Controlling the quantum dynamics of a mesoscopic spin bath in diamond

de Lange, Gijs; van der Sar, Toeno; Blok, Machiel; Wang, Zhi-Hui; Dobrovitski, Viatcheslav; Hanson, Ronald

doi:10.1038/srep00382

Controlling the quantum dynamics of a mesoscopic spin bath in diamond

Journal Article · Wed Apr 25 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00382· OSTI ID:1624567

de Lange, Gijs ^[1]; van der Sar, Toeno ^[2]; Blok, Machiel ^[2]; Wang, Zhi-Hui ^[3]; Dobrovitski, Viatcheslav ^[3]; Hanson, Ronald ^[2]

Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands). Kavali Inst. of Nanoscience Delft; DOE/OSTI
Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands). Kavali Inst. of Nanoscience Delft
Ames Lab., and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

Understanding and mitigating decoherence is a key challenge for quantum science and technology. The main source of decoherence for solid-state spin systems is the uncontrolled spin bath environment. Here, we demonstrate quantum control of a mesoscopic spin bath in diamond at room temperature that is composed of electron spins of substitutional nitrogen impurities. The resulting spin bath dynamics are probed using a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre electron spin as a magnetic field sensor. We exploit the spin bath control to dynamically suppress dephasing of the NV spin by the spin bath. Furthermore, by combining spin bath control with dynamical decoupling, we directly measure the coherence and temporal correlations of different groups of bath spins. These results uncover a new arena for fundamental studies on decoherence and enable novel avenues for spin-based magnetometry and quantum information processing.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1624567

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 2; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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