Fiber-microsphere system at cryogenic temperatures toward cavity QED using diamond NV centers.

The coupling of a microsphere resonator to a tapered fiber was demonstrated at cryogenic temperatures (8 - 13 K) and investigated with a probe laser light whose frequency around the zero phonon line of nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond (638 nm). For this purpose, a liquid-helium-flow cryostat with a large sample chamber is developed and a resonance dip with a Q of 2 x 10(6) is observed. The resonance frequency and the coupling condition are found to be stable for a period of one hour.

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