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most citedMaterials challenges for quantum technologies based on color centers in diamond

87 citations · 175 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

quant-ph2025

Patterning programmable spin arrays on DNA origami for quantum technologies

Zhiran Zhang, Taylor Morrison, Lillian Hughes +6

The controlled assembly of solid-state spins with nanoscale spatial precision is an outstanding challenge for quantum technology. Here, we combine DNA-based patterning with nitroge…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

200 keV energy electron irradiation of single crystal diamond: Quantification of vacancy and nitrogen-vacancy production

Chloe C Newsom, Lillian B Hughes, Ben L Green +2

Electron irradiation and annealing treatments are a method of colour centre/defect creation in diamond. The depth profile of defects created by low energy 200 keV electrons in sing…

quant-ph2025

Signal amplification in a solid-state quantum sensor via asymmetric time-reversal of many-body dynamics

Haoyang Gao, Leigh S. Martin, Lillian B. Hughes +8

Electronic spins of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond constitute a promising system for micro- and nano-scale magnetic sensing, due to their operation under ambient conditio…

quant-ph2025★ 18 cited

Spin squeezing in an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond

Weijie Wu, Emily J. Davis, Lillian B. Hughes +10

Spin squeezed states provide a seminal example of how the structure of quantum mechanical correlations can be controlled to produce metrologically useful entanglement. Such squeeze…

quant-ph2025★ 3 cited

Scalable, nanoscale positioning of highly coherent color centers in prefabricated diamond nanostructures

Sunghoon Kim, Paz London, Daipeng Yang +6

Nanophotonic devices in color center-containing hosts provide efficient readout, control, and entanglement of the embedded emitters. Yet control over color center formation - in nu…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

A strongly interacting, two-dimensional, dipolar spin ensemble in (111)-oriented diamond

Lillian B. Hughes, Simon A. Meynell, Weijie Wu +8

Systems of spins with strong dipolar interactions and controlled dimensionality enable new explorations in quantum sensing and simulation. In this work, we investigate the creation…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 22 cited

Diamond Surface Functionalization via Visible Light-Driven C-H Activation for Nanoscale Quantum Sensing

Lila V. H. Rodgers, Suong T. Nguyen, James H. Cox +16

Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond are a promising platform for nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance sensing. Despite significant progress towards using NV centers to detect and l…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 23 cited

Two-dimensional spin systems in PECVD-grown diamond with tunable density and long coherence for enhanced quantum sensing and simulation

Lillian B. Hughes, Zhiran Zhang, Chang Jin +9

Systems of spins engineered with tunable density and reduced dimensionality enable a number of advancements in quantum sensing and simulation. Defects in diamond, such as nitrogen-…

quant-ph2021★ 87 cited

Materials challenges for quantum technologies based on color centers in diamond

Lila V. H. Rodgers, Lillian B. Hughes, Mouzhe Xie +4

Emerging quantum technologies require precise control over quantum systems of increasing complexity. Defects in diamond, particularly the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) c…

physics.app-ph2020★ 16 cited

Engineering quantum-coherent defects: the role of substrate miscut in chemical vapor deposition diamond growth

Simon A. Meynell, Claire A. McLellan, Lillian B. Hughes +3

The engineering of defects in diamond, particularly nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, is important for many applications in quantum science. A materials science approach based on chem…