Solid-state spin systems including nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond constitute an
increasingly favored quantum sensing platform. However, present NV ensemble devices …

The long-dreamed-of capability of monitoring the molecular machinery in living systems has
not been realized yet, mainly due to the technical limitations of current sensing technologies …

With the ability to transfer and process quantum information, large-scale quantum networks
will enable a suite of fundamentally new applications, from quantum communications to …

Measuring local temperature with a spatial resolution on the order of a few nanometers has
a wide range of applications in the semiconductor industry and in material and life sciences …

Error correction is important in classical and quantum computation. Decoherence caused by
the inevitable interaction of quantum bits with their environment leads to dephasing or even …

Realizing robust quantum information transfer between long-lived qubit registers is a key
challenge for quantum information science and technology. Here we demonstrate …

The negatively charged silicon vacancy (SiV) color center in diamond has recently proven its
suitability for bright and stable single photon emission. However, its electronic structure so …

The past two decades have seen great advances in developing color centers in diamond for
sensing, quantum information processing, and tests of quantum foundations. Increasingly …

The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

Emitters of indistinguishable single photons are crucial for the growing field of quantum
technologies. To realize scalability and increase the complexity of quantum optics …