Coupling spins to nanomechanical resonators: Toward quantum spin-mechanics
Abstract
Spin-mechanics studies interactions between spin systems and mechanical vibrations in a nanomechanical resonator and explores their potential applications in quantum information processing. In this review, we summarize various types of spin-mechanical resonators and discuss both the cavity-QED-like and the trapped-ion-like spin-mechanical coupling processes. The implementation of these processes using negatively charged nitrogen vacancy and silicon vacancy centers in diamond is reviewed. Prospects for reaching the full quantum regime of spin-mechanics, in which quantum control can occur at the level of both a single spin and a single phonon, are discussed with an emphasis on the crucial role of strain coupling to the orbital degrees of freedom of the defect centers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 07, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1063/5.0024001
Entities
People
- Hailin Wang
- Ignas Lekavicius
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- National Science Foundation
- University of Oregon