Nature Communications (Apr 2019)
High-fidelity spin and optical control of single silicon-vacancy centres in silicon carbide
- Roland Nagy,
- Matthias Niethammer,
- Matthias Widmann,
- Yu-Chen Chen,
- Péter Udvarhelyi,
- Cristian Bonato,
- Jawad Ul Hassan,
- Robin Karhu,
- Ivan G. Ivanov,
- Nguyen Tien Son,
- Jeronimo R. Maze,
- Takeshi Ohshima,
- Öney O. Soykal,
- Ádám Gali,
- Sang-Yun Lee,
- Florian Kaiser,
- Jörg Wrachtrup
Affiliations
- Roland Nagy
- 3rd Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology IQST
- Matthias Niethammer
- 3rd Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology IQST
- Matthias Widmann
- 3rd Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology IQST
- Yu-Chen Chen
- 3rd Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology IQST
- Péter Udvarhelyi
- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Cristian Bonato
- Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, SUPA, Heriot-Watt University
- Jawad Ul Hassan
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
- Robin Karhu
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
- Ivan G. Ivanov
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
- Nguyen Tien Son
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
- Jeronimo R. Maze
- Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Takeshi Ohshima
- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
- Öney O. Soykal
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Ádám Gali
- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Sang-Yun Lee
- Center for Quantum Information, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Florian Kaiser
- 3rd Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology IQST
- Jörg Wrachtrup
- 3rd Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart and Institute for Quantum Science and Technology IQST
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09873-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Point defects in solids have potential applications in quantum technologies, but the mechanisms underlying different defects’ performance are not fully established. Nagy et al. show how the wavefunction symmetry of silicon vacancies in SiC leads to promising optical and spin coherence properties.
