Superradiant Masing with Solid-state Spins at Room Temperature

TL;DR

This paper proposes the realization of superradiant masing at room temperature using solid-state spins in microwave resonators, demonstrating potential for ultra-narrow linewidth radiation in practical applications.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical framework for observing superradiant masing in solid-state spin systems at room temperature, supported by quantum master equation analysis.

Findings

Superradiant Rabi oscillations observed in nitrogen vacancy and pentacene spins

Achieved superradiant masing with linewidth below millihertz

Guides future exploration of superradiant phenomena in solid-state spins

Abstract

Steady-state superradiance and superradiant lasing attract significant attentions in the field of optical lattice clocks, but have not been achieved so far due to the technical challenges and atom loss problem. In this article, we propose that their counter-part may be observed in the microwave domain with solid-state spins-microwave resonator systems at room temperature with realistic technical restrictions. To validate our proposal, we investigate systematically the system dynamics and steady-state by solving quantum master equations for the multi-level and multi-process dynamic of trillions of spins. To this end, we employ a mean-field approach, and convert the mean-field dynamics of the spin ensemble into the one in a more intuitive Dicke state picture. Our calculations show that for systems with nitrogen vacancy center spins and pentacene molecular spins the superradiant Rabi oscillations occur firstly due to transitions among different Dicke states, and the subsequent continuous-wave superradiant masing can achieve a linewidth well below millihertz. Our work may guide further exploration of transient and steady-state superradiant masing with the mentioned and other solid-state spins systems, such as silicon vacancy centers in silicon carbide and boron vacancy centers in hexagonal boron nitride, where the coherent radiation with ultra-narrow linewidth may find applications in deep-space communications, radio astronomy and high-precision metrology.