State-dependent phonon-limited spin relaxation of nitrogen-vacancy centers
Abstract
Understanding the limits to the spin coherence of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is vital to realizing the full potential of this quantum system. We show that relaxation on the |ms = –1> ↔|ms = +1> transition occurs approximately twice as fast as relaxation on the |ms = 0> ↔|ms = ±1> transitions under ambient conditions in native NVs in high-purity bulk diamond. The rates we observe are independent of NV concentration over four orders of magnitude, indicating they are limited by spin-phonon interactions. We find that the maximum theoretically achievable coherence time for an NV at 295 K is limited to 6.8(2) ms. Lastly, we present a theoretical analysis of our results that suggests Orbach-like relaxation from quasilocalized phonons or contributions due to higher-order terms in the spin-phonon Hamiltonian are the dominant mechanism behind |ms = –1> ↔|ms = +1> relaxation, motivating future measurements of the temperature dependence of this relaxation rate.
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- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1765032
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1764987
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0020313
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review Research Journal Volume: 3 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2643-1564
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Electron-phonon coupling; Spin relaxation; Nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond; Electron spin resonance; Optically detected magnetic resonance
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Cambria, M. C., Gardill, A., Li, Y., Norambuena, A., Maze, J. R., and Kolkowitz, S. State-dependent phonon-limited spin relaxation of nitrogen-vacancy centers. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013123.
Cambria, M. C., Gardill, A., Li, Y., Norambuena, A., Maze, J. R., & Kolkowitz, S. State-dependent phonon-limited spin relaxation of nitrogen-vacancy centers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013123
Cambria, M. C., Gardill, A., Li, Y., Norambuena, A., Maze, J. R., and Kolkowitz, S. Tue .
"State-dependent phonon-limited spin relaxation of nitrogen-vacancy centers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013123.
@article{osti_1765032,
title = {State-dependent phonon-limited spin relaxation of nitrogen-vacancy centers},
author = {Cambria, M. C. and Gardill, A. and Li, Y. and Norambuena, A. and Maze, J. R. and Kolkowitz, S.},
abstractNote = {Understanding the limits to the spin coherence of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is vital to realizing the full potential of this quantum system. We show that relaxation on the |ms = –1> ↔|ms = +1> transition occurs approximately twice as fast as relaxation on the |ms = 0> ↔|ms = ±1> transitions under ambient conditions in native NVs in high-purity bulk diamond. The rates we observe are independent of NV concentration over four orders of magnitude, indicating they are limited by spin-phonon interactions. We find that the maximum theoretically achievable coherence time for an NV at 295 K is limited to 6.8(2) ms. Lastly, we present a theoretical analysis of our results that suggests Orbach-like relaxation from quasilocalized phonons or contributions due to higher-order terms in the spin-phonon Hamiltonian are the dominant mechanism behind |ms = –1> ↔|ms = +1> relaxation, motivating future measurements of the temperature dependence of this relaxation rate.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013123},
journal = {Physical Review Research},
number = 1,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}
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