0000000000470569
AUTHOR
D. Farfurnik
Improving the coherence properties of solid-state spin ensembles via optimized dynamical decoupling
In this work, we optimize a dynamical decoupling (DD) protocol to improve the spin coherence properties of a dense ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. Using liquid nitrogen-based cooling and DD microwave pulses, we increase the transverse coherence time T2 from ∼ 0.7 ms up to ∼ 30 ms. We extend previous work of single-axis (Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill) DD towards the preservation of arbitrary spin states. After performing a detailed analysis of pulse and detuning errors, we compare the performance of various DD protocols. We identify that the concatenated XY8 pulse sequences serves as the optimal control scheme for preserving an arbitrary spin state. Finally, we use the conc…
Optimizing a Dynamical Decoupling Protocol for Solid-State Electronic Spin Ensembles in Diamond
We demonstrate significant improvements of the spin coherence time of a dense ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond through optimized dynamical decoupling (DD). Cooling the sample down to 77 K suppresses longitudinal spin relaxation ${T}_{1}$ effects and DD microwave pulses are used to increase the transverse coherence time ${T}_{2}$ from $\ensuremath{\sim}0.7\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{ms}$ up to $\ensuremath{\sim}30\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{ms}$. We extend previous work of single-axis (Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill) DD towards the preservation of arbitrary spin states. Following a theoretical and experimental characterization of pulse and detuning errors, we c…