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most citedRoom Temperature Initialisation and Readout of Intrinsic Spin Defects in a Van der Waals Crystal

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Probing Remote Nuclear Magnetic Moments in hBN with VB Electron Spin

G. V. Mamin, E. V. Dmitrieva, F. F. Murzakhanov +6

Since the initial discovery of optically addressable spins of the negatively charged boron vacancy defect (VB) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), substantial progress has been made,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Influence of 14N hyperfine interaction on electron nuclear double resonance of boron vacancy in hexagonal boron nitride

G. V. Mamin, E. V. Dmitrieva, F. F. Murzakhanov +3

The research focuses on the explanation of a phenomenon observed in the spectra of electron nuclear resonance (ENDOR) pertaining to nitrogen atoms adjacent to the boron vacancy (VB…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 12 cited

14N Hyperfine and nuclear interactions of axial and basal NV centers in 4H-SiC: A high frequency (94 GHz) ENDOR study

F. F. Murzakhanov, M. A. Sadovnikova, G. V. Mamin +6

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 50 cited

Electron-nuclear coherent coupling and nuclear spin readout through optically polarized VB- spin states in hBN

Fadis F. Murzakhanov, Georgy V. Mamin, Sergei B. Orlinskii +8

Coherent coupling of defect spins with surrounding nuclei along with the endowment to read out the latter, are basic requirements for an application in quantum technologies. We sho…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 300 cited

Sub-nanoscale Temperature, Magnetic Field and Pressure sensing with Spin Centers in 2D hexagonal Boron Nitride

Andreas Gottscholl, Matthias Diez, Victor Soltamov +6

Spin defects in solid-state materials are strong candidate systems for quantum information technology and sensing applications. Here we explore in details the recently discovered n…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 209 cited

Room Temperature Coherent Control of Spin Defects in hexagonal Boron Nitride

Andreas Gottscholl, Matthias Diez, Victor Soltamov +6

Optically active defects in solids with accessible spin states are promising candidates for solid state quantum information and sensing applications. To employ these defects as qua…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 17 cited

Electron nuclear interactions and electronic structure of spin 3/2 color centers in silicon carbide: A high-field pulse EPR and ENDOR study

V. A. Soltamov, B. V. Yavkin, A. N. Anisimov +4

High-frequency pulse electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) were used to clarify the electronic structure of the color centers with an…

physics.optics2019★ 557 cited

Room Temperature Initialisation and Readout of Intrinsic Spin Defects in a Van der Waals Crystal

Andreas Gottscholl, Mehran Kianinia, Victor Soltamov +7

Optically addressable spins in widebandgap semiconductors have become one of the most prominent platforms for exploring fundamental quantum phenomena. While several candidates in 3…

quant-ph2018★ 109 cited

Excitation and coherent control of spin qudit modes with sub-MHz spectral resolution

V. A. Soltamov, C. Kasper, A. V. Poshakinskiy +7

Quantum bit or qubit is a two-level system, which builds the foundation for quantum computation, simulation, communication and sensing. Quantum states of higher dimension, i.e., qu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 85 cited

Spin and optical properties of silicon vacancies in silicon carbide (a review)

S. A. Tarasenko, A. V. Poshakinskiy, D. Simin +5

We discuss the fine structure and spin dynamics of spin-3/2 centers associated with silicon vacancies in silicon carbide. The centers have optically addressable spin states which m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 15 cited

Strain broadening of the 1042-nm zero-phonon line of the NV- center in diamond: a promising spectroscopic tool for defect tomography

T. B. Biktagirov, A. N. Smirnov, V. Yu. Davydov +4

The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) center in diamond is a promising candidate for many quantum applications. Here, we examine the splitting and broadening of the center'…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 115 cited

Optical thermometry based on level anticrossing in silicon carbide

A. N. Anisimov, D. Simin, V. A. Soltamov +4

We report a giant thermal shift of MHz/K related to the excited-state zero-field splitting in the silicon vacancy centers in 4H silicon carbide. It is obtained from the ind…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 52 cited

Room-temperature near-infrared silicon carbide nanocrystalline emitters based on optically aligned spin defects

A. Muzha, F. Fuchs, N. V. Tarakina +8

Bulk silicon carbide (SiC) is a very promising material system for bio-applications and quantum sensing. However, its optical activity lies beyond the near infrared spectral window…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 70 cited

Excitation and recombination dynamics of vacancy-related spin centers in silicon carbide

T. C. Hain, F. Fuchs, V. A. Soltamov +4

We generate silicon vacancy related defects in high-quality epitaxial silicon carbide layers by means of electron irradiation. By controlling the irradiation fluence, the defect co…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 210 cited

Magnetic field and temperature sensing with atomic-scale spin defects in silicon carbide

H. Kraus, V. A. Soltamov, F. Fuchs +5

Quantum systems can provide outstanding performance in various sensing applications, ranging from bioscience to nanotechnology. Atomic-scale defects in silicon carbide are very att…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013

Point defects in SiC as a promising basis for single-defect, single-photon spectroscopy with room temperature controllable quantum states

Pavel G. Baranov, Victor A. Soltamov, Alexandra A. Soltamova +2

The unique quantum properties of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond have motivated efforts to find defects with similar properties in silicon carbide (SiC), which can exte…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012★ 134 cited

Intrinsic defects in silicon carbide LED as a perspective room temperature single photon source in near infrared

F. Fuchs, V. A. Soltamov, S. Vaeth +4

Generation of single photons has been demonstrated in several systems. However, none of them satisfies all the conditions, e.g. room temperature functionality, telecom wavelength o…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012★ 128 cited

Room temperature coherent spin alignment of silicon vacancies in 4H- and 6H-SiC

Victor A. Soltamov, Alexandra A. Soltamova, Ivan I. Proskuryakov +1

We report the realization of the optically induced inverse population of the ground-state spin sublevels of the silicon vacancies () in silicon carbide (SiC) at ro…