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Protecting The Spin Coherence of Silicon Vacancy Color Centers from Thermal Noise Using Diamond MEMS

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Publication Date2017-01-01
JournalConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
AuthorsYoung-Ik Sohn, Srujan Meesala, Benjamin Pingault, Haig A. Atikian, Jeffrey Holzgrafe
InstitutionsHarvard University, University of Cambridge
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Spin coherence time, T2*, of the silicon vacancy color center in diamond is limited by thermal phonons existing in the lattice. We show how this process can be engineered by applying static strain using a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) fabricated on diamond. By suppressing the relevant thermal process, we demonstrate the improvement of spin T2*.