Multimode Jahn-Teller Effect in Negatively Charged Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond
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| author | Zhang, Jianhua Liu, Jun Zhu, Z. Z. Ho, K. M. Dobrovitski, V. V. Wang, C. Z. |
| author_facet | Zhang, Jianhua Liu, Jun Zhu, Z. Z. Ho, K. M. Dobrovitski, V. V. Wang, C. Z. |
| contents | We present a first-principles study of the multimode Jahn-Teller (JT) effect in the exctied $^{3}E$ state of the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond. Using density functional theory combined with an intrinsic distortion path (IDP) analysis, we resolve the full activation pathways of the JT distortion and quantitatively decompose the distortion into contributions from individual vibrational modes. We find that multiple vibrational modes participate cooperatively in the JT dynamics, giving rise to a shallow adiabatic potential energy surface with low barriers, consistent with thermally activated pseudorotation. The dominant JT-active modes are found to closely correspond to vibrational features observed in two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES), in agreement with recent ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Our results establish a microscopic, mode-resolved picture of vibronic coupling in the excited-state NV center and provide new insight into dephasing, relaxation, and optically driven dynamics relevant to solid-state quantum technologies. |
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| spellingShingle | Multimode Jahn-Teller Effect in Negatively Charged Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond Zhang, Jianhua Liu, Jun Zhu, Z. Z. Ho, K. M. Dobrovitski, V. V. Wang, C. Z. Materials Science Computational Physics Quantum Physics We present a first-principles study of the multimode Jahn-Teller (JT) effect in the exctied $^{3}E$ state of the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond. Using density functional theory combined with an intrinsic distortion path (IDP) analysis, we resolve the full activation pathways of the JT distortion and quantitatively decompose the distortion into contributions from individual vibrational modes. We find that multiple vibrational modes participate cooperatively in the JT dynamics, giving rise to a shallow adiabatic potential energy surface with low barriers, consistent with thermally activated pseudorotation. The dominant JT-active modes are found to closely correspond to vibrational features observed in two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES), in agreement with recent ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Our results establish a microscopic, mode-resolved picture of vibronic coupling in the excited-state NV center and provide new insight into dephasing, relaxation, and optically driven dynamics relevant to solid-state quantum technologies. |
| title | Multimode Jahn-Teller Effect in Negatively Charged Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond |
| topic | Materials Science Computational Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14495 |