Coherent Sensing of a Mechanical Resonator with a Single-Spin Qubit
2012; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 335; Issue: 6076 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1126/science.1216821
ISSN1095-9203
AutoresShimon Kolkowitz, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich, Quirin Unterreithmeier, Steven Bennett, Peter Rabl, Jack Harris, Mikhail D. Lukin,
Tópico(s)Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
ResumoMechanical systems can be influenced by a wide variety of small forces, ranging from gravitational to optical, electrical, and magnetic. When mechanical resonators are scaled down to nanometer-scale dimensions, these forces can be harnessed to enable coupling to individual quantum systems. We demonstrate that the coherent evolution of a single electronic spin associated with a nitrogen vacancy center in diamond can be coupled to the motion of a magnetized mechanical resonator. Coherent manipulation of the spin is used to sense driven and Brownian motion of the resonator under ambient conditions with a precision below 6 picometers. With future improvements, this technique could be used to detect mechanical zero-point fluctuations, realize strong spin-phonon coupling at a single quantum level, and implement quantum spin transducers.
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