The invention discloses a method for detecting a
quantum state of a single
rare earth ion. The method is based on
photonic crystal microcavity enhancement and
microwave-light pulse collaborative excitation. A one-dimensional
photonic crystal microcavity is arranged in a
rare earth ion-doped
yttrium silicate crystal, a defect is introduced to enable a resonant
wavelength to be matched with a target transition
wavelength, and a Purcell effect is utilized to shorten the lifetime of an
excited state, improve a target transition branching ratio and enhance
fluorescence radiation.
Rare earth ions are excited by comprehensively using
microwave pulse and light pulse, the
quantum state is preprocessed by the
microwave pulse, then
fluorescence photons are excited and collected by the light pulse, the
quantum state is judged according to the change of
fluorescence intensity along with integral time, and if the
quantum state is obviously increased, the
quantum state is the state. According to the detection method provided by the invention, the problems of
weak signal and low efficiency of the traditional detection are solved, and an efficient scheme is provided for
quantum state reading.