Ten-Second Electron-Spin Coherence in Isotopically Engineered Diamond

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07439v1
• Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:00:01 GMT
• Title: Ten-Second Electron-Spin Coherence in Isotopically Engineered Diamond
• Abstract summary: We study the spin and optical coherence of single nitrogen-vacancy centres in (111)-grown isotopically engineered diamond.<n>Results provide new avenues to investigate the incorporation of impurities in diamond and new opportunities for improved spin-qubit control for quantum networks and other quantum technologies.
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• Abstract: Solid-state spin defects are a promising platform for quantum networks. A key requirement is to combine long ground-state spin-coherence times with a coherent optical transition for spin-photon entanglement. Here, we investigate the spin and optical coherence of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres in (111)-grown isotopically engineered diamond. Our diamond-growth process yields a precisely controlled $^{13}\mathrm{C}$ concentration and low-ppb nitrogen concentrations. Combined with the mitigation of 50 Hz noise using a real-time feedforward scheme and tailored decoupling sequences, this enables record defect-electron-spin coherence times of $T_2 = 6.8(1)$ ms for a Hahn echo and of $T_2^{DD} = 11.2(8)$ s under dynamical decoupling. In addition, we observe coherent optical transitions with a near-lifetime-limited homogeneous linewidth of 16.9(4) MHz and characterize the spectral diffusion dynamics. These results provide new avenues to investigate the incorporation of impurities in diamond and new opportunities for improved spin-qubit control for quantum networks and other quantum technologies.

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