Coherent Population Trapping, Nuclear Spin Cooling, and Levy Flights in Solid-State Atom-Like Systems
Abstract
We describe and analyze a method for controlling nuclear spin environment of atom-like quantum emitters in the solid state. The method makes use of laser manipulation of an electronic spin transition via coherent population trapping. Specifically, we present a detailed description of the nuclear spin dynamics and its interplay with the optical excitation of the electronic spin of nitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond. We introduce a simple model of this process that allows us to study both optimal cooling parameters for nuclear spins and optimal information transfer between the optical measurement of the electron and the nuclear bath dynamics. This allows us to investigate the statistical properties of the nuclear spin bath. Potential applications to quantum information processing and quantum metrology are possible.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 20, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1073078
Entities
People
- Mikhail Lukin
- Susanne Yelin
- Swati Singh
- Yiwen Chu
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology