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Ramsey interferometry of nuclear spins in diamond using stimulated Raman adiabatic passage

Quantum Physics 2024-07-24 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Applied Physics Atomic Physics

Abstract

We report the first experimental demonstration of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) in nuclear-spin transitions of 14^{14}N within nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond. It is shown that the STIRAP technique suppresses the occupation of the intermediate state, which is a crucial factor for improvements in quantum sensing technology. Building on that advantage, we develop and implement a generalized version of the Ramsey interferometric scheme, employing half-STIRAP pulses to perform the necessary quantum-state manipulation with high fidelity. The enhanced robustness of the STIRAP-based Ramsey scheme to variations in the pulse parameters is experimentally demonstrated, showing good agreement with theoretical predictions. Our results pave the way for improving the long-term stability of diamond-based sensors, such as gyroscopes and frequency standards.

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@article{arxiv.2407.16057,
  title  = {Ramsey interferometry of nuclear spins in diamond using stimulated Raman adiabatic passage},
  author = {Sean Lourette and Andrey Jarmola and Jabir Chathanathil and Sebastián C. Carrasco and Dmitry Budker and Svetlana A. Malinovskaya and A. Glen Birdwell and Tony Ivanov and Vladimir S. Malinovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.16057},
  year   = {2024}
}

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11 pages, 7 figures