Nuclear spin relaxation in solid state defect quantum bits via electron-phonon coupling in their optical excited state

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.19418v1
• Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:15:19 GMT
• Title: Nuclear spin relaxation in solid state defect quantum bits via electron-phonon coupling in their optical excited state
• Authors: Gerg\H{o} Thiering and Adam Gali
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate on the exemplary nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in diamond by means of a combined group theory and density functional theory study. We show that spin-phonon relaxation rate of the nitrogen nuclear spin is with several orders of magnitude enhanced by the strong electron-phonon coupling in the optical excited state of the defect.
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• Abstract: Optically accessible solid state defect spins are primary platform for quantum information processing where tight control of the electron spin and ancilla nuclear spins is pivotal for the operation. We demonstrate on the exemplary nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in diamond by means of a combined group theory and density functional theory study that spin-phonon relaxation rate of the nitrogen nuclear spin is with several orders of magnitude enhanced by the strong electron-phonon coupling in the optical excited state of the defect. The mechanism is common to other solid state defect spins sharing similar optical excited states with that of the NV center.

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