Mechanical spin control of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond

We demonstrate direct coupling between phonons and diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spins by driving spin transitions with mechanically generated harmonic strain at room temperature. The amplitude of the mechanically driven spin signal varies with the spatial periodicity of the stress standing w...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 111; no. 22; p. 227602
Main Authors MacQuarrie, E R, Gosavi, T A, Jungwirth, N R, Bhave, S A, Fuchs, G D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 27.11.2013
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Summary:We demonstrate direct coupling between phonons and diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spins by driving spin transitions with mechanically generated harmonic strain at room temperature. The amplitude of the mechanically driven spin signal varies with the spatial periodicity of the stress standing wave within the diamond substrate, verifying that we drive NV center spins mechanically. These spin-phonon interactions could offer a route to quantum spin control of magnetically forbidden transitions, which would enhance NV-based quantum metrology, grant access to direct transitions between all of the spin-1 quantum states of the NV center, and provide a platform to study spin-phonon interactions at the level of a few interacting spins.
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.111.227602