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Main Authors: Ungar, Alexander, Cappellaro, Paola, Cooper, Alexandre, Sun, Won Kyu Calvin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17155
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author Ungar, Alexander
Cappellaro, Paola
Cooper, Alexandre
Sun, Won Kyu Calvin
author_facet Ungar, Alexander
Cappellaro, Paola
Cooper, Alexandre
Sun, Won Kyu Calvin
contents Electronic spin defects in the environment of an optically-active spin can be used to increase the size and hence the performance of solid-state quantum registers, especially for applications in quantum metrology and quantum communication. Previous works on multi-qubit electronic-spin registers in the environment of a Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center in diamond have only included spins directly coupled to the NV. As this direct coupling is limited by the central spin coherence time, it significantly restricts the register's maximum attainable size. To address this problem, we present a scalable approach to increase the size of electronic-spin registers. Our approach exploits a weakly-coupled probe spin together with double-resonance control sequences to mediate the transfer of spin polarization between the central NV spin and an environmental spin that is not directly coupled to it. We experimentally realize this approach to demonstrate the detection and coherent control of an unknown electronic spin outside the coherence limit of a central NV. Our work paves the way for engineering larger quantum spin registers with the potential to advance nanoscale sensing, enable correlated noise spectroscopy for error correction, and facilitate the realization of spin-chain quantum wires for quantum communication.
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spellingShingle Control of an environmental spin defect beyond the coherence limit of a central spin
Ungar, Alexander
Cappellaro, Paola
Cooper, Alexandre
Sun, Won Kyu Calvin
Quantum Physics
Electronic spin defects in the environment of an optically-active spin can be used to increase the size and hence the performance of solid-state quantum registers, especially for applications in quantum metrology and quantum communication. Previous works on multi-qubit electronic-spin registers in the environment of a Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center in diamond have only included spins directly coupled to the NV. As this direct coupling is limited by the central spin coherence time, it significantly restricts the register's maximum attainable size. To address this problem, we present a scalable approach to increase the size of electronic-spin registers. Our approach exploits a weakly-coupled probe spin together with double-resonance control sequences to mediate the transfer of spin polarization between the central NV spin and an environmental spin that is not directly coupled to it. We experimentally realize this approach to demonstrate the detection and coherent control of an unknown electronic spin outside the coherence limit of a central NV. Our work paves the way for engineering larger quantum spin registers with the potential to advance nanoscale sensing, enable correlated noise spectroscopy for error correction, and facilitate the realization of spin-chain quantum wires for quantum communication.
title Control of an environmental spin defect beyond the coherence limit of a central spin
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.17155