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Triggered Superradiance and Inversion Storage in a Hybrid Quantum System

Quantum Physics 2023-07-28 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Atomic Physics

Abstract

We study the superradiant emission of an inverted spin ensemble strongly coupled to a superconducting cavity. After fast inversion, we detune the spins from the cavity and store the inversion for tens of milliseconds, during which the remaining transverse spin components disappear. Switching back on resonance enables us to study the onset of superradiance. A weak trigger pulse of a few hundred photons shifts the superradiant burst to earlier times and imprints its phase onto the emitted radiation. For long hold times, the inversion decreases below the threshold for spontaneous superradiance. There, the energy stored in the ensemble can be used to amplify microwave pulses passing through the cavity.

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@article{arxiv.2301.04100,
  title  = {Triggered Superradiance and Inversion Storage in a Hybrid Quantum System},
  author = {Wenzel Kersten and Nikolaus de Zordo and Oliver Diekmann and Tobias Reiter and Matthias Zens and Andrew N. Kanagin and Stefan Rotter and Jörg Schmiedmayer and Andreas Angerer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.04100},
  year   = {2023}
}
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