Christopher J. Wood, Troy W. Borneman, David G. Cory
We describe how sideband cooling techniques, prevalent in quantum optics, may be applied to large spin ensembles in magnetic resonance. Using the Tavis-Cummings model in the presence of a Rabi drive, we solve a Markovian master equation describing the joint spin-cavity dynamics to derive cooling rates as a function of ensemble size. Our calculations indicate that a spin ensemble containing roughly $10^{11}$ electron spins may be polarized to a non-thermal equilibrium state in a time many orders of magnitude shorter than the typical thermal relaxation time. The described techniques permit the efficient removal of entropy for spin-based quantum information processors and fast polarization of spin samples. The proposed application of a standard technique in quantum optics to magnetic resonance also serves to reinforce the connection between the two fields, which has only recently begun to be explored in detail due to the development of hybrid designs for manufacturing noise-resilient quantum devices.
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.1029
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