Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centres in diamond for fun and profit

ORAL

Abstract

We have proposed [1] and begun developing [2-4] an experiment in which a 1 μm diamond containing an NV centre would be put into a superposition of being in two places at once with a superposition distance of 1 μm. This builds on our previous proposals [5-7] and others [8].

Separately, we have shown that laser-writing allows NV centres to be created in chosen locations inside of a diamond, deep enough to allow solid immersion lenses to be made around them, and with spin coherence times at least as long as naturally occurring NV centres [9].

We are also developing a fibre-coupled magnetometer with an NV ensemble towards possible medical applications [10].

[1] S Bose & GW Morley, arXiv:1810.07045 (2018)
[2] ATMA Rahman et al, Sci. Rep. 6, 21633 (2016)
[3] ATMA Rahman, AC Frangeskou, PF Barker & GW Morley, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 89, 023109 (2018)
[4] AC Frangeskou et al, New J. Phys. 20, 043016 (2018)
[5] M Scala et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 180403 (2013)
[6] C Wan et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 143003 (2016)
[7] S Bose et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 240401 (2017)
[8] Z-q Yin, T Li, X Zhang & LM Duan, Phys. Rev. A 88, 033614 (2013)
[9] CJ Stephen et al., arXiv:1807.03643 (2018)
[10] MW Dale & GW Morley, arXiv:1705.01994 (2017)

*We acknowledge funding from the Royal Society and the EPSRC.

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Presenters

  • Gavin Morley

    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick

Authors

  • Colin Stephen

    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick

  • Sougato Bose

    • University College London

  • Angelo Frangeskou

    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick

  • ATM Anishur Rahman

    • University College London

  • Peter F Barker

    • University College London

  • Laia Gines

    • University of Cardiff

  • Soumen Mandal

    • University of Cardiff

  • Matthew W Dale

    • University of Warwick

  • Yashna Lekhai

    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick

  • Laiyi Weng

    • University of Oxford
    • Department of Materials, University of Oxford

  • Paul Hill

    • University of Strathclyde
    • Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde

  • Sam Johnson

    • University of Oxford
    • Department of Materials, University of Oxford

  • Phil Diggle

    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick

  • Michael Strain

    • University of Strathclyde
    • Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde

  • Erdan Gu

    • University of Strathclyde
    • Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde

  • Mark Newton

    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick

  • Ben Green

    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick

  • Oliver A Williams

    • University of Cardiff

  • Jason M Smith

    • University of Oxford
    • Department of Materials, University of Oxford

  • Patrick Salter

    • University of Oxford
    • Department of Engineering, University of Oxford

  • Gavin Morley

    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
    • University of Warwick
    • Department of Physics, University of Warwick