Measurement and control of single nitrogen-vacancy center spins above 600 K

Physical Review X

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Toyli, D M ^a   Christle, D J ^a   Alkauskas, A ^a,b   Buckley, B B ^a   Van de Walle, C G ^a,b   Awschalom, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantum information; Semiconductor physics; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL; NANOSCALE THERMOMETER; NITROGEN-VACANCY CENTER; NONRADIATIVE PROCESS; NV CENTER; ORBITAL DYNAMICS; QUANTUM INFORMATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS; SINGLE SPIN; SPIN LIFETIMES;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM OPTICS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 84865278911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.2.031001     Document Type: Article

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