Abstract: Various systems, devices, articles and methods apply one or more luminescent defects disposed within a semiconductor body. A respective luminescent defect included in the one or more luminescent defects has a plurality of orbital states. An information processing device including a semiconductor body and one or more luminescent defects. A system including at least one processor and a quantum information processor comprising at least one luminescent defect. Methods for operation of devices and systems including one or more luminescent defects.

Abstract: Various systems, devices, articles and methods related to one or more local luminescent defects disposed within semiconductor body including silicon. A respective defect included in the one or more defects supports a respective bound exciton. A respective pair of computational states is defined at the respective defect and one computational state of the pair of computational states includes a first configuration for the respective exciton. Information stored in the respective pair of computational states can be manipulated according to various systems, devices, articles and methods described herein.

Abstract: A quantum information processing device including a semiconductor substrate. An optical resonator is coupled to the substrate. The optical resonator supports a first photonic mode with a first resonator frequency. The quantum information processing device includes a non-gaseous chalcogen donor atom disposed within the semiconductor substrate and optically coupled to the optical resonator. The donor atom has a transition frequency in resonance with the resonator frequency. Also disclosed herein are systems, devices, articles and methods with practical application in quantum information processing including or associated with one or more deep impurities in a silicon substrate optically coupled to an optical structure.

Abstract: A quantum information processing device including a semiconductor substrate. An optical resonator is coupled to the substrate. The optical resonator supports a first photonic mode with a first resonator frequency. The quantum information processing device includes a non-gaseous chalcogen donor atom disposed within the semiconductor substrate and optically coupled to the optical resonator. The donor atom has a transition frequency in resonance with the resonator frequency. Also disclosed herein are systems, devices, articles and methods with practical application in quantum information processing including or associated with one or more deep impurities in a silicon substrate optically coupled to an optical structure.

Abstract: A device, such as, an information processing or communications device, including a body of semiconductor material consisting principally of silicon, one or more luminescence centres disposed in the body of semiconductor material, one or more optical degrees of freedom associated with the one or more luminescence centres, and one or more local degrees of freedom associated with the one or more luminescence centres. A respective optical degree of freedom is associated with a respective luminescence centre. A respective local degree of freedom is associated with a respective luminescence centre. The one or more local degrees of freedom modify the one or more optical degrees of freedom.

Abstract: A quantum information processing device including a semiconductor substrate. An optical resonator is coupled to the substrate. The optical resonator supports a first photonic mode with a first resonator frequency. The quantum information processing device includes a non-gaseous chalcogen donor atom disposed within the semiconductor substrate and optically coupled to the optical resonator. The donor atom has a transition frequency in resonance with the resonator frequency. Also disclosed herein are systems, devices, articles and methods with practical application in quantum information processing including or associated with one or more deep impurities in a silicon substrate optically coupled to an optical structure.