3 papers
quant-ph2026
Elucidating the Inter-system Crossing of the Nitrogen-Vacancy Center up to Megabar Pressures
Benchen Huang, Srinivas V. Mandyam, Weijie Wu +12
The integration of Nitrogen-Vacancy color centers into diamond anvil cells has opened the door to quantum sensing at megabar pressures. Despite a multitude of experimental demonstr…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
First-Principles Framework for the Prediction of Intersystem Crossing Rates in Spin Defects: The Role of Electron Correlation
Yu Jin, Jinsoo Park, Marquis M. McMillan +9
Optically active spin defects in solids are promising platforms for quantum technologies. Here, we present a first-principles framework to investigate intersystem crossing processe…
quant-ph2024
Temperature dependent spin-phonon coupling of boron-vacancy centers in hexagonal boron nitride
Zhongyuan Liu, Ruotian Gong, Benchen Huang +9
The negatively charged boron-vacancy center () in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has recently emerged as a highly promising quantum sensor. Compared to th…