{3+}-defect, we achieved a \sim70×\times Purcell enhancement and recorded small spectral diffusion of \sim54 MHz. We further characterize the Er3+\text{Er}^{3+} single photon emission via photon correlation g(2)^{(2)}-histograms and investigate its performance under varying magnetic-field, demonstrating Zeeman splitting on single emitters.

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@article{arxiv.2605.05815,
  title  = {Room temperature Purcell enhanced single erbium ions in silicon-carbide-on-insulator microring resonators},
  author = {Joshua Bader and Shin-ichiro Sato and Jeffrey C. McCallum and Ruixuan Wang and Shao Qi Lim and Alexey Lyasota and David Broadway and Brett C. Johnson and Sven Rogge and Qing Li and Stefania Castelletto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.05815},
  year   = {2026}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures