Correlating dynamic strain and photoluminescence of solid-state defects with stroboscopic x-ray diffraction microscopy

Whiteley, S. J.; Heremans, F. J.; Wolfowicz, G.; Awschalom, D. D.; Holt, M. V.

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11365-9

Title: Correlating dynamic strain and photoluminescence of solid-state defects with stroboscopic x-ray diffraction microscopy

Journal Article · Mon Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11365-9· OSTI ID:1619648

Whiteley, S. J.;

; Wolfowicz, G.;

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Control of local lattice perturbations near optically-active defects in quantum materials is a key step to harnessing the potential of solid-state qubits for quantum information science and nanoscale sensing. We report the development of a stroboscopic Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy (s-SXDM) approach for real-space imaging of dynamic strain used in correlation with microscopic photoluminescence measurements. We demonstrate this technique in the emergent quantum material 4H-SiC, which hosts long-lifetime room temperature vacancy spin defects. Using nano-focused X-ray photon pulses synchronized to a surface acoustic wave launcher, we achieve an effective time resolution of ~100 ps at a 25 nm spatial resolution to map micro-radian dynamic lattice curvatures. The acoustically induced lattice distortions near an engineered scattering structure are correlated with enhanced photoluminescence responses of optically-active SiC quantum defects driven by local piezoelectric effects. These results demonstrate a unique route for directly imaging local strain in nanomechanical structures and quantifying dynamic structure-function relationships in quantum materials under realistic operating conditions.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1619648

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1557252

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 10 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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