Strong polarization of individual nuclear spins weakly coupled to nitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond

We experimentally demonstrate high degree of polarization of ^13 C nuclear spins weakly interacting with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. We combine coherent microwave excitation pulses with optical illumination to provide controlled relaxation and achieve a polarity-tunable, fast nuclear p...

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Main Authors: Jiwon Yun, Kiho Kim, Dohun Kim
格式: 文件
语言:English
出版: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
丛编:New Journal of Physics
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在线阅读:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab43aa
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总结:We experimentally demonstrate high degree of polarization of ^13 C nuclear spins weakly interacting with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. We combine coherent microwave excitation pulses with optical illumination to provide controlled relaxation and achieve a polarity-tunable, fast nuclear polarization of degree higher than 85% at room temperature for remote ^13 C nuclear spins exhibiting hyperfine interaction strength with NV centers of the order of 600 kHz. We show with the aid of numerical simulation that the anisotropic hyperfine tensor components naturally provide a route to control spin mixing parameter so that highly efficient nuclear polarization is enabled through careful tuning of nuclear quantization axis by external magnetic field. We further discuss spin dynamics and wide applicability of this method to various target ^13 C nuclear spins around the NV center electron spin. The proposed control method demonstrates an efficient and versatile route to realize, for example, high-fidelity spin register initialization and quantum metrology using nuclear spin resources in solids.
ISSN:1367-2630