Preserving electron spin coherence in solids by optimal dynamical decoupling

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7268, 2009, Pages 1265-1268

  Du, Jiangfeng ^a   Rong, Xing ^a   Zhao, Nan ^b   Wang, Ya ^a   Yang, Jiahui ^a   Liu, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; MALONIC ACID; NITROGEN;

DIAMOND; ELECTRON; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITROGEN; PRECISION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRRADIATION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID; SOLID STATE;

EID: 70350625342     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08470     Document Type: Article

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