Solid-state spin systems including nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond constitute an
increasingly favored quantum sensing platform. However, present NV ensemble devices …

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a solid-state defect qubit with favorable
coherence time up to room temperature, which could be harnessed in several quantum …

Quantum sensing using optically addressable atomic-scale defects, such as the nitrogen-
vacancy (NV) center in diamond, provides new opportunities for sensitive and highly …

Nitrogen is ubiquitous in both natural and laboratory-grown diamond, but the number and
nature of the nitrogen-containing defects can have a profound effect on the diamond …

Diamond particles containing color centers—fluorescent crystallographic defects embedded
within the diamond lattice—outperform other classes of fluorophores by providing a …

The past two decades have seen great advances in develo** color centers in diamond for
sensing, quantum information processing, and tests of quantum foundations. Increasingly …

Point defects have a strong impact on the performance of semiconductor and insulator
materials used in technological applications, spanning microelectronics to energy …

Qubits based on colour centres in diamond became a prominent system for solid-state
quantum information processing and sensing. But the deterministic creation of qubits and …

The charge degree of freedom in solid-state defects fundamentally underpins the electronic
spin degree of freedom, a workhorse of quantum technologies. Here we measure, analyze …

The negatively charged silicon-vacancy (SiV−) center in diamond is a bright source of
indistinguishable single photons and a useful resource in quantum-information protocols …