Phonon coherence and its effect on thermal conductivity of nanostructures

G **e, D Ding, G Zhang - Advances in Physics: X, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of coherence is one of the fundamental phenomena in electronics and optics. In
addition to electron and photon, phonon is another important energy and information carrier …

Topical review: spins and mechanics in diamond

D Lee, KW Lee, JV Cady, P Ovartchaiyapong… - Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
There has been rapidly growing interest in hybrid quantum devices involving a solid-state
spin and a macroscopic mechanical oscillator. Such hybrid devices create exciting …

Optomechanical quantum control of a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond

DA Golter, T Oo, M Amezcua, KA Stewart, H Wang - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We demonstrate optomechanical quantum control of the internal electronic states of a
diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in the resolved-sideband regime by coupling the NV …

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

KD Jahnke, A Sipahigil, JM Binder… - New Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
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All-optical initialization, readout, and coherent preparation of single silicon-vacancy spins in diamond

LJ Rogers, KD Jahnke, MH Metsch, A Sipahigil… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
The silicon-vacancy (SiV−) color center in diamond has attracted attention because of its
unique optical properties. It exhibits spectral stability and indistinguishability that facilitate …

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 …

Phonon networks with silicon-vacancy centers in diamond waveguides

MA Lemonde, S Meesala, A Sipahigil, MJA Schuetz… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We propose and analyze a novel realization of a solid-state quantum network, where
separated silicon-vacancy centers are coupled via the phonon modes of a quasi-one …

Mechanical spin control of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond

ER MacQuarrie, TA Gosavi, NR Jungwirth, SA Bhave… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
We demonstrate direct coupling between phonons and diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV)
center spins by driving spin transitions with mechanically generated harmonic strain at room …

Coupling a surface acoustic wave to an electron spin in diamond via a dark state

DA Golter, T Oo, M Amezcua, I Lekavicius, KA Stewart… - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
The emerging field of quantum acoustics explores interactions between acoustic waves and
artificial atoms and their applications in quantum information processing. In this …

Room-temperature spontaneous superradiance from single diamond nanocrystals

C Bradac, MT Johnsson, M Breugel… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Superradiance (SR) is a cooperative phenomenon which occurs when an ensemble of
quantum emitters couples collectively to a mode of the electromagnetic field as a single …