We measure electron and nuclear spin transition frequencies in the ground state of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond for two nitrogen isotopes (14NV and 15NV) over temperatures ranging from 77 K to 400 K. Measurements are performed using Ramsey interferometry and direct optical readout of the nuclear and electron spins. We extract coupling parameters Q (for 14NV), D, A∣∣, A⊥, γe/γn, and their temperature dependences for both isotopes. The temperature dependences of the nuclear-spin transitions within the ms=0 spin manifold near room temperature are found to be +0.52(1) ppm/K for 14NV (∣mI=−1>↔∣mI=+1>) and -1.1(1) ppm/K for 15NV (∣mI=−1/2>↔∣mI=+1/2>). An isotopic shift in the zero-field splitting parameter D between 14NV and 15NV is measured to be ∼ 120 kHz. Residual transverse magnetic fields are observed to shift the nuclear spin transition frequencies, especially for 15NV. We have precisely determined the set of parameters relevant for the development of nuclear-spin-based diamond quantum sensors with greatly reduced sensitivity to environmental factors.
@article{arxiv.2212.12169,
title = {Temperature Sensitivity of $^{14}\mathrm{NV}$ and $^{15}\mathrm{NV}$ Ground State Manifolds},
author = {Sean Lourette and Andrey Jarmola and Victor M. Acosta and A. Glen Birdwell and Dmitry Budker and Marcus W. Doherty and Tony Ivanov and Vladimir S. Malinovsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.12169},
year = {2022}
}