Robust optical polarization of nuclear spin baths using Hamiltonian engineering of nitrogen-vacancy center quantum dynamics

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2018-08-31Authors
Schwartz, Ilai
Scheuer, Jochen
Tratzmiller, Benedikt
Müller, Samuel
Chen, Qiong
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Science Advances ; 4 (2018), 8. - Art.-Nr. eaat8978. - eISSN 2375-2548
Link to original publication
https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat8978Faculties
Fakultät für NaturwissenschaftenInstitutions
Institut für Theoretische PhysikInstitut für Quantenoptik
External cooperations
NVision Imaging Technologies GmbhDocument version
published version (publisher's PDF)Abstract
Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is an important technique that uses polarization transfer from electron to nuclear
spins to achieve nuclear hyperpolarization. Combining efficient DNP with optically polarized nitrogen-vacancy (NV)
centers offers promising opportunities for novel technological applications, including nanoscale nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy of liquids, hyperpolarized nanodiamonds as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents,
and the initialization of nuclear spin–based diamond quantumsimulators. However, none of the current realizations
of polarization transfer are simultaneously robust and sufficiently efficient, making the realization of the applications
extremely challenging. We introduce the concept of systematically designing polarization sequences by Hamiltonian
engineering, resulting in polarization sequences that are robust and fast. We theoretically derive sequences and
experimentally demonstrate that they are capable of efficient polarization transfer from optically polarized NV
centers in diamond to the surrounding 13C nuclear spin bath even in the presence of control errors,making the abovementioned
novel applications possible.
EU Project uulm
BIOQ / Diamond Quantum Devices and Biology / EC / FP7 / 319130
DFG Project THU
SFB 1279 / Nutzung des menschlichen Peptidoms für die Entwicklung neuer antimikrobieller und anti-Krebs Therapeutika / DFG / 316249678
Publication funding
Gefördert vom Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
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http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2018/08/27/4.8.eaat8978.DC1Subject headings
[GND]: NMR-Spektroskopie | Hamiltonsches System[LCSH]: Optically stimulated luminescence | Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy | Hamiltonian systems
[DDC subject group]: DDC 530 / Physics | DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-36761
Schwartz, Ilai et al. (2021): Robust optical polarization of nuclear spin baths using Hamiltonian engineering of nitrogen-vacancy center quantum dynamics. Open Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm und Technischen Hochschule Ulm. http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-36761
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