Suppression of spin-bath dynamics for improved coherence of multi-spin-qubit systems

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bar Gill, N ^a,b   Pham, L M ^b   Belthangady, C ^a   Le Sage, D ^a   Cappellaro, P ^c   Maze, J R ^d   Lukin, M D ^b   Yacoby, A ^b   Walsworth, R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; MULTI SPIN QUBIT SYSTEM; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE; SPIN BATH DYNAMIC;

EID: 84863324500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1856     Document Type: Article

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