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Title: Highly selective detection of individual nuclear spins with rotary echo on an electron spin probe

Abstract

We consider an electronic spin, such as a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond, weakly coupled to a large number of nuclear spins, and subjected to the Rabi driving with a periodically alternating phase. We show that by switching the driving phase synchronously with the precession of a given nuclear spin, the interaction to this spin is selectively enhanced, while the rest of the bath remains decoupled. The enhancement is of resonant character. The key feature of the suggested scheme is that the width of the resonance is adjustable, and can be greatly decreased by increasing the driving strength. Thus, the resonance can be significantly narrowed, by a factor of 10–100 in comparison with the existing detection methods. Significant improvement in selectivity is explained analytically and confirmed by direct numerical many-spin simulations. As a result, the method can be applied to a wide range of solid-state systems.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Ulm, Ulm (Germany)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1227441
Report Number(s):
IS-J-8777
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322; srep15402
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11358
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; nanosensors; quantum metrology; spintronics

Citation Formats

Mkhitaryan, V. V., Jelezko, F., and Dobrovitski, V. V. Highly selective detection of individual nuclear spins with rotary echo on an electron spin probe. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/srep15402.
Mkhitaryan, V. V., Jelezko, F., & Dobrovitski, V. V. Highly selective detection of individual nuclear spins with rotary echo on an electron spin probe. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15402
Mkhitaryan, V. V., Jelezko, F., and Dobrovitski, V. V. 2015. "Highly selective detection of individual nuclear spins with rotary echo on an electron spin probe". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15402. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1227441.
@article{osti_1227441,
title = {Highly selective detection of individual nuclear spins with rotary echo on an electron spin probe},
author = {Mkhitaryan, V. V. and Jelezko, F. and Dobrovitski, V. V.},
abstractNote = {We consider an electronic spin, such as a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond, weakly coupled to a large number of nuclear spins, and subjected to the Rabi driving with a periodically alternating phase. We show that by switching the driving phase synchronously with the precession of a given nuclear spin, the interaction to this spin is selectively enhanced, while the rest of the bath remains decoupled. The enhancement is of resonant character. The key feature of the suggested scheme is that the width of the resonance is adjustable, and can be greatly decreased by increasing the driving strength. Thus, the resonance can be significantly narrowed, by a factor of 10–100 in comparison with the existing detection methods. Significant improvement in selectivity is explained analytically and confirmed by direct numerical many-spin simulations. As a result, the method can be applied to a wide range of solid-state systems.},
doi = {10.1038/srep15402},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1227441}, journal = {Scientific Reports},
issn = {2045-2322},
number = 1,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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