Abstract
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have been used in recent years for a wide range of applications, from nanoscale NMR to quantum computation. These applications depend strongly on the efficient readout of the NV center's spin state, which is currently limited. Here we suggest a method of reading the NV center's spin state, using the weak optical transition in the singlet manifold. We numerically calculate the number of photons collected from each spin state using this technique, and show that an order of magnitude enhancement in spin-readout signal-to-noise ratio is expected, making single-shot spin readout within reach. Thus, this method could lead to an order of magnitude enhancement in sensitivity for ubiquitous NV-based sensing applications, and remove a major obstacle from using NVs for quantum information processing.
| Original language | American English |
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| Article number | 125436 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 27 Sep 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank D. Budker and J. Schloss for their insights and comments. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 714005). This work has been supported in part by the European Union Quantum Flagship project MetaboliQs, the European Union FET-Open project PATHOS, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and the Israeli Innovation Authority.
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