Spin Readout Techniques of the Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond

David Hopper, Henry Shulevitz, Lee Bassett
2018 Micromachines  
The diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center is a leading platform for quantum information science due to its optical addressability and room-temperature spin coherence. However, measurements of the NV center's spin state typically require averaging over many cycles to overcome noise. Here, we review several approaches to improve the readout performance and highlight future avenues of research that could enable single-shot electron-spin readout at room temperature.
doi:10.3390/mi9090437 pmid:30424370 pmcid:PMC6187496 fatcat:fky6qwhbavekxiz3k5wj36ebre