We experimentally demonstrate coherent Rabi oscillations of Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers by magnetoelastic waves. The coupling is consistent with dipolar stray field drive from spin-wave modes in a ferromagnetic film, and displays a significant improvement in Radio Frequency power efficiency relative to other methods of microwave excitation. Further, it demonstrates coherent coupling with NV centers over mm-scale distances from the microwave excitation source. By utilizing a piezoelectric-magnetostrictive heterostucture, where magnetoelastic waves can be launched by an applied voltage, a pure voltage driven coherent drive of the NV centers is achieved. This voltage driven, magnetoelastic excitation enables a new approach to couple with two level quantum states that is not reliant on long spin-wave coherence lengths.
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@article{arxiv.2409.10862,
title = {Coherent Dipolar Coupling between Magnetoelastic Waves and Nitrogen Vacancy Centers},
author = {Adi Jung and Samuel Margueron and Ausrine Bartasyte and Sayeef Salahuddin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.10862},
year = {2024}
}