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First-principles theory of extending the spin qubit coherence time in hexagonal boron nitride

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.04346v2
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:24:32 GMT
Title: First-principles theory of extending the spin qubit coherence time in hexagonal boron nitride
Authors: Jaewook Lee, Huijin Park, Hosung Seo
Abstract summary: We show that replacing all the boron atoms in h-BN with the 10B isotope leads to the coherence enhancement of the VB- spin by a factor of three. In addition, the T2 time of the VB- can be enhanced by a factor of 1.3 by inducing a curvature around VB-. Our results can be applied to any spin qubit in h-BN, strengthening their potential as material platforms to realize high-precision quantum sensors, quantum spin registers, and atomically thin quantum magnets.
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Abstract: Negatively charged boron vacancies (VB-) in hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) are a rapidly developing qubit platform in two-dimensional materials for solid-state quantum applications. However, their spin coherence time (T2) is very short, limited to a few microseconds owing to the inherently dense nuclear spin bath of the h-BN host. As the coherence time is one of the most fundamental properties of spin qubits, the short T2 time of VB- could significantly limit its potential as a promising spin qubit candidate. In this study, we theoretically proposed two materials engineering methods, which can substantially extend the T2 time of the VB- spin by four times more than its intrinsic T2. We performed quantum many-body computations by combining density functional theory and cluster correlation expansion and showed that replacing all the boron atoms in h-BN with the 10B isotope leads to the coherence enhancement of the VB- spin by a factor of three. In addition, the T2 time of the VB- can be enhanced by a factor of 1.3 by inducing a curvature around VB-. Herein, we elucidate that the curvature-induced inhomogeneous strain creates spatially varying quadrupole nuclear interactions, which effectively suppress the nuclear spin flip-flop dynamics in the bath. Importantly, we find that the combination of isotopic enrichment and strain engineering can maximize the VB- T2, yielding 207.2 and 161.9 {\mu}s for single- and multi-layer h-10BN, respectively. Furthermore, our results can be applied to any spin qubit in h-BN, strengthening their potential as material platforms to realize high-precision quantum sensors, quantum spin registers, and atomically thin quantum magnets.

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