14N Hyperfine and nuclear interactions of axial and basal NV centers in 4H-SiC: A high frequency (94 GHz) ENDOR study
arXiv:2404.06933 · doi:10.1063/5.0170099
Abstract
The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers (NCVSi) - in 4H silicon carbide (SiC) constitute an ensemble of spin S = 1 solid state qubits interacting with the surrounding 14N and 29Si nuclei. As quantum applications based on a polarization transfer from the electron spin to the nuclei require the knowledge of the electron-nuclear interaction parameters, we have used high-frequency (94 GHz) electron-nuclear double resonance spectroscopy combined with first-principles density functional theory to investigate the hyperfine and nuclear quadrupole interactions of the basal and axial NV centers. We observed that the four inequivalent NV configurations (hk, kh, hh, and kk) exhibit different electron-nuclear interaction parameters, suggesting that each NV center may act as a separate optically addressable qubit. Finally, we rationalized the observed differences in terms of distinctions in the local atomic structures of the NV configurations. Thus, our results provide the basic knowledge for an extension of quantum protocols involving the 14N nuclear spin.
9 pages, 7 figures
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