Logo image
Room Temperature Dynamics of an Optically Addressable Single Spin in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Room Temperature Dynamics of an Optically Addressable Single Spin in Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Raj N Patel, Rebecca E K Fishman, Tzu-Yung Huang, Jordan A Gusdorff, David A Fehr, David A Hopper, S Alex Breitweiser, Benjamin Porat, Michael E Flatté and Lee C Bassett
Nano letters, Vol.24(25), pp.7623-7628
06/26/2024
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01333
PMID: 38860722
url
https://pure.tue.nl/ws/files/349781724/patel-et-al-2024-room-temperature-dynamics-of-an-optically-addressable-single-spin-in-hexagonal-boron-nitride.pdfView
Open Access

Abstract

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) hosts pure single-photon emitters that have shown evidence of optically detected electronic spin dynamics. However, the electrical and chemical structures of these optically addressable spins are unknown, and the nature of their spin-optical interactions remains mysterious. Here, we use time-domain optical and microwave experiments to characterize a single emitter in h-BN exhibiting room temperature optically detected magnetic resonance. Using dynamical simulations, we constrain and quantify transition rates in the model, and we design optical control protocols that optimize the signal-to-noise ratio for spin readout. This constitutes a necessary step toward quantum control of spin states in h-BN.

Details

Metrics

Logo image