Quantum control over single spins in diamond

VV Dobrovitski, GD Fuchs, AL Falk… - Annu. Rev. Condens …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have recently emerged as a unique platform for
fundamental studies in quantum information and nanoscience. The special properties of …

Nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance with a nitrogen-vacancy spin sensor

HJ Mamin, M Kim, MH Sherwood, CT Rettner, K Ohno… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Extension of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to nanoscale samples has been a
longstanding challenge because of the insensitivity of conventional detection methods. We …

Cavity optomechanical magnetometer

S Forstner, S Prams, J Knittel, ED Van Ooijen… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
A cavity optomechanical magnetometer is demonstrated. The magnetic-field-induced
expansion of a magnetostrictive material is resonantly transduced onto the physical structure …

High-resolution correlation spectroscopy of 13C spins near a nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond

A Laraoui, F Dolde, C Burk, F Reinhard… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Spin complexes comprising the nitrogen-vacancy centre and neighbouring spins are being
considered as a building block for a new generation of spintronic and quantum information …

Controlling the quantum dynamics of a mesoscopic spin bath in diamond

G De Lange, T Van Der Sar, M Blok, ZH Wang… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Understanding and mitigating decoherence is a key challenge for quantum science and
technology. The main source of decoherence for solid-state spin systems is the uncontrolled …

Detecting external electron spins using nitrogen-vacancy centers

HJ Mamin, MH Sherwood, D Rugar - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2012 - APS
Near-surface nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers have been created in diamond through low-
energy implantation of 15 N to sense electron spins that are external to the diamond. By …

Nitrogen-vacancy-assisted magnetometry of paramagnetic centers in an individual diamond nanocrystal

A Laraoui, JS Hodges, CA Meriles - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor nanoparticles host a number of paramagnetic point defects and impurities,
many of them adjacent to the surface, whose response to external stimuli could help probe …

A quantum spectrum analyzer enhanced by a nuclear spin memory

T Rosskopf, J Zopes, JM Boss, CL Degen - npj Quantum Information, 2017 - nature.com
We realize a two-qubit sensor designed for achieving high-spectral resolution in quantum
sensing experiments. Our sensor consists of an active “sensing qubit” and a long-lived …

Tuning a spin bath through the quantum-classical transition

F Reinhard, F Shi, N Zhao, F Rempp, B Naydenov… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We study decoherence of a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center induced by the C 13
nuclear spin bath of diamond. By comparing Hahn-Echo experiments on single and double …

Towards chemical structure resolution with nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

X Kong, A Stark, J Du, LP McGuinness, F Jelezko - Physical Review Applied, 2015 - APS
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has approached the limit of single-molecule
sensitivity; however, the spectral resolution is currently insufficient to obtain detailed …