Isotope engineering for spin defects in van der Waals materials.
Nat Commun
; 15(1): 104, 2024 Jan 02.
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| ID: mdl-38168074
ABSTRACT
Spin defects in van der Waals materials offer a promising platform for advancing quantum technologies. Here, we propose and demonstrate a powerful technique based on isotope engineering of host materials to significantly enhance the coherence properties of embedded spin defects. Focusing on the recently-discovered negatively charged boron vacancy center ([Formula see text]) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), we grow isotopically purified h10B15N crystals. Compared to [Formula see text] in hBN with the natural distribution of isotopes, we observe substantially narrower and less crowded [Formula see text] spin transitions as well as extended coherence time T2 and relaxation time T1. For quantum sensing, [Formula see text] centers in our h10B15N samples exhibit a factor of 4 (2) enhancement in DC (AC) magnetic field sensitivity. For additional quantum resources, the individual addressability of the [Formula see text] hyperfine levels enables the dynamical polarization and coherent control of the three nearest-neighbor 15N nuclear spins. Our results demonstrate the power of isotope engineering for enhancing the properties of quantum spin defects in hBN, and can be readily extended to improving spin qubits in a broad family of van der Waals materials.
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2024
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