Quantum metrology with single spins in diamond under ambient conditions

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Publication Date	2017-10-11
Journal	National Science Review
Authors	Ming Chen, Chao Meng, Qi Zhang, Chang‐Kui Duan, Fazhan Shi
Institutions	University of Science and Technology of China
Citations	18

Abstract

Abstract The detection of single quantum systems can reveal information that would be averaged out in traditional techniques based on ensemble measurements. The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have shown brilliant prospects of performance as quantum bits and atomic sensors under ambient conditions, such as ultra-long coherence time, high fidelity control and readout of the spin state. In particular, the sensitivity of the NV center spin levels to external environmental changes makes it a versatile detector capable of measuring various physical quantities, such as temperature, strain, electric fields and magnetic fields. In this paper, we review recent progress in NV-based quantum metrology, and speculate on its future.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwx121

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