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Atomic-Scale Positioning of Single Spins via Multiple Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers

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Publication Date2016-04-25
JournalPhysical Review Applied
AuthorsWen-Long Ma, Shu-Shen Li, Geng-yu Cao, Ren-Bao Liu, Wen-Long Ma
InstitutionsWuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Theoretical Physics
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We present a scheme of positioning a single electron spin with sub-nanometer\nresolution through multiple nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. With unwanted\nnoise suppressed by dynamical decoupling, the spin coherence of each center\ndevelops characteristic oscillations due to a single electron spin located\n$4{\sim20}$ nm away from the centers. We can extract the position information\nfrom the characteristic electron spin-coherence oscillations of each center.\nThis scheme is useful for high-resolution nanoscale magnetometry and spin-based\nquantum computing.\n

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