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

Abstract

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.

Authors:

Whiteley, S. J.;

; Wolfowicz, G.;

;

Publication Date:: 2019-07-29

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

Sponsoring Org.:: 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

OSTI Identifier:: 1619648

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1557252

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Nature Communications

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Whiteley, S. J., Heremans, F. J., Wolfowicz, G., Awschalom, D. D., and Holt, M. V. Correlating dynamic strain and photoluminescence of solid-state defects with stroboscopic x-ray diffraction microscopy.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Whiteley, S. J., Heremans, F. J., Wolfowicz, G., Awschalom, D. D., & Holt, M. V. Correlating dynamic strain and photoluminescence of solid-state defects with stroboscopic x-ray diffraction microscopy.  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11365-9

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                    Whiteley, S. J., Heremans, F. J., Wolfowicz, G., Awschalom, D. D., and Holt, M. V. Mon .  
"Correlating dynamic strain and photoluminescence of solid-state defects with stroboscopic x-ray diffraction microscopy".  United Kingdom.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11365-9.

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@article{osti_1619648,

  title        = {Correlating dynamic strain and photoluminescence of solid-state defects with stroboscopic x-ray diffraction microscopy},

  author       = {Whiteley, S. J. and Heremans, F. J. and Wolfowicz, G. and Awschalom, D. D. and Holt, M. V.},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1038/s41467-019-11365-9},

  journal      = {Nature Communications},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 10,

  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {7}

}

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