Extending the coherence of spin defects in hBN enables advanced qubit control and quantum sensing

Abstract Negatively-charged boron vacancy centers ( $${{V}_{B}}^{-}$$ V B − ) in hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) are attracting increasing interest since they represent optically-addressable qubits in a van der Waals material. In particular, these spin defects have shown promise as sensors for tempera...

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Main Authors: Roberto Rizzato, Martin Schalk, Stephan Mohr, Jens C. Hermann, Joachim P. Leibold, Fleming Bruckmaier, Giovanna Salvitti, Chenjiang Qian, Peirui Ji, Georgy V. Astakhov, Ulrich Kentsch, Manfred Helm, Andreas V. Stier, Jonathan J. Finley, Dominik B. Bucher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40473-w