Fault-Tolerant Quantum Metrology with High-Density Spin Ensembles: Experimental Results

ORAL

Abstract

High density solid-state spin ensembles have shown great promise as high-sensitivity magnetometers on the nanoscale. However, further increases in sensitivity require techniques to overcome the limits to coherence times imposed by spin-spin interactions. Here, using a dense ensemble of Nitrogen-Vacancy centers in diamond, we experimentally demonstrate fault-tolerant decoupling of spin-spin interactions, achieving a ten-fold enhancement of spin coherence times. This was made possible by introducing novel dynamical decoupling sequences that simultaneously suppress disorder, interactions, and imperfections in controls. We utilize the prolonged coherence time to perform quantum metrology, demonstrating an increase in sensitivity compared to conventional sensing protocols such as the XY-8 sequence. These results thus demonstrate a significant enhancement beyond the interaction limit, crucial for high-sensitivity magnetometers in high-density interacting spin ensembles.

Presenters

  • Helena Knowles

    • Harvard University

Authors

  • Helena Knowles

    • Harvard University
  • Hengyun Zhou

    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Harvard University
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University
  • Joonhee Choi

    • Harvard University
  • Soonwon Choi

    • University of California, Berkeley
    • UC Berkeley
    • Physics, University of California Berkeley
    • University of California Berkeley
    • Harvard University
    • Physics, University of California, Berkeley
  • Renate Landig

    • Harvard University
  • Junichi Isoya

    • University of Tsukuba
    • Research Center for Knowledge Communities, University of Tsukuba, 1-2 Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8550, Japan.
  • Fedor Jelezko

    • Ulm University
  • Shinobu Onoda

    • Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute
    • Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
  • Hitoshi Sumiya

    • Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
    • Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
  • Mikhail Lukin

    • Harvard University
    • Physics, Harvard University