All-Optical Initialization, Readout, and Coherent Preparation of Single Silicon-Vacancy Spins in Diamond
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Rogers, Lachlan J.
Jahnke, Kay D.
Metsch, Mathias H.
Binder, Jan M.
Teraji, Tokuyuki
Sumiya, Hitoshi
Isoya, Junichi
Jelezko, Fedor
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Rogers, Lachlan J., Kay D. Jahnke, Mathias H. Metsch, Alp Sipahigil, Jan M. Binder, Tokuyuki Teraji, Hitoshi Sumiya, et al. 2014. “All-Optical Initialization, Readout, and Coherent Preparation of Single Silicon-Vacancy Spins in Diamond.” Physical Review Letters 113 (26) (December). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.113.263602.Abstract
The silicon-vacancy (SiV−) color center in diamond has attracted attention because of its unique optical properties. It exhibits spectral stability and indistinguishability that facilitate efficient generation of photons capable of demonstrating quantum interference. Here we show optical initialization and readout of electronic spin in a single SiV− center with a spin relaxation time of T1=2.4±0.2 ms. Coherent population trapping (CPT) is used to demonstrate coherent preparation of dark superposition states with a spin coherence time of T⋆2=35±3 ns. This is fundamentally limited by orbital relaxation, and an understanding of this process opens the way to extend coherence by engineering interactions with phonons. Hyperfine structure is observed in CPT measurements with the Si29 isotope which allows access to nuclear spin. These results establish the SiV− center as a solid-state spin-photon interface.Other Sources
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