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Highly selective detection of individual nuclear spins with rotary echo on an electron spin probe.

ABSTRACT: We consider an electronic spin, such as a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond, weakly coupled to a large number of nuclear spins, and subjected to the Rabi driving with a periodically alternating phase. We show that by switching the driving phase synchronously with the precession of a given nuclear spin, the interaction to this spin is selectively enhanced, while the rest of the bath remains decoupled. The enhancement is of resonant character. The key feature of the suggested scheme is that the width of the resonance is adjustable, and can be greatly decreased by increasing the driving strength. Thus, the resonance can be significantly narrowed, by a factor of 10-100 in comparison with the existing detection methods. Significant improvement in selectivity is explained analytically and confirmed by direct numerical many-spin simulations. The method can be applied to a wide range of solid-state systems.

SUBMITTER: Mkhitaryan VV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4620492 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Highly selective detection of individual nuclear spins with rotary echo on an electron spin probe.

Mkhitaryan V V VV Jelezko F F Dobrovitski V V VV

Scientific reports 20151026

We consider an electronic spin, such as a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond, weakly coupled to a large number of nuclear spins, and subjected to the Rabi driving with a periodically alternating phase. We show that by switching the driving phase synchronously with the precession of a given nuclear spin, the interaction to this spin is selectively enhanced, while the rest of the bath remains decoupled. The enhancement is of resonant character. The key feature of the suggested scheme is that the w ...[more]

PMID: 26497777

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