Material platforms for defect qubits and single-photon emitters

G Zhang, Y Cheng, JP Chou, A Gali - Applied Physics Reviews, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Quantum technology has grown out of quantum information theory and now provides a
valuable tool that researchers from numerous fields can add to their toolbox of research …

Ab initio theory of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond

Á Gali - Nanophotonics, 2019 - degruyter.com
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 information and algorithms for correlated quantum matter

K Head-Marsden, J Flick, CJ Ciccarino… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Discoveries in quantum materials, which are characterized by the strongly quantum-
mechanical nature of electrons and atoms, have revealed exotic properties that arise from …

Electronic structure of the silicon vacancy color center in diamond

C Hepp, T Müller, V Waselowski, JN Becker… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
The negatively charged silicon vacancy (SiV) color center in diamond has recently proven its
suitability for bright and stable single photon emission. However, its electronic structure so …

Electron–phonon processes of the silicon-vacancy centre in diamond

KD Jahnke, A Sipahigil, JM Binder… - New Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate phonon induced electronic dynamics in the ground and excited states of the
negatively charged silicon-vacancy (${\rm Si}{{{\rm V}}^{-}} $) centre in diamond. Optical …

Optical signatures of quantum emitters in suspended hexagonal boron nitride

AL Exarhos, DA Hopper, RR Grote, A Alkauskas… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is rapidly emerging as an attractive material for solid-state
quantum engineering. Analogously to three-dimensional wide-band-gap semiconductors …

Measurement and control of single nitrogen-vacancy center spins above 600 K

DM Toyli, DJ Christle, A Alkauskas, BB Buckley… - Physical Review X, 2012 - APS
We study the spin and orbital dynamics of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond
between room temperature and 700 K. We find that the ability to optically address and …

First-principles theory of the luminescence lineshape for the triplet transition in diamond NV centres

A Alkauskas, BB Buckley, DD Awschalom… - New Journal of …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work we present theoretical calculations and analysis of the vibronic structure of the
spin-triplet optical transition in diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres. The electronic …

High-throughput identification of spin-photon interfaces in silicon

Y **ong, C Bourgois, N Sheremetyeva, W Chen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Color centers in host semiconductors are prime candidates as spin-photon interfaces for
quantum applications. Finding an optimal spin-photon interface in silicon would move …

Coupling of a single nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond to a fiber-based microcavity

R Albrecht, A Bommer, C Deutsch, J Reichel… - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We report on the coupling of a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in a nanodiamond to a
fiber-based microcavity at room temperature. Investigating the very same NV center inside …