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We have observed millisecond-long coherent evolution of nuclear spins in a quantum wire at 1.2 K. Local, all-electrical manipulation of nuclear spins is achieved by dynamic nuclear polarization in the breakdown regime of the Integer Quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-01 A. Corcoles , C. J. B. Ford , M. Pepper , G. A. C. Jones , H. E. Beere , D. A. Ritchie

Nuclear spins in solids exhibit long coherence times due to the small nuclear gyromagnetic ratio. This weak environmental coupling comes at the expense of slow quantum gate operations, which should be as fast as possible for many…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-11 R. M. Goldblatt , A. M. Martin , A. A. Wood

We demonstrate fluorescence thermometry techniques with sensitivities approaching 10 mK Hz^(-1/2) based on the spin-dependent photoluminescence of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. These techniques use dynamical decoupling protocols…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-24 David M. Toyli , Charles F. de las Casas , David J. Christle , Viatcheslav V. Dobrovitski , David D. Awschalom

Quantum sensors leverage matter's quantum properties to enable measurements with unprecedented spatial and spectral resolution. Among these sensors, those utilizing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond offer the distinct advantage of…

We introduce an alternate route to dynamically polarize the nuclear spin host of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. Our approach articulates optical, microwave and radio-frequency pulses to recursively transfer spin polarization from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-18 Daniela Pagliero , Abdelghani Laraoui , Jacob D. Henshaw , Carlos A. Meriles

We study decoherence of nuclear spins in a nanoscale GaAs device based on resistively detected nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). We demonstrate how the spin echo technique can be modified for our system, and this is compared to the damping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Go Yusa , Norio Kumada , Koji Muraki , Yoshiro Hirayama

Efficiently detecting and characterizing individual spins in solid-state hosts is an essential step to expand the fields of quantum sensing and quantum information processing. While selective detection and control of a few 13C nuclear spins…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-22 Hyunseok Oh , Jiwon Yun , M. H. Abobeih , Kyung-Hoon Jung , Kiho Kim , T. H. Taminiau , Dohun Kim

Nuclear spins in semiconductors are leading candidates for quantum technologies, including quantum computation, communication, and sensing. Nuclear spins in diamond are particularly attractive due to their extremely long coherence lifetime.…

Mechanical resonators operating in the megahertz range have become a versatile platform for fundamental and applied quantum research. Their exceptional properties, such as low mass and high quality factor, make them also appealing for force…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Diego A. Visani , Letizia Catalini , Christian L. Degen , Alexander Eichler , Javier del Pino

Motivated by the recent experimental progress in exploring the use of a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond as a quantum computing platform, we propose schemes for fast and high-fidelity entangling gates on this platform. Using both…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Regina Finsterhoelzl , Wolf-Rüdiger Hannes , Guido Burkard

Although a nuclear spin is weakly coupled to its environment, due to its small gyromagnetic ratio, its coherence time is limited by the hyperfine coupling to a nearby noisy electron. Here, we propose to utilize continuous dynamical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-07 Itsik Cohen , Thomas Unden , Fedor Jelezko , Alex Retzker

The dominant source of decoherence for an electron spin in a quantum dot is the hyperfine interaction with the surrounding bath of nuclear spins. The decoherence process may be slowed down by subjecting the electron spin to suitable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Wenxian Zhang , V. V. Dobrovitski , Lea F. Santos , Lorenza Viola , B. N. Harmon

Nuclear spins of noble gases can maintain coherence for hours at ambient conditions owing to their extraordinary isolation by the enclosing, complete electronic shells. This isolation, however, impedes the ability to manipulate and control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-06 Roy Shaham , Or Katz , Ofer Firstenberg

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) schemes can be applied to micron-, and nanometer-sized samples by the aid of quantum sensors such as nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond. These minute devices allow for magnetometry of nuclear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-19 C. Munuera-Javaloy , R. Puebla , J. Casanova

The electron spin of a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond lends itself to the control of proximal $^{13}$C nuclear spins via dynamical decoupling methods, possibly combined with radio-frequency driving. Long-lived single-qubit states and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 W. -R. Hannes , Regina Finsterhoelzl , Guido Burkard

The long coherence time of a single nitrogen vacancy (NV) center spin in diamond is a crucial advantage for implementing quantum information processing. However, the realization of strong coupling between single NV spins is challenging.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 Wei Xiong , Jiaojiao Chen , Baolong Fang , Mingfeng Wang , Liu Ye , J. Q. You

We propose a quantum control scheme aimed at interacting systems that gives rise to highly selective coupling among their near-to-resonance constituents. Our protocol implements temporal control of the interaction strength, switching it on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-06 J. F. Haase , Z. -Y. Wang , J. Casanova , M. B. Plenio

We demonstrate a new method for electrical manipulation of nuclear spins utilizing dynamic nuclear polarization induced by quantum Hall effect breakdown. Nuclear spins are polarized and detected through the hyperfine interaction between a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-17 Minoru Kawamura , Hiroyuki Takahashi , Yoshiaki Hashimoto , Shingo Katsumoto , Tomoki Machida

The ability to design quantum systems that decouple from environmental noise sources is highly desirable for development of quantum technologies with optimal coherence. The chemical tunability of electronic states in magnetic molecules…

Nuclear spins are highly coherent quantum objects. In large ensembles, their control and detection via magnetic resonance is widely exploited, e.g. in chemistry, medicine, materials science and mining. Nuclear spins also featured in early…