2013/09/30 by C. Derntl, Christian G. Derntl, M. Schneider +9
Computer Science · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Photonic and Optical Devices #Quantum Information and Cryptography #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/oe.22.022111
published as Optics Express, Vol. 22 Issue 18, pp.22111-22120 (2014) · 7 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2014/08/06 · openalex publication_date 2014/09/04 · arxiv updated 2014/10/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Optical cavities are of central importance in numerous areas of physics, including precision measurement, cavity optomechanics and cavity quantum electrodynamics. The miniaturisation and scaling to large numbers of sites is of interest for many of these applications, in particular for quantum computation and simulation. Here we present the first scaled microcavity system which enables the creation of large numbers of highly uniform, tunable light-matter interfaces using ions, neutral atoms or solid-state qubits. The microcavities are created by means of silicon micro-fabrication, are coupled directly to optical fibres and can be independently tuned to the chosen frequency, paving the way for arbitrarily large networks of optical microcavities.