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Spin coherence in strongly coupled spin baths in quasi-two-dimensional layers

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Publication Date2024-12-09
JournalPhysical review. B./Physical review. B
AuthorsPhilip Schätzle, Reyhaneh Ghassemizadeh, Daniel F. Urban, Thomas Wellens, Peter Knittel
InstitutionsFraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics
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We investigate the spin-coherence decay of <a:math xmlns:a=“http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML”&gt;&lt;a:msup&gt;&lt;a:mrow&gt;&lt;a:mi&gt;NV&lt;/a:mi&gt;&lt;/a:mrow&gt;&lt;a:mo&gt;−&lt;/a:mo&gt;&lt;/a:msup&gt;&lt;/a:math> spins interacting with the strongly coupled bath of nitrogen defects in diamond layers. For thin diamond layers, we demonstrate that the spin-coherence times exceed those of bulk diamond, thus allowing to surpass the limit imposed by high-defect concentrations in bulk. We show that the stretched-exponential parameter for the short-time spin-coherence decay is governed by the hyperfine interaction in the bath, thereby constraining random-noise models. We introduce a method based on the cluster-correlation expansion applied to strongly interacting bath partitions instead of individual spins. Our results facilitate material development for quantum-technology devices. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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