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Strain Coupling of a Mechanical Resonator to a Single Quantum Emitter in Diamond

Kenneth W. Lee1, Donghun Lee1,2, Preeti Ovartchaiyapong1, Joaquin Minguzzi3, Jero R. Maze3, and Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich1,*

  • 1Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea
  • 3Institute of Physics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile

  • *ania@physics.ucsb.edu
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Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 034005 – Published 12 September, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.034005

Abstract

The recent maturation of hybrid quantum devices has led to significant enhancements in the functionality of a wide variety of quantum systems. In particular, harnessing mechanical resonators for manipulation and control has expanded the use of two-level systems in quantum-information science and quantum sensing. Here, we report on a monolithic hybrid quantum device in which strain fields associated with resonant vibrations of a diamond cantilever dynamically control the optical transitions of a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defect center in diamond. We quantitatively characterize the strain coupling to the orbital states of the NV center and, with mechanical driving, we observe NV-strain couplings exceeding 10 GHz. Furthermore, we use this strain-mediated coupling to match the frequency and polarization dependence of the zero-phonon lines of two spatially separated and initially distinguishable NV centers. The experiments demonstrated here mark an important step toward engineering a quantum device capable of realizing and probing the dynamics of nonclassical states of mechanical resonators, spin systems, and photons.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 034005– Published 12 September, 2016
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