Coherence of nitrogen-vacancy electronic spin ensembles in diamond
We present an experimental and theoretical study of electronic spin decoherence in ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in bulk high-purity diamond at room temperature. Under appropriate conditions, we find ensemble NV spin coherence times (T[superscript 2]) comparable to that of single...
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| Language: | en_US |
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American Physical Society
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64424 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-594X |
| Summary: | We present an experimental and theoretical study of electronic spin decoherence in ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in bulk high-purity diamond at room temperature. Under appropriate conditions, we find ensemble NV spin coherence times (T[superscript 2]) comparable to that of single NV with T[superscript 2]>600 μs for a sample with natural abundance of [superscript 13]C and paramagnetic impurity density ~10[superscript 15] cm[superscript −3]. We also observe a sharp decrease in the coherence time with misalignment of the static magnetic field relative to the NV electronic spin axis, consistent with theoretical modeling of NV coupling to a [superscript 13]C nuclear-spin bath. The long coherence times and increased signal-to-noise provided by room-temperature NV ensembles will aid many applications of NV centers in precision magnetometry and quantum information. |
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