Recent advances in the ab initio theory of solid-state defect qubits

Á Gali - Nanophotonics, 2023‏ - degruyter.com
Solid-state defects acting as single photon sources and quantum bits are leading
contenders in quantum technologies. Despite great efforts, not all the properties and …

Sensing the spin state of room-temperature switchable cyanometallate frameworks with nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds

BT Flinn, GA Rance, WJ Cull, I Cardillo-Zallo… - ACS …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Room-temperature magnetically switchable materials play a vital role in current and
upcoming quantum technologies, such as spintronics, molecular switches, and data storage …

Sensing coherent nuclear spin dynamics with an ensemble of paramagnetic nitrogen spins

RM Goldblatt, AM Martin, AA Wood - PRX Quantum, 2024‏ - APS
The unpolarized spin environment surrounding a central spin qubit is typically considered as
an incoherent source of dephasing, however, precise characterization and control of the …

DC magnetic field sensitivity optimization of spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride

F Zhou, Z Jiang, H Liang, S Ru, AA Bettiol, W Gao - Nano Letters, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Spin defects existing in van der Waals materials attract wide attention thanks to their natural
advantages for in situ quantum sensing, especially the negatively charged boron vacancy …

Manipulating solid-state spin concentration through charge transport

G Wang, C Li, H Tang, B Li, F Madonini… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Solid-state defects are attractive platforms for quantum sensing and simulation, eg, in
exploring many-body physics and quantum hydrodynamics. However, many interesting …

Bath-limited dynamics of nuclear spins in solid-state spin platforms

M Onizhuk, G Galli - Physical Review B, 2023‏ - APS
Nuclear spins in the proximity of electronic spin defects in solids are promising platforms for
quantum information processing due to their ability to preserve quantum states for a …

Stability of near-surface nitrogen vacancy centers using dielectric surface passivation

R Kumar, S Mahajan, F Donaldson, S Dhomkar… - ACS …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
We study the photophysical stability of ensemble near-surface nitrogen vacancy (NV)
centers in diamond under vacuum and air. The optically detected magnetic resonance …

Investigation of zero-phonon line characteristics in ensemble nitrogen-vacancy centers at 1.6 K–300 K

Z Zhang, HF Wen, Z Gao, Y Liu, B Cao, H Guo, Z Li… - Optics …, 2024‏ - opg.optica.org
The ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers is widely used in quantum information
transmission, high-precision magnetic field, and temperature sensing due to their …

Decoherence of solid-state spin qubits: a computational perspective

M Onizhuk, G Galli - arxiv preprint arxiv:2405.18535, 2024‏ - arxiv.org
The usefulness of solid-state spins in quantum technologies depends on how long they can
remain in a coherent superposition of quantum states. This Colloquium discusses how first …

Determining strain components in a diamond waveguide from zero-field optically detected magnetic resonance spectra of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy-center …

MS Alam, F Gorrini, M Gawełczyk, D Wigger… - Physical Review …, 2024‏ - APS
The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV−) center in diamond has shown great
potential in nanoscale sensing and quantum information processing due to its rich spin …