Hybrid continuous dynamical decoupling: a photon-phonon doubly dressed spin

We study the parametric interaction between a single Nitrogen-Vacancy electronic spin and a diamond mechanical resonator in which the spin is embedded. Coupling between spin and oscillator is achieved by crystal strain, which is generated upon actuation of the oscillator and which parametrically modulates the spins' energy splitting. Under coherent microwave driving of the spin, this parametric drive leads to a locking of the spin Rabi frequency to the oscillator mode in the megahertz range. Both the Rabi oscillation decay time and the inhomogeneous spin dephasing time increase by two orders of magnitude under this spin-locking condition. We present routes to prolong the dephasing times even further, potentially to the relaxation time limit. The remarkable coherence protection that our hybrid spin-oscillator system offers is reminiscent of recently proposed concatenated continuous dynamical decoupling schemes and results from our robust, drift-free strain-coupling mechanism and the narrow linewidth of the high-quality diamond mechanical oscillator employed. Our findings suggest feasible applications in quantum information processing and sensing.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure

Spin-stress and spin-strain coupling in diamond-based hybrid spin oscillator systems

Hybrid quantum systems, which combine quantum-mechanical systems with macroscopic mechanical oscillators, have attracted increasing interest as they are well suited as high-performance sensors or transducers in quantum computers. A promising candidate is based on diamond cantilevers, whose motion is coupled to embedded Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers through crystal deformation. Even though this type of coupling has been investigated intensively in the past, several inconsistencies exist in available literature, and no complete and consistent theoretical description has been given thus far. To clarify and resolve these issues, we here develop a complete and consistent formalism to describe the coupling between the NV spin degree of freedom and crystal deformation in terms of stress, defined in the crystal coordinate system XYZ, and strain, defined in the four individual NV reference frames. We find that the stress-based approach is straightforward, yields compact expressions for stress-induced level shifts and therefore constitutes the preferred approach to be used in future advances in the field. In contrast, the strain-based formalism is much more complicated and requires extra care when transforming into the employed NV reference frames. Furthermore, we illustrate how the developed formalism can be employed to extract values for the spin-stress and spin-strain coupling constants from data published by Teissier et al..Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures; SOM available for download under https://quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch/publications/research-articles.htm

Errata: Water Main Break Rates in the USA and Canada: A Comprehensive Study

Page 5 – Major Finding 6 (change also made in text on Page 18): Added “in the reported pipe inventory” to better clarify the percentage reduction Page 6 – Major Finding 14 (change also made in text on Page 31): Changed “six” to “five” years to explain the time elapsed between the 2018 and 2023 studies Page 7 – Major Finding 28 (change also made in text on Page 46): Added “percentage” to better clarify the percentage of acceptance Page 8 – Section 1.1: Updated “(WRF, 2017)” to “(Grigg, 2007)” and “(US Conference of Mayors, 2018)” to “(Anderson, 2018)” Page 25 – Figure 22: Added “in the basic survey” to the note Page 30 – Figure 29: Reversed the bars so that “12-months” appears before “Five Years” Page 44 – Section 7.0: Replaced “construction-related failure rate” with “construction-related failures” since “rate” was incorrect Page 51 – References: Updated “Water Research Foundation, “Asset Management: Breaks & Leaks,” 2017.” to “Grigg, N.S., “Main Break Prediction, Prevention, and Control,” Water Research Foundation, 2007.

Resolved sidebands in a strain-coupled hybrid spin-oscillator system

We report on single electronic spins coupled to the motion of mechanical resonators by a novel mechanism based on crystal strain. Our device consists of single-crystalline diamond cantilevers with embedded Nitrogen-Vacancy center spins. Using optically detected electron spin resonance, we determine the unknown spin-strain coupling constants and demonstrate that our system resides well within the resolved sideband regime. We realize coupling strengths exceeding ten MHz under mechanical driving and show that our system has the potential to reach strong coupling. Our novel hybrid system forms a resource for future experiments on spin-based cantilever cooling and coherent spin-oscillator coupling.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures and supplementary information. Comments welcome. Further information under http://www.quantum-sensing.physik.unibas.ch