Diamond, as the hardest natural material on earth, usually breaks in a brittle manner, but
with the size reduced to the nanoscale regime, it can have surprisingly large elastic …

We present a novel method for fabricating highly customizable three-dimensional structures
hosting quantum sensors based on nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers using two-photon …

Color centers have emerged as a leading qubit candidate for realizing hybrid spin-photon
quantum information technology. One major limitation of the platform, however, is that the …

Optically active color centers in nanodiamonds offer unique opportunities for generating and
manipulating quantum states of light. These mechanically, chemically, and optically robust …

The ability to measure the passage of electrical current with high spatial and temporal
resolution is vital for applications ranging from inspection of microscopic electronic circuits to …

Solid-state defect qubit systems with spin-photon interfaces show great promise for quantum
information and metrology applications. Photon collection efficiency, however, presents a …

Crystal-strain variation imposes significant limitations on many quantum sensing and
information applications for solid-state defect qubits in diamond. Thus, the precision …

Surface termination and interfacial interactions are critical for advanced solid-state quantum
applications. In this paper, we demonstrate that atomic layer deposition (ALD) can both …

In a solid-state spin system, we experimentally demonstrate a protocol for quantum-state
population transfer with an improved efficiency compared to traditional stimulated Raman …

Local crystallographic features negatively affect quantum spin defects by changing the local
electrostatic environment, often resulting in degraded or varied qubit optical and coherence …