Coherent Acoustic Control of Defect Orbital States in the Strong-Driving Limit

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Main Authors: McCullian, B. A., Sharma, V., Chen, H. Y., Crossman, J. C., Mueller, E. J., Fuchs, G. D.
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author McCullian, B. A.
Sharma, V.
Chen, H. Y.
Crossman, J. C.
Mueller, E. J.
Fuchs, G. D.
author_facet McCullian, B. A.
Sharma, V.
Chen, H. Y.
Crossman, J. C.
Mueller, E. J.
Fuchs, G. D.
contents We use a bulk acoustic wave resonator to demonstrate coherent control of the excited orbital states in a diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center at cryogenic temperature. Coherent quantum control is an essential tool for understanding and mitigating decoherence. Moreover, characterizing and controlling orbital states is a central challenge for quantum networking, where optical coherence is tied to orbital coherence. We study resonant multi-phonon orbital Rabi oscillations in both the frequency and time domain, extracting the strength of the orbital-phonon interactions and the coherence of the acoustically driven orbital states. We reach the strong-driving limit, where the physics is dominated by the coupling induced by the acoustic waves. We find agreement between our measurements, quantum master equation simulations, and a Landau-Zener transition model in the strong-driving limit. Using perturbation theory, we derive an expression for the orbital Rabi frequency versus acoustic drive strength that is non-perturbative in the drive strength and agrees well with our measurements for all acoustic powers. Motivated by continuous wave spin resonance-based decoherence protection schemes, we model the orbital decoherence and find good agreement between our model and our measured few-to-several nanoseconds orbital decoherence times. We discuss the outlook for orbital decoherence protection.
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spellingShingle Coherent Acoustic Control of Defect Orbital States in the Strong-Driving Limit
McCullian, B. A.
Sharma, V.
Chen, H. Y.
Crossman, J. C.
Mueller, E. J.
Fuchs, G. D.
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We use a bulk acoustic wave resonator to demonstrate coherent control of the excited orbital states in a diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center at cryogenic temperature. Coherent quantum control is an essential tool for understanding and mitigating decoherence. Moreover, characterizing and controlling orbital states is a central challenge for quantum networking, where optical coherence is tied to orbital coherence. We study resonant multi-phonon orbital Rabi oscillations in both the frequency and time domain, extracting the strength of the orbital-phonon interactions and the coherence of the acoustically driven orbital states. We reach the strong-driving limit, where the physics is dominated by the coupling induced by the acoustic waves. We find agreement between our measurements, quantum master equation simulations, and a Landau-Zener transition model in the strong-driving limit. Using perturbation theory, we derive an expression for the orbital Rabi frequency versus acoustic drive strength that is non-perturbative in the drive strength and agrees well with our measurements for all acoustic powers. Motivated by continuous wave spin resonance-based decoherence protection schemes, we model the orbital decoherence and find good agreement between our model and our measured few-to-several nanoseconds orbital decoherence times. We discuss the outlook for orbital decoherence protection.
title Coherent Acoustic Control of Defect Orbital States in the Strong-Driving Limit
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10989